Beauty is Much More Than Skin Deep

For some time, I've wanted to write about how negative we are to ourselves, how we pick on ourselves and how we don't love who we are as we are. Recently, not one, but two other bloggers have broached this topic, and they've written about it so much better than I...

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Easy to Fall, Harder to Get Up

So far, the posts on this blog this year have been about resolutions, starting again, frustration, — all the things associated with a new year. Last week, I talked about being a pinball wizard, or more accurately, being the ball that's bounced around in a pinball...

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Are you a Pinball Wizard?

@RebeccaYauger I don’t know if this is true for you, but it seems in the past week or so, I feel like a ball in a pinball machine, just being bounced around from side to side, and up and down. Like most of us, I started the new year with goals, dreams, and aspirations...

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How to Deal with a Frustrating Day

Today is a very frustrating day. My mind is scattered in so many different directions with things I need to do that I’m not doing any of them well. I know I just need to stop, take a breath, and take things one item at a time, but it all seems overwhelming at the...

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Getting Real about the Laundry

Let's get real about laundry. Get real about laundry? What is she talking about? Okay, I guess I'm talking about completion. My husband calls himself a "compulsive finisher." He rarely quits a project before it's complete. Sometimes he works odd hours to make sure...

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ACFW New Releases: January 2020

January 2020 New Releases More in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the ACFW Fiction Finder website. Contemporary Romance: A Rancher to Trust by Laurel Blount -- After learning his ex-wife isn’t so ex after all, rebel turned rancher Dan Whitlock is...

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ACFW New Releases: December 2019

December 2019 New Releases More in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the ACFW Fiction Finder website. Contemporary Romance: Stranded for the Holidays by Lisa Carter -- Running away led her right where she belonged. A new mom for Christmas? She’s...

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Cancer and Survivor’s Guilt

Ten years. Cancer free. It almost seems unbelievable, how fast it’s all gone. I’ve been thinking about this anniversary, and as usual, I seem to be stuffing my inner most feelings. I’m afraid to go that deep. I should have some words of wisdom or some deep reflection...

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ACFW New Releases: November 2019

November 2019 New Releases More in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the ACFW Fiction Finder website. Contemporary Romance: Royally Yours by Betsy St. Amant, Ashley Clark, Liz Johnson, and Melissa Tagg -- Tinsel, Vermont is known for its no-paparazzi...

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Do You Have Four Minutes?

Right now seems to be a season of flux for me. It looks like some changes are coming. For one, I'm taking a break right now from working on any novels. I am still writing daily using a writing prompt, and I hope to work on this blog a little more. But I will need to...

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