Good character. It’s gotta start somewhere. This week, as we honor the lives of our Veterans, I’m struck by the character of those like my uncle Lance and my brother-in-law Todd who have been willing to serve our country. Courageous, loyal, sacrificial team-players, proudly fighting to protect the red-white-and blue so that we can live […]
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(Click on the audio bar above to hear this blog post.) There are many books I want to write in my lifetime. Many about communication. But there’s one book I had to write first. In the next few weeks it will be available on Amazon.com. Four years ago I was shocked when I tested positive for
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(For the audio recording of this post, click on the bar above) How I ended up in women’s shoes at Walmart, I’ll never know. I didn’t even need shoes. I was just meandering. I had dropped off my fourth son at a Father-Son campout and honestly, I was a bit lost. No good reason
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As we continue through Breast Cancer Awareness month this October, we turn the pages of my new devotional, The Faith to Free-Fall, past the first chapter, “Shock,” to the second chapter- “Anger.” Though I wrote this devo specifically for women anticipating undergoing a mastectomy, I believe we’ve all been angry at times when things haven’t turned out the
My trunk is full of groceries as I pull up to the corner and turn on my blinker. Out of the corner of my eye I see a man standing near me, leaning on a cane, wearing a black coat and a hat to ward off the cold wind. He’s selling newspapers for $1. I
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(Click on the audio bar above for a recording of this post) A second nurse has contracted Ebola. I don’t know about you, but that news made me want to wear a Hazmat suit to the grocery store, or just lock myself in my house and order my food online! But even then some pizza delivery
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Tonight marks the end of October and the end of Breast Cancer Awareness month. It’s also Halloween. One of my sons panicked this morning, “I don’t know what I’m gonna be yet, Mom!” He thought for a second. “You know I just want the candy, right?” Yeah, I know. But the only way to get
(Let’s pretend we’re sitting down for coffee and I’m telling you this story 🙂 Click the audio link above.) Every one of us is a storyteller. We tell stories to friends over a cup of coffee, stories to our kids while we’re tucking them into bed, stories to co-workers, relatives, neighbors. Some stories make us wince
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(to hear the audio recording of this post, click on the link above) My husband, Brian, asked me to marry him on our 4th date. That’s crazy. We didn’t even know each other. And I said yes, which is even crazier. He had no idea I couldn’t throw a Frisbee straight to save my life,
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(to hear me read this post, click on the audio bar above) It’s 7:15 am. Too early for a drama rehearsal. But this isn’t drama. This is life. “Let me hear you say ‘No,’” I direct my kids at the breakfast table. One says a sheepish, ”No,” while looking down at his cereal. Another
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