“Grief does not change you, Hazel. It reveals you.” ― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars I’m grateful for grief. I guess. I mean, it does reveal us, right? It’s hard though. I guess I’d like to say I’m thankful for all of it and grief is part of it. Honestly, maybe I’m not thankful for
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Set That Woman Free!
Amen? What’s your favorite line? MIne’s this: You are Never too much and always enough. I especially loved the “never too much” part. Sometimes I feel like too much. Too loud, too passionate about ideas, too excited. I was told to “relax” a lot when I was younger. That’s really mean actually. I hate
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Be Encouraged!
Last week I wrote about how difficult it can be to write honestly when I worry about people’s reactions. I know that I shouldn’t care about that but I do. I want to be liked. It’s important to me (sometimes too important) that people are happy and not offended and everyone plays nice together. Plus,
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Here We Go Again
Last year I wrote a post on the first day of high school for my daughter. We survived the first year. So of course there are new things I hope for her and for my other kids which we can get to later. Today, I’m posting the letter again in case you missed it or
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Okay…I hear you!
I think God may be trying to tell me something. I saw this today and I thought, “Yes…yes indeed, my kids are materialistic and I really hope they can think of God more…blah, blah, blah…” The verse actually reads (NIV): “Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to
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Don Draper: A Hot Mess
I love Mad Men. Last night’s season finale was brilliant. (Spoiler alert!) Don Draper is flawed and he can be mean and he’s a cheater and he’s an alcoholic and he can be cold and manipulative and selfish. In other words, he’s human. And in his humanity, he can also be giving and kind and
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There but for the grace of God, go I
Friends, we need to talk. I was slapped into reality this morning when my friend called to tell me what happened to her son. He was hit by a car yesterday on his way to school. He’s okay. Praise God. The really weird and crazy thing is that her other son was hit by a
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It’s Good To Be Friends
I picked up my son from Religious Education class (that sounds really formal but here are the other choices…CCD, YC, Sunday school (but not on a Sunday), RE, Catechism…you get the point…no one knows what we are even talking about anymore!) He gets in the car and hands me this: The question is “What
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The Criminal on the Cross
It’s Holy Week. Yesterday in church they read the Passion. As I was sitting there playing with my palm, trying to turn it into a cross, I thought of something new. When the criminal on the cross next to Jesus says to him “Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us!” it made me