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Search For Safety

It seems to me life feels either like a warzone or a wonderland. Somehow, the middle ground goes unnoticed. And really, I remember more of the times when I feel like I move from one battle to the next. Wonderland memories sink to the bottom of my consciousness. Because of that, I search for safety most

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Anchors Aweigh

For weeks now, my inspiration for new posts lags behind my desire to write new posts. Other writing holds more of my attention. For the second week in a row, I offer you a slightly reworked blast from the past. The post below, originally written in September of 2017 with the same title of Anchors

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Waiting For The Wisdom

Recently, I saw on Facebook a meme that said, “Still waiting for the wisdom that was supposed to come with old age.” Certainly, the writer intended for me to laugh. Instead, the comment struck me off-center. I don’t want to reach my golden years and have only a life of folly to report. I had

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She Still Climbs Mountains

The women in my family do hard things. The candles on my aunt’s birthday cake are inching toward a number that begins with 7. This week we went on an adventure together. As I watched her put one foot in front of another, I thought – She still climbs mountains. Her tenacity inspired me. Do

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Influences

Too many of my adult years I spent giving too much weight to the wrong influences. I lived perpetually reacting to things long done and over. I have good news. No matter what you have been through, there is One who sticks closer than a brother (Prov. 18:21) My exact opposite exists in the form