Tag: maturity
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Puttin’ On Big Girl Shoes
I’d spent some fun time with a dear friend and her family when we all realized we each needed to head out for our next appointments. While dad and the older sister were out finding the necessary facilities, I walked to the car with mom and their youngest. When the car was opened, Abigail immediately…
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Freedom Isn’t Permission
To laugh out loud and run free without a care in the world. It’s what childhood should be. It sounds unbelievably wonderful. As a child, all I could think about was being an adult. Adults have choices. They can make their own rules and don’t get disciplined for disobeying something they disagree with. They don’t…
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Did I Do It Well Enough?
Some of the sweetest wins in life come from receiving a reward for a job well done. Rewards are often that little extra push to finish something successfully that I’ve begun and have lost interest in. Knowing my efforts will be valued and affirmed help me finish well. Being rewarded doesn’t always guarantee an expected…
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My Way’s Better Than The Highway, Right?
Living in close proximity to Cape Canaveral, we’ve seen rocket launches from our neighborhood. The spectacular contrail of smoke and fire can be seen for miles. Then the first stage drops off in a fiery flare. Like jettisoning life stages as we move to the next. Ryken will be two in a few days; his…
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The Wilderness Of Waiting
“You waited.” The iconic last line from one of my favorite chick flicks, “The Lake House.” A movie that makes little sense but is a feel-good experience where true love wins. While waiting. That’s what I wanted to communicate to my new grandson, Landry John, born on April 26. You waited. He was in a bigger…
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