To Encourage, Uplift and Inspire
I can’t imagine or remember a single solitary day that hasn’t had some form of irritant in it. Sometimes the irritant is so small that I may not even notice it until I find myself at the end of my day feeling stressed and drained. I’ve been tugged at by responsibilities, chores, too many red lights, or my almond milk…
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Today’s my birthday! Birthdays have always been pretty low key for me. Not a lot of hoopla, just a day my friends and family say things like, “hey, I’m glad you’re here!” and “thanks for having a birthday so we can have cake!” (inside, long running family joke!) I enjoy the one day out of the year that I don’t…
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There are so many times that I look at the sky and am amazed by the beauty in the cloud formations. But a weather reporter will look at the very same cloud formation and see a large grey bank of clouds waiting to dump a tremendous storm. Other times, I’ll see a pile of bird poop on my clean concrete…
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Have you ever noticed that there are times that doing the right thing just feels so hard? It can be as simple as not wanting to tell your friend they have a piece of spinach stuck in their teeth to as hard as deciding that it’s time to move a loved one out of the home they love because it…
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This is another gem I discovered years ago when my children were very small. The words encouraged me through the years, especially when a divorce kept my little family from remaining intact. I carefully set it aside and have read it to myself over the years to make sure I was still on track with the legacy I plan to…
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I have a beautiful pearl necklace that was given to me years ago. I think I’ve only actually worn it a handful of times. Pearls aren’t really my thing, they’ve always felt a bit stuffy to me; always the same size and shape which makes it hard to tell if they are real or fake. I’m more of a silver…
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