When my children look back on their childhood, my greatest hope is that they will remember the magic that I have worked so hard to create for them. “If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales.” “For all the things my…
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Feel like new. Feel like you. // Part Two
Thank you Jenny Craig for sponsoring this post. — Get serious about losing weight with Jenny Craig! This is my final post in my series with Jenny Craig. I am a little bit sad about that, but I am so excited about moving forward with…
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Financial Wellness: Make Smart Choices
Recently I’ve been talking a lot about wellness, especially personal wellness. However, something that I haven’t mentioned recently–even though I’ve been thinking about it a lot–is money and financial wellness. Without financial wellness, and especially financial stability, it is impossible to achieve overall balance and…
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Put on your oxygen mask before helping others.
I’ve been wanting to write this post forever. I’ve started it in my head countless times. I kept stopping though, I could never get it out. I want to say so much and I want to say it well. It’s just that the message is…
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Feel like new. Feel like you.
Thank you Jenny Craig for sponsoring this post. — Get serious about losing weight with Jenny Craig! Thanks to this blog, I’ve been able to work with so many great companies over the years. I am so grateful for the opportunities that have come my…
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Write Hard and Clear About What Hurts :: Part One
The past three weeks of my life have been good. I am healthier and happier than I’ve been in a very long time. But rewind to the twelve months that came before this, and it was a completely different story. A year ago, my life…
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Halloween 2016 // Dinosaur & Lamb
Halloween is kind of a big deal around here. Errrr… that’s an understatement. Halloween is actually THE. BIGGEST. DEAL. around here. Roman and I start getting amped up about the end of July. This year the kids’ costumes were purchased in August. In October, once…
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Six Months Without Scrolling
Hey, friends. It’s quarter after nine on a Tuesday morning. I’m sitting at my desk with a cup of hot tea & honey, sick — really sick — for the third time this year. I used to get sick once a year, if that. Now…
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In the Woods // thoughts on childhood
“Fill your children with good thoughts before they go to bed. Ask them about their favorite part of the day, praise them for a good deed, pray with them, and tell them they’re the best gift God ever gave you. They’ll fall asleep feeling ten…