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There’s Gotta Be Some Sort of Mistake: How Learning About Yourself is an Onging Process

There’s Gotta Be Some Sort of Mistake: How Learning About Yourself is an Onging Process

Because we are multifacated, learning about yourself is an ongoing process. Turns out some mistakes help you learn about yourself…
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Quit Thinking You Are the Only Failure: Because You Are Not

Quit Thinking You Are the Only Failure: Because You Are Not

I walked confidently and relaxed into the hairdresser. It was time for a little relaxation. Being about ten minutes early,…
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How Pride Impacts Our Relationships

How Pride Impacts Our Relationships

  “I think you are angry.” “Nope.”  I spat out. We were in our first year of marriage and driving…
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The Important Thing is Getting There

The Important Thing is Getting There

  Last week I drove to Mississippi to visit my sister. I pass mile after mile of unplanted farmland. Slice…
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Failing with Grace

Failing with Grace

  It seems opposites attract. Which includes my husband and me. He wants to arrive early. I like to arrive…
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Email Euphoria

Email Euphoria

Sometimes we do things without really thinking through the consequences. Okay, in all honesty, sometimes without even thinking. Sometimes it…
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Relearning the Same Thing, Again

Relearning the Same Thing, Again

Sometimes it seems as if my life is on replay. Or maybe that it is punctuated with Deja-vu moments. We…
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Counting Blessings on a Card Table

Counting Blessings on a Card Table

Thanksgiving doesn’t always go as planned. And that is all right. It can be different and held on a card…
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Striving for a life of perfection has no story. No humor. No memories. Forget perfection and go for human. Embrace the mistakes. No one remembers the nearly perfect Thanksgiving. But everyone talks for years about the Thanksgiving where Mr. Tom jumped from the platter while dad was attempting to carve him, slid across the table, and landed in Uncle Frank's lap. Ten years later they are still laughing about it, connecting over the story, and rejoicing in the adventure.

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