Focus Upward
I'm a daughter of the King of Kings, wife, and mother of 2 lovely young adult daughters. Focusing upward on Jesus.
Both...and
Five Minute Friday Challenge
Both...and... Today is Mother's Day and a lot of feelings are surfacing. I heard this "both...and" phrase from Annie F. Downs and other writers over the last few months. It's when you hold 2 seemingly opposing emotions at the same time. Both are valid and sometimes (maybe all the time) you can't have one without the other.
So . . .
Explore
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Carry
Five Minute Friday Challenge
When I go grocery shopping, I tend to do it all at once and carry out a week's worth of food, cleaning products, shampoo, etc. I can be stubborn at times, especially when I'm dealing with groceries. I want to carry EVERYTHING into the house in just ONE trip. I try to gather all of the bags, haul them out of the trunk, up the steps, and into . . .
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Commit
Five Minute Friday Challenge
I was thinking the other day that I need to get back to my weekly writing on the Five Minute Friday prompt and wouldn't you know, this week's prompt is perfect! The word of the week is "commit". Commit means "to carry into action deliberately, to pledge or assign to some particular course, to entrust, to record for . . .
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January 2022 - Share Four Somethings
and a few other things too!
Ah, the beginning of a new month, a new year, and it seems to be flying by. It's already the last full week of January! So, I'm taking a few minutes to write down my "Share Four Somethings" for the month. Heather has included 3 new topics and used Pantone's 2022 Color of the Year, "Very Peri", on the monthly graphic!
Something . . .
Determine
Five Minute Friday Challenge
Determine - "to settle or decide by choice of alternatives or possibilities." Some people like to determine which way is best, but as a recovering perfectionist, Enneagram 1 (wing 9); alternatives can be crippling. What if I'm wrong? What if it doesn't work out or I don't like it? What happens if it's not perfect? That's why I love . . .
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Behold
Five Minute Friday Challenge
"...Behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy..." (Luke 2:10, NKJV) Behold means to gaze. What were the shepherds thinking when they beheld the bright star and heard the angels? I bet it was loud and glorious and they knew they needed to go find the baby.
What were Mary and Joseph thinking as they . . .
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