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Emotional Weight – WHAT! Part 1
What is Emotional Weight? A young lady confidently walked around the room while explaining stress management to an audience. With a raised glass of water everyone knew she was going to ask the ultimate question, ‘half empty or half full?’ She fooled them. “How heavy is this glass of water?”, she inquired with a smile. The answers called out ranged from...
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A Mother’s Day Replay!
On Mother’s Day in 2012 my daughters hijacked my blog and gave me a HUGE Mother’s Day surprise. I was reviewing that old blog recently and reread their messages to me. I was again moved to tears at their kind words and generosity of spirit. I never was a perfect person, let alone a perfect parent. But my daughter’s words...
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Getting on top of the mess – A Lesson on Consistency
A few weeks ago, I felt pressed to visit my friend, Judy, whose husband died last year, and I felt she needed something. After two days of this ‘pressing’ feeling, I went. I found that she was stressed out about her front yard and being able to manage it. One bush had a ton of grass growing around the base,...
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Love, Dependability, and Trust
Life doesn't always go as planned! When our oldest son was young, he became involved in drugs. Don and I were totally out of our element and didn’t know how to respond. We took a parenting class. Eventually, Seth, at fourteen, left home and moved to the riverbank for the summer. For the next few years, he was home and then...