Insights for uncommon joy in the everyday
Welcome to the follow up to Rescuing Your Marriage-Looking Back from the Future. If you missed it, I encourage you to take a few moments to go back and read it, and to please think about stepping back from your willingness to walk away from your marriage. Instead you can flirt with the idea that […]
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I am wading into the deep, dark waters of marriages that are going down for the last time, where the last vestiges of love are drowning in the waves of unmet expectations, hurt, anger and selfishness. I just can’t stand on the sidelines this time shaking my head and saying What a shame. They seemed […]
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We sit in a circle. Waiting. Watching. Worrying. Wondering how real we can be. Wondering how real others will be. As facilitator of the group, I jump in to break the ice. They’ve heard some of our story, how my husband and I have done a lifetime of stupid. Of how we ran arm in […]
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If you have been hanging out here for a while, you know that I regularly mix family, friendships and frugality for lots of fun. I am a fan of being on the same page as your spouse financially, getting the most for your money, and getting or staying out of debt. Today we are talking […]
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You must watch the following video narrated by Derek Sivers before reading the rest of my post, as it won’t make sense without it. Even if you have seen it before, watch it again and enjoy the amusing characters and witty commentary. I encourage you to also think about where you are versus where you […]
[Continue reading...]Welcome dear readers! My family and I have some exciting changes happening in our lives, but the downside is that I am being pulled in too many directions at once. Therefore, I am sharing a post from my archives. For those happy campers who may not have an historical knowledge of mining, here is just […]
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Have you ever met with a teacher, computer tech, doctor, lawyer, or other professional, and found your eyes glazing as they used words and phrases that were meaningless to you, but were the heart and soul, the language, of their profession? It’s frustrating, isn’t it? Did you know that every member of your family, including […]
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Gray. Washed out. Worn out. Just plain tired. Do you feel as a mom sometimes that you just don’t have what it takes anymore? That between the job, the kids, the finances, the stress, that you have been stripped of your joyful, colorful self? I felt that way last year. You know what I […]
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I wrote a short while ago on the technology that connects us, especially in regards to iPads and autistic children. While the following video centers on the use of a computer rather than an iPad, the story remains the same: The amazing, miraculous ability of technology to connect us, regardless of who or where we […]
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Do you think sometimes that you don’t really have much to offer to others when they are in need? That your words are too ordinary to help? That because you are in a hole financially, emotionally, relationally or spiritually that you couldn’t possibly have anything of use? I believe that we are too quick to […]
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