Okay, so today I was gonna participate in a “serious” blog carnival hosted by a really cool British expat pastor guy named Peter Pollock. I like what he writes; it always makes you think. Anyway, his carnival today has a topic that everyone is supposed to write about:
Obedience.
Watch your step. The irony is pretty thick [...]

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Hey Bloggy Friends! Long time no see. This week has been a crazy-busy. Plus I’ve been fighting off a downward spiral of self-doubt.
You know those days when you feel inadequate at everything you do? Throughout the week, I’ve come up with a laundry list of areas where I’m clearly sub-par:
I’ve felt like an inadequate mom, [...]

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Today is a momentous day, a day of crucial decisions. Choices that will affect the next four years — and possibly the rest of our lives.
As members of a democratic society, we have the privilege and responsibility of participating in those decisions.
And so, later this morning, I will head out to our local polling place: [...]

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Thank you to everyone who commented with birthday greetings. I promise I didn’t write yesterday’s post to fish for a “happy birthday” from every reader. But the ones I got were a nice side effect.
I had a very good birthday, which I will try to post about later. The highlight was a message on my [...]

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Yes, today is my birthday.
Last night I was all set to write a whiny post about how my husband is thousands of miles away in England and I’m all alone taking care of three ungrateful little trolls and I have a dirty house and all I want to do is sit around all day and [...]

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The Renewed Mind is the Key from Lehrthing on Vimeo.
This wonderful video causes me to ponder some things:

How recent IS this? At first I thought it was from my high school days (20+ years ago). But the dude had a headset mic. See for yourself! This masterpiece was probably created in this century. [...]

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Wow wow wow. You really DO like me! Yesterday’s post yielded the most comments I’ve ever gotten, and you all are so encouraging!
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More importantly, it sounds like I stumbled upon something we all deal with to varying degrees:
Being “real”. It’s such a tough thing to wrap your brain around, isn’t it? Am I [...]

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So over the weekend I got some really kewl news: I’m getting a blog award!
My new bloggy friend Heidi emailed me yesterday to say that she loves my blog so much that she’s giving me some sort of prize…
I hope it’s chocolate.
Oh, I kid. As I’m sure you already know, a blog award is a [...]

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That’s what my 10yo son Little Charlie (aka LC) shouted as he stomped up the basement stairs into the house on Saturday afternoon.
Ooookay. What do you mean?
“I’m free! I don’t have to mow today; Dad says I can wait till Monday!” And he ran off to watch Pokemon.
Little Charlie’s dad followed him upstairs and told [...]

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Happy Labor Day! I hope your three-day weekend has been relaxing. Mine ended up being challenging.
So I’m at Publix Sunday when someone cuts in front of me in the pharmacy line. “Have y’all seen a cell phone here?” a heavyset woman my age asks the pharmacist in a thick Southern accent. “I only been here [...]

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