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tips & lessons about life, family, & finances
Do you feel sometimes like you need a break from your life? Or dream of a different version? It’s like that saying, the Grass is Always Greener on the Other Side. We recently went on a staycation for three nights, thinking we needed a break from our real life, that the grass was greener in […]
April 11, 2021
Seed sown among THORNS hear the WORD but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth and the desires for OTHER things come in and CHOKE the word, making it UNFRUITFUL. Seed sown on GOOD SOIL, hear the WORD, accept it and PRODUCE a CROP – thirty, sixty or even a hundred times what […]
March 7, 2021
In previous generations, the question, why is she following you, did not provoke positive implications. Being followed meant someone you do not know or recognize is in pursuit of you for an unknown reason. If you wanted to figure out that reason, you had to stop, face the stranger and engage in a conversation. Although, […]
February 28, 2021
Mom, do you want to hear my creative writing story I wrote for school? Sure! I was surprised that he even asked. My oldest son generally does not share his homework assignments with me. He starts to read. One day, my brothers and I were watching TV and my mom was in her room doing […]
February 21, 2021
Life is a puzzle. Each person is given a unique box to open and assemble in the way they choose. Sometimes there are others that come to give advice or influence how you assemble your puzzle based on how they assembled their own, but ultimately, it is your puzzle. But here is the kicker. There […]
February 14, 2021
I believe the hardest thing about running your own business is that question: What do I do today? Even with a partner or if you have employees, you also have to ask: What is my team doing today? This daily question to yourself needs to be addressed before you: check your emails, schedule your IG […]
February 7, 2021
I wrote this letter from the perspective of my future self. This was based on an exercise from Marie Forleo’s Everything is Figureoutable. I had 15 minutes to write whatever came to mind. After waiting two weeks to reread what I wrote, I was honestly surprised. Growing up, I had a pretty specific definition of […]
January 24, 2021
Have you ever driven to work, lost in your thoughts, and still arrive at your destination? These routes we’ve driven, over and over, can be done without technically being in our conscious thought. To the point where you’re so lost in thought, you meant to go to Target but you took the off-ramp heading to […]
January 17, 2021
Have you ever been offended? And did that offense result from a seemingly simple exchange? Narratives are relative – they are different for each person. Awareness can help us unpack the narratives, ultimately improving communication with those we love. And, bring some sanity to our sometimes hurtful and chaotic thought-life. Me: (Standing at the copy […]
January 10, 2021
