encouragement
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Who Fills Your Cup?
When you look at the glass of water to the right, would you say the glass is half empty or half full? When I took psychology in college (YEARS AGO!), I remember learning that the answer to that simple question gave evidence as to whether you are pessimistic (you anticipate undesirable outcomes) or optimistic (you…
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Birthday Week – Our Little Miracle
Eight weeks out of the year we celebrate birthdays. Each person in our family celebrates a week of birthday fun for his/her birthday. It is a tradition I started 13 years ago when I had no idea what to buy my husband for his birthday. He isn’t much into “stuff” but I knew I could…
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Miami or Bust…A “God-incidence?”
In November of 2014, I found out I was pregnant with our sixth child. This was a turning point in our family that required us to make some upgrades and changes in our life. We had to bunk three boys into one room, buy a longer dining room table, replace some of the baby gear…
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Are You Tough Enough?
Are you tough enough to do something outside of your comfort zone? I thought having six kids was outside my comfort zone. But when my husband first approached me about putting three of our boys in wrestling, he will be the first to attest that I was adamant about not doing it. We were at…
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Agape Love is Hard Work!
It’s Monday afternoon. 6:00 p.m. on the dot. My son frantically runs down the stairs. “What time is it?” He turns the kitchen radio up to full blast and sits down on the stool right next to the radio. “Hi kids! It’s Adventures in Odyssey and today’s story is about love.” He listens intently. The…
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