Desperate. Des-pah-rate. That word brings so much emotion into my being. A yearning fills my soul. A deep craving for…something. To fill and to satisfy. When I’m desperate, I’m at the end of myself. All senses go out the door and I will do anything for that thing that I’m craving. Yes. Anything. Does that…
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A few months back, I was climbing this beautiful trail at a nearby nature park. The particular trail I chose was a steep, rocky path with minimal rest stops. In the middle of me trudging along, tripping over hidden rocks and thick tree roots, I began to think: When we go through life, isn’t it…
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Exhausted and miffed, I slammed the computer shut. I rubbed my temple as a tension headache began to form. Five. Thousand. Dollars. Five thousand! That was the cost of the treatment procedure to fix my son’s cavities and tooth decay. The pediatric dentist had said it was a little less than that, but not to…
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This was the conversation I had with my 3 year old son this morning: Odis: Mommy, can you please stop singing? Me: Why do I have to stop singing? Odis: Because you’re not quiet! This is one of many darling conversations I have with my buddy, but this particular one had me pause and ponder…
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Have you ever yelled at God? Like, shake-a-fist-in-the-air, scream-on-top-of-your-voice, whilst tears-fall-down-your-cheeks kind of yell? I have, and it wasn’t pretty. I’m sure some neighbors of ours were thinking of calling the 911 line for a domestic disturbance (you know, the cattle and goats next door?). Though it wasn’t pretty, it was much needed. My yells…
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In the time that I married my husband over five years ago, I never had such unexpected chaos happen in such a short amount of time—all in the expanse of about a month. It started when my dad unexpectedly passed away while we were on vacation. Our trip was re-routed so we could fly to…
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My husband had a few friends over a few months ago. My son was snuggly tucked away in bed and I was like, cool, I’ll rent something and watch a chick flick! I usually get a little munchy when I watch something, and I remembered that the guys had some chili upstairs. I proceeded to…
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I’ve been on a When Calls the Heart mood lately, and I so love this from a recent episode I had watched: “Bad things happen if good people do nothing.” I’ve heard it said that sometimes the worst thing that a person can do is nothing at all. I have seen others gossip and speak…
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We’ve been having mold problems in our bathroom shower. One of the reasons is because the bathroom is so small, it doesn’t have great ventilation, so it has constant moisture in there (two people can fit in the bathroom side by side and that’s pretty much it). The other reason: well, laziness to be honest.…
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I was at Walmart about a week ago checking out my few essentials in the self-checkout when a woman comes up to me and hands me twenty dollars and a little verse attached to it, saying, “Please use this towards your purchase today.” I was shocked and felt so blessed, and watched as this angel…
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