Tag: children
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We all need a friend who…
I have been thinking lately about how much of a gift it is, to have friends who just GET IT. When you call and need to vent, they don’t get frustrated, they listen, and you feel heard. You know the one! We all need one, and for years, I thought a friend like this was…
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Carrot Sticks for Dinner
This may be the most random title of all time, but this is actually one of my life mantras. If you follow me on social media, you know that I talk about this all the time. Especially when it is warm enough to eat outside. So what exactly does this mean? Basically it means, throw…
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A Letter to my 18 Year Old Self
With graduations, the end of school year, and a new season about to begin, I have felt that this letter really needed to be written. Not really even to myself, but for the other young women, young girls, and women out there. For all you “dears” out there. For you, because you may be like…
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The green shoes that nearly did me in and the whisper that turned this sinking ship around
I have realized something this week that I never fully realized before. ALL THREE OF MY CHILDREN ARE STRONG WILLED. What. Is. Happening. They each have different degrees of strong willed sprits, but this past week I learned that they were so much stronger than I ever thought. It all started with the hunt for…
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Under the Surface
At our house, we LOVE blackberries. Over the past five years Derick has slowly planted and cultivated about forty plants, so that when blackberry season arrives—we have berries a plenty. This year as I was picking berries I started to notice from a few feet away that there would be these HUGE berries hiding directly…
Sarah Says Believe 