
1986 – I was one week into my 24th year when she showed up. After the first TRUE labor pain I decided I didn’t REALLY want to be a parent. Oh what I would have missed! Charity was born early in the morning hours of September 13, 1986. She was a tiny little thing –…
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I can be a very focused person — yes, I know you’ve probably heard otherwise, but I can. Really. I can get so caught up in the ‘stuff’ of life that I forget to live life. I forget to enjoy life. I’m working on it, or rather the Lord is working out in me. I…
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Holy Birthday Batman! I’m 47 today. YIKES! staring down the barrel of 50? Seems like just a few days ago I was 35, but that was 12 years ago, It’s been an amazing rollercoaster of a life and I just know the Lord has some amazing stuff coming up. Will it all be easy? …
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This is rerun of a post from Oct 2008. I just love lipstick! There’s something so simple and so wonderful about a great tube of lipstick. Of course, there are so many lipstick options these days I get easily confused. Recently I hit the jackpot on lipstick options – a local drugstore is closing and…
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I’ve tossed around the word authentic a lot lately — I want to be authentic. I want authenticity in my friendships. I want an authentic ministry. It hit me last night…. what do I mean? What am I saying? Am I just tossing around a word that sounds good. And yes, I’ve done a lot…
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