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 [...]

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Today was a beautiful, peaceful day. The sun was shining, the breeze was blowing, and the house was quiet. The kids have been in school for three weeks now, and every day still feels like Christmas morning. Remember that commercial from Staples that they ran at the end of every summer? As the song “It’s [...]

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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 [...]

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Last Sunday at 12StoneTM, the theme of the morning was The Gap. As in the store. Yes, our creative team is REALLY creative. As you might guess, Pastor Kevin (PK)’s message was about a gap. But not the retail chain. He examined the gap within us: the distance between who we are and who we [...]

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Hi! Well, I got just a few extra hits (essentially quintupling my readership!) after my post about Michael Gugliemucci. If you’re a new reader, welcome. We’re returning to our regularly scheduled programming today. If you like it, please feel free to stick around. So, I did some filing for the hubby yesterday (in between getting my “fix” of [...]

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Since this blog is about what I’m learning lately, here’s the latest truth I’ve realized: Worry is like Swiper the Fox. You know you’ve been a parent too long when your epiphanies involve cartoon characters. And if you’re not a parent, I’m sorry. I can’t predict whether you’ll relate to this post AT ALL. What [...]

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