AT THE WATER’S EDGE:
LIVING LIFE AND LEARNING ALL I CAN ALONG THE WAY
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Our Story Part 3: Pregnant for a Minute
I have a story to tell. It does not have a happy ending. But, perhaps, it has no ending at all. Perhaps we are still in the middle of the story, and this is just the hard part. This is the story of the past seven years, which I will share in segments over a…
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These are a few of my favorite things
This week, I turned 34. It’s hard to believe how quickly the years are starting to go by. One of the challenges I find in life is to not get bogged down by negativity. I’ve been talking with a couple of friends recently about recapturing joy and focusing on the simple things in life. I’ve…
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Little Beauties: Finding Joy in the Small Things
Last year, Tom and I took an amazing trip out to Colorado. After visiting with some family in Denver, we rented a car and drove in a big circle clockwise around the state, stopping in several little towns along the way. My favorite was Ouray. This little mountain town booms at 4th of July —…
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Grief and Joy: Part Two
In part one of this blog series I focused mostly on the grief side, with the loss of our first dog, Happy Gilmore. While we are still sad and miss him dearly, we’ve also been able to experience new joys with the new dog we adopted a couple of weeks ago. Meet Copernicus — or,…
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Grief and Joy: Part 1
This past Christmas was a hard one for us. We had to say goodbye to one of our best friends and companions — our dog, Happy Gilmore. It was all the harder because it was a sudden and unexpected death. Happy was a well trained and good mannered dog. He wasn’t a bolter by nature,…
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RA Won't Get the Best of Me
This post is part of a blog carnival, prompted by RAWarrior.com — with the subject of the carnival being, “how do you keep the disease from taking over?” Click here to read all of the entries! We all need to have an armory, well stocked with things that help us fight this disease — including things…
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The Fruit of the Spirit – JOY
We often confuse joy with happiness. I think it may be better equated with contentedness and a deeper satisfaction of the soul. Happiness depends on circumstance; joy does not. Happiness is a feeling that is in many ways beyond your control. You can’t be happy about everything, but you can have joy in all things. …
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