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Real Life Magic
Everyone will tell you marriage isn’t magic and fairy-tales aren’t real. They’re right because they’re thinking about it all wrong. I think the magic we are looking for is in our reach every ordinary day. If only we opened our eyes, listened to our own laughter, and read our own story. Continue reading
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Baby Betsy ( & my 2020 motto)
Taking a quick break from our poetry posts so you can meet the newest baby at the blue house. Her name is Betsy and she isn’t just the life of the party, SHE IS THE PARTY. I may have a new motto for 2020: “Be a Betsy in a Karen world.” Not sure I should… Continue reading
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Our Vocabulary Matters
I heard one of my favorite quotes from Lara Casey. It was simply, “How you spend your time is how you spend your life.” How very true! I’d also venture to say how you speak is how you’ll spend your life. Your words carry weight, become your thoughts, construct your personal rhetoric, and turn into… Continue reading
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Just You Wait
I despise the “just you waits” that crabby adults love to push down on any young person in a new season or on the brink of experiencing one of their life dreams. Graduating high school? JUST YOU WAIT till college. Getting engaged? JUST YOU WAIT, because marriage isn’t easy. Got married? JUST YOU WAIT until… Continue reading
