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  • Like Hamilton, I Want to Learn to Be Satisfied

    ~ Blog ~ It’s easy to forget how blessed you are. Read this and find out how ancient Israel can help you get a new perspective on your own amazing life. “May the Lord bless you from Zion; may you see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life.”‭‭Psalms‬ ‭128‬:‭5‬ ‭NIV‬‬ In Psalms…

  • A Bitter Little Gumball Regains His Happy Heart

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            A little gumball lived on the kitchen counter in a small candy dish. The candies were all very bright and colorful, all sizes, and all delicious. Just looking at these pretty candies would make your mouth water!         The candies all had one wish: to be enjoyed by…

  • My Social Media Helped Me Time Travel to the Past

    … Believe it or not, this entire blog takes you to an article I wrote years ago. I rediscovered it while I was updating my LinkedIn profile. I thought it would be cool if you traveled with me to when I was raising my first set of children. My bio kids were almost exclusively home…

  • A journey to be set free from avoidant behavior and escapism

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    Join me in the act of pulling away from my screens and jumping back into afk real life. Honestly, I’ve got to say that the world inside of screens is a lot less stressful than life in the real world. So lately I’ve been looking at my phone, my TV, or at my computer more…

  • Making Other People Do Less Good Is Stupid

    Tik Tok Gives Us Real-World Scenarios What’s with the idea that everything being done for good must be for selfish reasons? That attitude is proof of the critics own twisted character. You see, the Bible says that to the pure, all things are pure. The critics’ own insistence on finding impure motives behind every act…

  • “Womp, WOMP! No more pity party!” Maybe I’ll say it to myself for a change, starting now.

    Life got hard, didn’t it? Tug on those bootstraps and pull yourself up out of the mire with some divine assistance. My little guy has begun using an odd phrase all the time. “Womp womp!” In fact, he emphasizes the second word to make it even more insulting, as in, “Womp, WOMP!” When asked what…

  • Seeking a name with eternal value, because a good name should be treasured for life

    Just one cool story of many When I was pregnant with my firstborn, I wanted to name her a few different things. But my favorite name was Elizabeth. It meant the same as my birth mom’s name. It also was cleverly versatile. You could cut it into so many nicknames: Elle, Ellie, Eliza, Liz, Lizzy,…

  • A Snowman’s Wintry Tale: A Frost-filled Life of Love and Friendship

    Since I’m a snowman, it’s probably not too weird that on my first day, I woke up naked. It was uncomfortable for me to realize that I was an unfinished snowman on the edge of the park, without any clothes or even a nose of my own; I felt embarrassed. No one else noticed, but…

  • Children Are Bringers of Love, Joy, and a Lifelong Task List

    The Grape Ape The little ones around here are noise makers. All day long, they sing and jabber about anything that sounds interesting, “Roses are red, violets are blue, sugar is sweet, and so are you!” They’ll turn anything into a song, “So-and-so looks like an ape, he ate a grape, so he’s a grape…

  • Capture Core Memories with Photos of Authentic Joy

    Most of my childhood photos are missing. I believe I have less than five of them. It’s kind of a bummer, considering that I was a cute, albeit annoying kid. So, now as an adult, I really value pictures of my own children. Thankfully, there are many. We have few photos of the daily ho…