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Sweet Words Of Thanks To Your Love
Thanksgiving is coming! I love it; it’s my favorite holiday. I have so much to be thankful for! Sara Algoe, an associate professor of social psychology at the University of North Carolina, has been studying why gratitude is so important. Her research has found that appreciation is good for relationships and has “follow-on effects” on physical health. She said, “Taking the moment to acknowledge the things people do for us that we value actually has downstream consequences for both people. When couples express gratitude more frequently and descriptively to each other, they are happier in their relationship.” I can vouch for that 100%! My husband thanks me every morning for…
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Time Stand Still
Have you ever been in a season of life that’s so tough that you just want every day to pass quickly? Or, the place that you’re in is so busy that your life feels like it’s on autopilot? We’ve all been in one or both of these places in life. We’re rushing, rushing, rushing. Missing out on so much. And that’s just not fair. Life is beautiful. It’s meant to be savored – ups, downs, and in-betweens. We should want time to stand still. One of the seasons of my life that I hoped time would pass quickly was when we were trying to have children. I focused my thoughts…
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Wild Abandon
I dance to the Nancy Sinatra record in the living room of my aunt’s house. I have no clue what this song is about, but I love it! My cousin Barbie and I stomp around the room, me in my cowboy boots. She laughs as we sing and stomp. I spin circles in the space between the chair and the brown couch until I fall over. When the record stops, Barbie starts it again. And I stomp. And dance with wild abandon. These boots are made for walkin’ And that’s just what they’ll do One of these days, these boots are gonna walk all over you Ya I like the…
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For Such A Time As This
I’ve been eyeing this watercolor for a long time. I told myself that it’s outside my budget. And that I don’t really need it. But my husband splurged for my birthday, aaaaand it’s mine. I love it because it alludes to the story of Esther. It reminds me that perhaps… I was born for such a time as this. Might it be that you were, too? Esther’s Story Esther was an orphaned, exiled Jew in Persia in 479 B.C. King Xerxes had just banished his queen from the kingdom because she refused to “come before” him and his drunken friends one night. King Xerxes ordered all the beautiful women in…
