Image compliments of https://unsplash.com/photos/sun-reflection-on-calm-water-near-green-mountains-H3giJcTw__w?utm_content=creditShareLink&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash As a looking glass reflects the face, so the eyes reflect the soul. A smile can mimic happiness, but the eyes display the toll, of a life lived with happiness or perhaps one with sorrow. The soul seeps through the windows of the heart and provides a glimpse of the morrow. …
Pied Piper
Piper woke up trembling, wondering, what she had just heard. There it was again, a rat-a-tat-tat, rat-a-tat-tat. Gunshots! Not just any gunshots, but those of a high-powered rifle. It was an unmistakable sound. She didn’t know how she knew that was what it was, it just sounded like what a rifle would sound like. She …
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A God story.
Image compliments of https://unsplash.com/photos/9zsHNt5OpqE?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditShareLink Do you have a “God Story”. I have many, and this account is one of many that sticks with me. I’d love to hear yours; you can leave a comment or send a message. “We’re moving to Florida”. We announced this to my parents in 2002, it was hard to believe, …
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Stress Management Tips
Image compliments of https://unsplash.com/photos/VBe9zj-JHBs?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditShareLink We’ve all been there, feeling like we are spinning multiple plates in the air while riding a skateboard. We’ve all felt the pressure of one more task to complete, one more person that needs something from you, one more deadline to meet, one more meeting to attend and no more energy …
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A few antidotes to boredom.
An antidote to boredom Is it raining out your window, too hot to step on the sidewalk, or too cold to venture outside? What can one do on days you are stuck indoors? Well, you could straighten your sock drawers and put all of your mismatched socks together. You could clean out your closet, your …
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When emotions collide
Image compliments of https://unsplash.com/photos/LaMnXPLz7qc?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditShareLink I had a memory sneak up without notice, a recollection from the past and the reality of the current collide. A gut wrenching feeling mixed with a loving moment, In this conflicted ambivalence I must abide. The rules of emotions are not concrete, I can evoke feelings by recalling a moment …
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I’ll take two.
Image compliments of https://pixabay.com/photos/two-running-dogs-raging-dogs-puppy-750570/ When Eli woke up, he was drenched in sweat. This was the second time this week, and the fifth time this month he dreamt of Ada, his sister. This dream was much like the others; vague, disturbing, and so real that he had to sit up and clear his head before …
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Second time parent, first time believer.
Image compliments of https://unsplash.com/photos/_4l76rRSsr4?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditShareLink Marla looked over at Jax and Shauna, wondering how at 60 years old, she could ever be a substitute for a young parent. Jax was thirteen and Shauna was eleven; she thought about the long journey to where she was, emotionally, at this point in time. Thinking about Josie, her daughter …
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In plain sight
image compliments of https://unsplash.com/photos/w39PTDxKiK8?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditShareLink As Katie stared out the window, watching the hummingbirds chase each other in the air, vying for the fresh sugar water, she remembered a time when she wondered what her purpose for moving to this part of the country was. She had no idea it would lead to the fulfillment that …
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The reward outweighs the process.
Image compliments of https://unsplash.com/photos/PGnqT0rXWLs?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditShareLink I love sleeping on freshly laundered sheets. Oh, the smell and feel of freshly washed sheets; that slight scent of bleach and the crispness of unwrinkled sheets feels heavenly. I don’t like, however, to fold sheets. I don’t care how many videos I have seen of “how to fold fitted sheets …
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The Encouraged Woman 