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I Am FOR Love, Respect, and Dignity of Life
I was once asked why I don’t participate in anti-war demonstrations. I said that I will never do that, but as soon as you have a pro-peace rally, I’ll be there. -Mother Teresa A challenge in my life is making sure I’m focused on what I’m for, not against. The energy we project when we…
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Today is My Focus for 2018
On the first day of 2018, I decided I wasn’t going to focus on resolutions. Instead, I tore off the back of last year’s desk calendar. I pulled out my old Oprah Magazines, Louise Hay calendars, and Maya Angelou quotes and got to work making myself an inspirational collage. I figured by looking for positive…
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Struggle: A Mom’s Tale
As a follower of love and an inspired child of God, I can reach some wonderful places inside myself. I can be a light for friends and strangers. I can show love in ways that many people just don’t understand. Being able to do all this doesn’t mean I’m perfect. I struggle. Most of all…
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People Pleaser Be Gone: Time to Take Care of Me
For way too long I have agonized about the right thing to do based on the comforts of other people. I gave into the “Don’t rock the boat” mentality. I made choices based on other people’s ideas of what my life SHOULD look like and how I SHOULD respond and how I SHOULD hold back…
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I was Drunk is NOT an Excuse
A young teenage girl likes an older boy. He is drunk when they go to the movies together. He forces his hand down her pants and makes her bleed. She barely makes it out of the movie theatre because she is in so much pain. He doesn’t understand why she doesn’t want to talk. He…
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Living by Choice
Outsiders may look at my life and ask, how or why I would choose the life I have. A life lesson I learned a long time ago is that I can’t plan for an unknown future. Most of the best things that have happened to me were actually not in my plan at all. I…
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Admitting Me Too
On social media there is a #MeToo campaign showing up after the latest Hollywood producer has been accused of multiple acts of sexual harassment. “Me too” is telling the social media world that this is a bigger problem then many people care to admit. Admitting me too, helps society open their eyes to see that…
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Perspective is the Key to a Happy or Miserable Life
“It isn’t the things that happen to us in our lives that cause us to suffer, it’s how we relate to the things that happen to us that causes us to suffer.” -Pema Chodron Perspective is the key to a happy or miserable life. We all come with a set of ingrained beliefs. Some of…
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Tragedy Strikes: Let it Bring Out Our Compassion not our Judgment
We sit and watch as tragedy after tragedy pass in front of us. Natural disasters and shootings keep coming up across my newsfeed. Yesterday, I spent the day reading about the mass shooting in Las Vegas and a double-murder suicide in my area. I have my brother in-law who works for Jet Blue in Puerto…
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What Now, Irma?
After taking our unplanned road trip to Georgia, we got to experience some of Irma for ourselves. Since the kids won’t be going back to school until Monday, I decided to wait out some of the chaos of worrying about gas stations having electricity and/or gas at all. I also would let all those desperate…
From A Loving Place 