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10 Things You SHOULD Tell Your Kids….But DON’T Until it is Too Late!

November 16, 2013

Yesterday, as I was cleaning the kitchen, I turned on the garbage disposal.  I had very little in the sink but it only made a humming noise.  I flipped the button a few times in case by some randomness, I suddenly didn’t know how to use the switch properly and had done it wrong the first time.  No such […]

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Mullein Garlic Eardrops: A Holistic Cure for Ear Pain

November 13, 2013

Growing up, I had constant earaches.  I remember crying for days on end in pain.  Once, as an adult, the pain was so bad I slept on a hot water bottle.  WARNING:  Do NOT do that!  I caused my eardrum to burst. Most. Excruciating. Pain. Ever! Fast forward a few years and my oldest child […]

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Christians Judging Christians

October 22, 2013

I am about to meddle.  Fair Warning.  : ) The majority of Christians have done it at one time or another.  We see someone in our church, another church and especially in a different denomination that is doing something differently than we believe it is to be done.  We judge them.  Perhaps we never say […]

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The Importance of Names

October 18, 2013

A recent post on a real friend’s social media page stopped me cold in my tracts. She was quite upset at someone she has known for more than 30 years; I had to really think if it was me she was speaking of or whether or not I was actually guilty of doing this…was it […]

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Going fishing in a dead sea!

October 16, 2013

Have you ever started thinking about the things you did in the past and felt guilty? I was driving one day – had plenty of time to think – and my mind went way back to a time in my life when I did some things I wasn’t proud of.  I lingered over those thoughts […]

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Weeding the Garden of Your Heart

October 1, 2013

When I attended Living Waters Ministry, Denise,  would tell us in class to weed the garden of our hearts every day, and to do it with our children every night before they went to sleep.  The weeds in our garden might be anger, unforgiveness, or offenses we experienced from someone that day. Our children may have […]

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A Letter to Miley Cyrus

August 29, 2013

Dear Miley, I have to admit it. Curiosity got the best of me. Facebook posts were flying faster than I could keep up about your performance at the VMA awards. I searched every 15 minutes until the video finally surfaced on the net. At first, I was puzzled but slowly, my bewilderment turned to shock. […]

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Chicken Marsala Bake

August 7, 2013

  Want an easy, great dinner idea? I was out of a few things and mixed a few things to come up with it quite by accident. It was a big hit with the family!   Chicken Mushroom Marsala Bake:   Cover the bottom of a 9 X 12 baking dish with mushrooms. Pour a bit […]

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10 Lessons Learned at a Water Park

August 5, 2013

My daughter turned 9 on Saturday.  We have several birthday traditions.  The first is Birthday Party for Breakfast.  It started when she was turning 4.  She wanted her birthday party at a gymnastics place but between my work and their schedule, we couldn’t get a date that worked.  At midnight before her birthday, I stopped […]

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Got Pain? Try this…

July 24, 2013

Need a strong analgesic? Try the Holy Spirit!  Analgesic: pain-relieving, describes a type of medication that alleviates pain   My girlfriend and I met together one afternoon this week, and we were commiserating about the pain in our bodies we were both experiencing, and various medications/analgesics we were taking.  She had just had surgery recently on […]

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