Writing at Starbucks

This is a first. I am literally blogging from Starbucks. I feel “cool” and “hip” and some other feelings that I am not used to feeling. Ask my teenager, I am sure she would not use the above words to describe her “old” mom. I am sipping a drink I can pronounce, but I have […]

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8/21/2019

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Little Lessons

The Blessed Dreaded Week

I have dreaded this week for a long time. My last born, my baby starts kindergarten. With the way God spaced out my “babies” this is the first time in 16 years that I have not had a little at home with me. My “present tense” is definitely changing. Eliza has been my sidekick for […]

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8/06/2019

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Prayer

My Peaceful Time

  This morning, Eliza crawled into bed with me. I had been scrolling through a news app or two on my phone after reading Desiring God’s daily Instagram post and You Version’s verse of the day. After cuddling with me awhile, she asked if I was ready to get up. I asked her if she […]

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7/19/2019

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Love, Life and Loss

I finished the novel on Sunday afternoon.   It was good.    It is over 48 hours later and I am still thinking about it.    I didn’t see the plot twist coming until it hit me as I wiped the tears from my cheeks. The author did his job. I am an “all in” […]

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Still There?

It’s been a long time since I’ve posted. It’s not that I haven’t wanted to post or that I didn’t have anything to say. If I had posted it would have been forced or done out of some self-imposed obligation. I never wanted that to be the purpose behind this blog or why I write. […]

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Sanctification and NKOTB

Last night was a blast. Honestly, it was the most fun I have had in a long time and it came at the perfect time. May is crazy, busy with so much to do and to keep up with. The break was needed – dinner with a good friend, the drive to Nashville and a […]