Tonight is Halloween, and if I can be real with you here, I’m just not a fan. I should clarify:I like the dress up part, and I especially like the free candy part, but when it comes to the display of severed limbs on my neighbour’s lawn, I could really do without. I don’t remember […]
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When it comes to finding voices of discouragement, disbelief, and even disgust in ourselves, we don’t need to travel far to find them. More often than not, these voices are living deep inside of us, the narrative replaying like a song we know all too well. But what about when these voices aren’t confined to the chambers of our mind?
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Have I maybe started a small kitchen fire or too? Guilty. Did I let my nieces eat candy off the floor? Oh yes. But when it comes to the really important things, I do my best to be a grown up when it counts.
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The perfect hair and the bright smile aren’t always what they seem.
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When going through loss, you learn a lot. You learn a lot about yourself, and, you learn a lot about those around you. You learn what comforts and what cuts. You learn what helps and what hurts. More specifically, you learn about words. You learn that words can soothe the soul or burn parts of
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There is something insidious about a lie. A lie keeps us captive. A lie holds us down, keeping our head below water, binding our mouth and our heart. For years, I believed a Lie. A Lie that I wasn’t wanted. A Lie that I wasn’t needed. A Lie that I wasn’t enough. I held this
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“Progress only starts when you get clear on where you are right now.” Michael Hyatt In order to move on , we need to know where we are moving from. This is true for all things: If you want to know how to find the the store in the mall, you need to find the
I just spent time with a friend who is going through a lot of heartache. When I am with someone who is hurting, I want to help them. I want to uplift and give hope for tomorrow. Often I turn to encouraging words in an attempt to comfort to others. But there’s something I struggle
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When I was young, I loved to put on a show ( I still do, if I’m completely honest). For a while, I went through a “comedy hour” phase, where I would recount a series of jokes, for all to listen to. While my zest was great, my jokes were few, mainly because my brain
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