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Chasing the Elusive

For as long as I can remember I have been chasing the elusive balance in my life.

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Christmas Musings

It’s interesting, isn’t it, how in choosing to do bare bones, we give ourselves permission to settle in and accept this as good enough? Why in other times do we heap ourselves with high expectations and enormous pressure?

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Thoughts After World Travel

My Western mind processes the other side of the world.

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Nope. I Got This!

There’s nothing like motherhood to shine a spotlight on the unseemly parts of the heart. How did a mother ever see her own sin before kids helped expose it? Some days are more humbling than others to be sure. Others are kinder, offering a gentle insight to an ongoing reality.

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Travels & Taking Stock

Our experiences often prompt us to evaluate our thoughts, beliefs, and lives in general. I think this is why travel can be so good. New experiences, new places, new people (or old friends seen again!) open us, challenge us, and refresh us!