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Epiphany!

I have epiphanies in the bathtub. Really, really important ones that shock me right back into breathing. Because sometimes I forget to breathe, particularly during stressful days like today. Not breathing is one… Read More →

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Interview For “Broken”

    Recently, a fellow writer, Caleb Tyler,  interviewed me regarding the new book, “Broken.”    He had a ton of questions;  though they were all excellent questions, these are the ones that… Read More →

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Saplings

This story is on my mind, and has been all day long. When I was about ten years old, a teacher gave each student in my class a sapling, and told us to… Read More →

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The Magic of Christmas

Have you ever been to a magic show? A really, really good one?   I have. Three times, I have sat in the audience (and once been an unsuspecting participant!) for a David… Read More →

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Thankful Tuesday: Mama

Yesterday’s trek through the ghetto left a lingering question running through my mind. I probably would have been able to ignore it, except that this afternoon, I received the following e-mail. It is… Read More →

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O’Charley’s Recipe For Life

Yesterday, my sister and I went to eat lunch at O’Charleys.   As I walked from my car to the front door,  I saw their  decorative road signage.  One of the “street names”  caught… Read More →

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I’m Balancing Life, Who Needs Exercise?

When I learned how to drive, I remember being behind the wheel of the car, staring intently out the windshield as my mother told me the goal was to keep the car between… Read More →

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Sarcasm: The Bane of My Life

People are not going to like me after this post. In fact, I almost abandoned the idea altogether but, alas, I just must write.   If I don’t, I’ll regret not writing it and… Read More →

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Beauty and the Beast

“Who’s your favorite princess?” This is a game we play fairly frequently, and it deserves proper time and consideration.  Alight, my youngest daughter, loves the Princesses.  There is no quick answers to this… Read More →

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Message from God

I’d fallen out of the habit of clicking on the Facebook app, “Message from God.”   I don’t want to think too deeply about the reasons why because I might lose sight of what… Read More →

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Like A Buick

Has anyone ever complimented you by telling you that you were “like a Buick”?  No?   Well, it hadn’t happened to me either until recently when, after working with me for quite some time… Read More →

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Like A Buick (Audio)

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Like A Buick (Audio)

I’ve posted this before, about a year ago, when I was emerging from a life altering crisis. I read the written form of it last night and it gave me hope again, so… Read More →

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The 4am Zombie

I have two daughters, both of whom are quite young.   When they were born, I made a conscious decision that I wanted them to grow up surrounded by creativity, because I wanted them… Read More →

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Raining in Hope

March,  the usual start of Spring, arrived a few day ago and, ever since,  I have been contemplating Spring, and everything it represents.  Nearly everything about Spring is something I enjoy–my children watered… Read More →

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