Tag: rest
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Bearing Beastly Burdens Isn’t Bravery
Confusion and uncertainty are exhausting. Fear causes a physical response that saps energy like a faucet turned on and left running. Until there’s nothing left. I’m not talking about me. Our two new four-legged houseguests are struggling to figure out what’s going on. Aspen is a two-year-old Lab with a lot of spunk and playfulness.…
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Where’s The Rest In The Story?
It’s a few days before Christmas, and panic is settling in the hearts of the unprepared. Like me. Haven’t done the baking, haven’t gotten all the gifts, haven’t even thought of stocking stuffers. The decorations I thought of putting up are still in boxes. Oh, the things I’ve not thought of! My inbox is…
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Careful–It’s Catching!
My dad was a great one for witticisms in memorable verbal packages. My modern day Mark Twain. Many of those nuggets I attributed to his Texas upbringing. Such as “I’m so hungry my stomach thinks my throat’s been cut.” He got his message across. One he used a lot which was widely popular was “If…
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The Capricious Challenge Of Catching Zzz’s
Sleep. We need it. This isn’t as obvious a comment as one might think. As a young mom, I managed to go long periods of time without it. I’d feed a newborn in the middle of the night, then rise and shine with my older kids in the morning. Keep moving through the day till…
Tip of My Iceberg 