Tag: epic Life challenge
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The Aforementioned Pivot (5-22-26 Update)
Remember the blog Pivoting in Place? I told you something was coming and you’d learn more over the next days, weeks, months? …that there were workshops and services I was cultivating and couldn’t wait to share? Well, This is the pivot I was talking about. If you don’t want the life updates, jump skip to
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Tapestry of Trees
A tapestry is usually functions as a wall-hanging, and traditionally is handwoven. Since 2022, I’ve done a lot of driving hither and yon. To be fair, with children in traveling basketball for over 15 years, I’ve done a lot of driving since 2009. But my daddy relocated to heaven in 2022 and it’s only since
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Hallelujah! My Flight’s Delayed
The flight is booked. Round trip. With return flight to get you home in enough time to get the rest you need to the next leg of your life. The next leg of my life included very important tasks: taking a child somewhere and connecting with somebody about something and… Honestly, now, I don’t remember.
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I’m a Scrapbooker?
At some point along the way, someone invited me to a scrapbooking party. This was back when Creative Memories was becoming a thing. My oldest was maybe 18 months old, and I thought: “This is great. I can preserve our memories. I can do something meaningful with all these pictures.” So I went to the
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Gifting a Hobby (or cameras everywhere!)
My dad didn’t just buy a camera. He bought a door. And opened it to possibility. This was his first grandchild. And suddenly, photography wasn’t just interesting—it was important. So when my parents came to visit, they didn’t just take a few pictures. They took pictures of everything. The baby looking left.The baby looking right.The
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The Cusp of the Camera Shift
Did you grow up like me? Right on the edge of something shifting, or developing (pun intended). Not dramatically. Not all at once. But quietly… and then all at once. See if this sounds familiar: Cameras were always around when I was growing up. The kind where you loaded a roll of film and had
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Allergen-Friendly Foods
This post is a two parts in one. This first section is about food options free of common allergens and my family’s faves. The second is my position on Epicure 2.0. Read none, some, all. This is where I stand. In future, current food links will be on my links page. Choosing What is for
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Pivoting in Place
Nope, I really haven’t moved. Seems since 1998 I’ve been in the exact same place. That’s the kind of person I think I am, though. I bloom where I’m planted. And guess what? I like my pot. It’s a nice pot, plenty of sun, good soil, I’m watered regularly. Sometimes I have to be repotted
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The Night Before
It’s the night before we take our fourth child to the campus of his college. Or is it the night before our fourth son embarks on his college journey? Both are true. The first is about me and how I’m feeling. The other is about him. Same space of time. Same people in the house.
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Wednesday, July 30
Sunday, July 30: Home Morning The details don’t matter. J & A walked out together with all the paperwork, supplies, and instructions for healing at home. PRAISE yeah…just praise the Lord! So much to be grateful for! PRAYER In the midst of it all, in every detail…is Jesus. Messages left in blog comments can be
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Tuesday, July 29
Tuesday, July 29: Ask & Ask Again All Day The day started after a bumpy night to a floor that was the wrong floor. Then a new doc said something. Then the (also new) dietitian said something. Things that contradicted what J & A have been told the last 10 days. What was a possible
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Monday, July 28
Monday, July 28: Steps Morning Perhaps you recall a couple weeks ago when the prayer was one step forward, zero steps back. Praise the Lord for forward movement…meal and meal, slowly, methodically, eaten: bite, chew, chew, chew, swallow, breathe. Just eating is exercise. There was a very odd decision made by docs today…we all questioned