Faith and Personal Growth
All things faith, spiritual and personal growth related! Fear, consciousness, vulnerability, bravery, and authenticity are all welcome here!
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Reflecting….
The year ending always makes me a bit reflective (yeah, ok. I reflect and analyze and ruminate all stinkin’ year long!) but a new year always stirs up feelings of a fresh start, a new outlook and a looking forward of things to come. As I was reading Shut up and Run, her post of… Continue reading
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Giving up Gadgets. Again.
Okay. I know, I know. I’ve done this before but this time….well, this time – it’s sticking. I know I struggle with spending too much time with my face stuck in front of one kind of screen or another. I love gadgets of all kinds and the technology really is amazing. (Especially considering I learned how… Continue reading
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Adult Friends
Finding friends when you are 5 is relatively easy, requiring minimal social skills. “Hey! Wanna play!?” “Okay!” And off you go skip-idee-doo-dah with your new bestie! Not so much when you are 35. At 35, you find friends in other ways, through work, church, your spouse’s friends’ wives, etc. and through these avenues it affords… Continue reading
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Recalibrating
Since June, it’s been a bit bumpy and lumpy around our house. We’ve (I) have been a bit lopsided. This is due to many things, including the following: *Deployment (duh!) The kids have good days and bad days but 5 months into this – the novelty for all of us has definitely expired! *Fall/Winter: the… Continue reading
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I Knew You Could – by Craig Dorfman
I was doing some birthday shopping for Jacob yesterday and came across a couple of books, one of which is the title of this post. I thought it was going to be a take on The Little Engine that Could, and it is in part – but so much more. I think this book just… Continue reading
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Even on the yucky days…
Even on the yucky, crappy, wish-the ground-would-swallow-me-up, go-back-to-bed-days, I aspire to still, in the midst of circumstance, be grateful. Even on the yucky days, when I am at my worst, I want to be able to take a step back just for a moment, and remember the bigger picture, and be grateful. This is so… Continue reading
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Square Peg in a Round Hole
Some days (weeks, months) are just like that. Disjointed, out of whack, trying too hard to get my to-do list checked off, bull-in-china-shop yuckiness. Like cramming a square peg into a round hole. And when the dust of the day starts to settle, all three of us pay for it with crabby Patty attitudes, tantrums… Continue reading
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A Little Fall…A Little Gratitude….
After a couple of days of grey, wet, and typical Pacific Northwest weather, I am trying to not be such a Wendy Whiner and instead embrace the things I am grateful for. Not having had actual seasons for a few years, it’s actually kind of fun to teach my kids and have them notice all… Continue reading
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Ripples
With the onset of fall, the upcoming hustle and bustle of the Halloween/Thanksgiving/Christmas hoopla, I’m feeling a bit nostalgic about our life (and weather) in Hawaii. There is much I do not miss about life in Hawaii, but when I’m freezing my tootsies off in the pacific northwest rain, wearing warm boots and still cranking… Continue reading
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Love, Expressed
For about half of our marriage, Eric and I do this thing where I ask him the following question: “Why do you love me?” He responds by saying: “I love Lori because…., by Eric. I love Lori because…….” and then lists for that day and whatever may be going on between us. And then we… Continue reading
Life and Other Stuff 