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You may not remember, but I shared in one of my previous posts that I am the mother to not only my three teenagers but also two canines,...
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itallstartsintheho
Oct 18, 20222 min read
Slow Your Role
My sister sent the above two images to our family group text. The drawing is obviously not a masterpiece painted by Claude Monet. ...
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itallstartsintheho
Oct 11, 20225 min read
Beauty for Ashes
I have attempted to write this post a few times. I hesitated because it is humiliating, but I didn't want to hide it from you because I...
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itallstartsintheho
Oct 4, 20222 min read
Seize the Day
My daughter is in the early college program, where she is enrolled at the local public school as a senior and the community college as a...
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itallstartsintheho
Sep 27, 20223 min read
Priceless Investment
A few moms of elementary-age children recently inquired what I do to parent my growing teenagers. I responded that parenting is an...
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itallstartsintheho
Sep 20, 20223 min read
Fill Your Bucket
Imagine an empty bucket with a plastic object sitting on the bottom. And then you take a hose and fill the bucket with water. As the...
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itallstartsintheho
Sep 13, 20221 min read
Speechless
I was provoked after reading John Bevere's Instagram post last week. I believe it's worth sharing here. It's an excerpt from his latest...
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itallstartsintheho
Sep 6, 20223 min read
Limit - What Limits?
My youngest son completed his first week of public school last week. Thankfully, every day his response to my "How was school today?"...
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itallstartsintheho
Aug 30, 20222 min read
New Normal
Change is not my favorite. I think I thrive better on routine. But this kind of change was expected. I expected it for the last eighteen...
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itallstartsintheho
Aug 23, 20222 min read
You Never Know
There's a miracle story in the Bible when Jesus multiples five loaves of bread and two fish to feed 5,000 men plus more when women and...
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itallstartsintheho
Aug 9, 20222 min read
Is Your Heart Rated G or R?
I'm sure you are familiar with the Prodigal Son story in Luke 15: 11-32. There are many takeaways from this parable, but one that grabs...
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itallstartsintheho
Aug 2, 20223 min read
Pass the Baton
Did you have a field day at your elementary school? It's different now, but back when I was a student, it was a day full of physical...
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itallstartsintheho
Jul 26, 20224 min read
Hopeful
One of the things my family enjoys doing together is playing board games. We have shelves full of games we have played throughout the...
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itallstartsintheho
Jul 19, 20223 min read
Forever Young
One of the many qualities I admire about my youngest son is his childlikeness. Regardless of his age, I think he has a gift of wonder...
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itallstartsintheho
Jul 12, 20222 min read
Recalibrate
I enjoy attending memorial services. I know people who avoid going to them, but I actually choose to go. Of course, it's very emotional...
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itallstartsintheho
Jul 5, 20222 min read
Laugh Out Loud
I have tried drafting this post several times for a few weeks now. But due to the content, I have been stumbling over my words and...
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itallstartsintheho
Jun 28, 20224 min read
You-Turn
Yesterday, my younger son and I dropped off my husband and older son at the Ronald Reagan Airport (in DC) for their flight to Florida....
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itallstartsintheho
Jun 21, 20222 min read
Lies! Lies! And More Lies!
Do you ever have those conversations with yourself where you start at one point and then wander so far off that you're miles away from...
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itallstartsintheho
Jun 14, 20221 min read
Oh! the Places You'll Go!
I purchased a gift for my son before he entered kindergarten and surprised him with it when he graduated high school. It was the book,...
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itallstartsintheho
Jun 7, 20222 min read
Without Wrinkles
Today my son brought home his graduation cap, gown, stole, tassels, and honor cords. He and the other 600-plus seniors had their...
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