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Creating Boundaries
The book club I’m part of is reading “Worthy” by Jamie Kern Lima this month. Have you read it? There is so much goodness in this book, I wish I had read it years ago! As a recovering people pleaser, her talks about setting boundaries really resonated with me. I feel like we often set…
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To My Son As You Finish Your First Year Of High School
No matter how hard I try, I will never be able to teach my child every single thing he will need to know in order to survive everything this life could throw at him. All I can do is try to drop some motherly wisdom on him and hope some of it sticks. My baby…
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10 Things To Tell Your Teens When Their Heart Gets Broken
I’ll never forget the first time my heart was broken. I’m talking about that I just got punched in the gut and I think my heart actually ripped apart feeling. I was a junior in high school. A girl I thought was one of my best friends was driving me home after we left the…
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You are more than what you do
Parents put so much time and energy into developing their children’s talents. I can’t help but wonder what their lives would be like if we put the same time and effort into developing our children’s hearts. I often find myself telling my son that he is who he is, he is not solely defined by…
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Focus Matters
I had an interesting experience the other day, and it prompted me to write this blog post. It actually worked out perfectly that I was researching and writing part of my book that complimented this situation well. It’s funny how you always find what you’re looking for! Dude had an inline hockey game the other…