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Lord, may I be willing to love. Let me be willing to sacrifice, truly sacrifice for others. Make me willing to set down my false self. Make me willing to see myself: the despicable and the beautiful. Let me be willing to own each and every loved nook and cranny. Make me willing to to […]

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I am super quick to dog myself out.  It’s not brilliant humility -so I’ve learned- but actually an unhealthy form of narcissism in which one focuses intensely on their downfalls.  Seriously? Yesssssss, Chile.  You can’t win for losin’. Years ago, I remember the look on my mentor’s face when I told him I created lists […]

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Little Girl

Last week a friend died.  She wasn’t someone I’d known for a long time, in fact, I’d only known her a week.  One week.  But she made an impression.  She was sweet, very kind, very honest with herself.  Even though she’d just met me she’d been vulnerable in front of me about a few things.  […]

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i wish you could see yourself

I wish you could see yourself the way I see you! He was all flummoxed.  All concerned.  Reasonably so.  I’d communicated something-or-other about how I’m-not-good-enough-for-this or don’t-deserve-this  OR THAT.  I’d weaseled my way out of kind words and decided instead to settle on why it’s okay for someone to treat me poorly because, really, it […]

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Jana

Eager to welcome a beautiful soul today, Kristi Scott whom I “met” through Twitter & the #FMFparty community.  Besides looking a little like my sister, I feel drawn to the beauty of this sweet soul, so passionate & lovely.  Her post is part of a series of guests post over the next couple of months […]

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I love to fly. I love the feeling of heading off to an airport, ripe with possibilities. I love the feeling of boarding on an airplane, except of course when boarding outside in the snow, in 2 degrees Farenheight. Even though most of the world flies, it makes me feel ‘special,’ ‘privileged.’ I love the […]

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I’m honored to welcome Minister Ken Pettigrew to my blog in his second guest post here.  Ken is a gifted man of God with a heart of gold.  He’s a man of passion and an amazing thinker.  He’s given us a beautiful gift of vulnerability in this post. (Thank you so much, Ken)! This is […]

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Do you love little warrior girl stories? I do. My life-long next door neighbor, Jerald had a decrepit garage.  His Dad worked on cars night and day, often filling every available inch of land they owned with cars & parts. Visible from our backyard, their garage was 20 yards away and appeared to be a […]

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