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Earlier this year, I had my second partial hysterectomy in three years. Can I be honest about the challenges that come with having surgery? For me, a comfort complex usually kicks in. Since I wasn’t allowed to exercise this time, it became easy to let things slide and find my comfort in food. A little indulgence here, a bigger snack there. By the end of my…
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The clock read 1:40 in the morning, and sand scraped my eyelids every time I blinked. My body buzzed with the need for sleep…but also with fear. My son sat in a wheelchair in the eerily quiet hospital, waiting to go into emergency surgery. I kept my voice calm as I tried to comfort him about what was to come. But deep inside,…
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If you saw my post on Monday, hopefully you were inspired to either start a new devotions routine or add new elements to your current routine. As I shared in my previous post, my Bible reading and reflection time takes anywhere from 10-20 minutes, depending on how much I have to process that day. After finishing, I spend 5-10 minutes…
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Now that both of my kids are in school, I’ve been getting back to a routine again. Ahhh, do you hear me breathing easier? 🙂 There’s just something comforting about a routine, isn’t there? We know where we need to be when, and it becomes automatic. Last spring I developed a routine of getting up early to enjoy quiet time…
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If you’ve followed my trust journey lately, you know I’ve been asking some hard questions of God. I’ve also gone through life-altering trials that have shaken me. It recently struck me that the past eight years have been a perpetual season of trial in my life, with brief reprieves in between. Here’s a sampling… My son’s delivery eight years ago…
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If I had to define my summer in one word, I would not use the term “lazy.” Between travels, family and volunteer commitments, getting back in shape after my surgery, and then my son’s recent health scare, life has felt like one of those clunky carnival rides that spins you around and around until you’re begging to get off. And yet, even…
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