Adapt Your Adaptation: Fashioning A Slow And Meaningful Life Despite Chronic Illness
Two Things That I Have Learned This Week Weeping can turn into a deep form of worship to God. I overestimated how much I can do in a day, but if I do a little each day success will reign. It has to because progress is still being made no matter how little. Snail pace […]
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I sat here this past week in prayer and in tears. Frustration seeping from my pores. Is this all I have to look forward to? Pain, exhaustion, and medication? Long phone calls to doctors, receptionists, pharmacists and insurance plans. This life flight has been long and arduous and I am barely into my thirties. […]
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Quote Of The Week Two Things That I Have Learned This Week 1. Personal discipline is savage. The inner voice(mind) is a powerful thing. We can either let it be negative or encouraging. We must change the tune of this inner voice and not let it work on its own. Personal discipline comes when […]
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The Love Affair With Haute Couture Written By Melissa Marie As a young teen, I remember dreaming of the day I would finally get to buy haute couture clothing right off of the runway. Clothes that are hand sewn, made with art visionary in mind. I poured over fashion magazines (pre-internet accessibility) and cut out […]
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Two Things That I Learned This Week 1. Examining your habits and character will cause a headache. I am trying to study my own habits and tweak the ingredients for a cake of success and change. The game changer is that you will begin to see things and habits about yourself that will bug the […]
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Grandfather Time, you have to respect him. He has no boundaries and bows to no human or living thing. He is relentless, and he will pass by when you want him to stay and when you wish he would go away he seems to linger. Ah, time, you can’t bottle it, stop or rush it, […]
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Quote Of The Week Two things I Have Learned This Week Memories are made when we open intentionally stop for a moment and cherish the life around us. 2. Fashioning your life is much harder than fashioning a wardrobe, but looking beautiful while working in the midst of your troubles is a game […]
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It has been two months of bed rest and no driving of my vehicle. This means limited amount of time shopping, going out with friends or swinging by my favorite stores to pop in and get some retail therapy. Every trip out of the house is assisted with driving and is mapped out and even […]
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Two Things That I Have Learned This Week I know Memorial weekend has passed ( May 28,2018) but I have this sense of responsibility to those that lost their lives for our young country. I love this country that I was born into but have never paid the ultimate price for that love. The […]
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Songs For The Soul Playlist Written by Melissa Marie Ever have those dry spells where it feels like all you do is fight battles? At church the preacher recently gave the greatest advice, he said, ” Give God your battles. Go to Him in prayer and leave it at the altar. Let Jesus fight your […]
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