Tag: peace
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Finding Balance When Life Changes
There is a balance between self-care and selfishness. Finding this balance will likely always be a challenge for most of us. I’m fifty-two years old, yet I, too, often feel the guilt of taking time for myself, especially now that I have slipped back into a self-sacrificing mommy mode. The “mommy-mode” of always putting others…
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Raising Confident Kids
With the first hospital visit, adults begin “speaking life” over your baby: She’s beautiful! He’s so big! As children grow, we naturally announce and affirm each progression of their development: Look how he holds his head up. She took her first step! A healthy self-esteem is encouraged. Every child comes into this world with the need to know their…
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Is it Better to Be a Good Mother or a Grand Mother?
With my last child leaving the nest and a granddaughter on the way, I am often told that it is more fun to be a grandmother than a mom. Mothers typically find their identity in their relationships–especially with their children. I’ve gained three important insights on motherhood: Moms have tremendous influence on the life of a child. Our kids lives…
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3 Reasons Confidence will Help you Succeed
Recently, I was asked to give a thirty-second synopsis of what I have learned about: The Key to being successful as a creative. I wanted to laugh and reply with the very same question to the one who was asking me! Thankfully, I had a moment to recognized that my initial response before I had to…
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How Grief Taught me Joy
Today would have been my baby girl’s twentieth birthday. With each year since her passing, we think of all the milestones she would have accomplished had we been granted the privilege of raising her into adulthood like our other children. It’s hard to imagine Rebecca as anything except a beautiful, delicate newborn. Her fifth birthday…
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The Beauty of the Manger
My fourth child was due to arrive just before Christmas. We were building a home at the time and it was not ready for occupancy. I remember feeling anxious about bringing a newborn home to our temporary living situation–a large, open room over my brother-in-law’s garage. With two young boys and another young family within…
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3 Steps to a Quick De-clutter before Christmas
Over the next few weeks we will all be changing our home decor from it’s Thanksgiving theme to all things merry and bright, but what about our closets? I used to decorate my house for Christmas each year by simply adding a few festive pieces here and there. This year I am in a new…
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One Woman’s Journey to Find her True Image Identity
Most women HATE, HIDE or get HUNG UP on their image at one point in their lives. For many, this is during the teenage years, but for some it’s at a very young age, for others it comes later in life. When we are hurting and our self image is down, we may lash out…
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What is your Personal Presence?
Many factors have made me hyper-sensitive to family dynamics recently: My pastor has been preaching a series on relationships, I am preparing for a mother / daughter event, I am finishing up a child’s book about the six styles of children, and most significantly, cancer has invaded my strong, influential father and I am getting a lot…
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Confident for Our Children
As Easter approaches, let’s consider how Mary’s mamma-heart must have felt during Jesus’ persecution and death. As moms, we believe in our kids. Sure, we see their faults and we get frustrated when they don’t follow our wishes, but we see beyond the present day; we see their potential future. If anyone should point out…
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What’s “In Style” for the New Year?
My only resolution this year is to blog more about what to wear (#What2Wear). While my greatest passion is helping women to understand their heart and find their confidence, I also feel it is very important to represent your heart accurately with your image so that other people can put their confidence in you. There’s…
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What are your holdfasts?
I was feeling a bit overwhelmed with my to do list, when a dear friend of mine presented this very powerful question. It put life back into proper perspective for me and my hope is that it will for you as well. If you’re plate is full and you are finding it hard to be…