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    • Endings Bring New Beginnings

      This weekend I am on the last Christmas/New Year’s, help-people-with-their-dogs adventure for at least two weeks. I promise I really did quit dog-sitting as a business. Last year Erica would wonder how much “quitting” was actually had… Speaking of Last Year Erica… I was thinking about a year ago today. I remember how tired and…

      ericamaehenning

      December 30, 2023
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      car, dog sitting, dogs, family, friends, fun, God, grief, grieving, growth, happiness, happy, healing, history, Jesus, Kansas City, Life, loss, mom, mother, story, storytelling, success, Toyota, travel, trust, vulnerability, vulnerable, writing
    • In Conclusion… (Year-End Review)

      I’ve been trying to write some kind of a blog since the last time I hit “Publish” however long ago that was… (It seems like forever, but I know I posted at least one blog in December) It helps that it’s now the end of the year and I have something a little more to…

      ericamaehenning

      December 26, 2023
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      Chicago, church, Colorado, dog sitting, dogs, election, family, friends, fun, God, growth, happiness, happy, healing, history, hobbies, home, Jesus, Kansas City, Life, mom, New Year, Pike’s Peak, reading, renaissance festival, rest, road trip, social media, story, storytelling, success, travel, trust, vote, vulnerability, vulnerable, work, writing
    • Treasure! (A Hot Cheeto Story)

      This is a new story in regard to my “pet” dragon, Hot Cheeto. Find the last story here! It is also loosely based on true events. It was a cold, late-autumn evening when my friend and I decided to run to the village for Christmas gifts for our families. Naturally, I caved when Hot Cheeto…

      ericamaehenning

      December 4, 2023
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      Christmas, dragons, fun, gifts, Hot Cheeto, Kansas City, Life, story, storytelling, writing
    • Divine Appointments

      Today, I had a fairly relaxing day. I didn’t do a whole lot, and what I did do was more time-consuming than mind-consuming. By the time I had finished, I figured I would grab something to eat on the way home and then I could unwind when I got there. So I stopped at Chick-Fil-A,…

      ericamaehenning

      December 2, 2023
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      Bible, chick-fil-a, church, faith, food, friends, God, growth, Jesus, Kansas City, Life, opportunity, story, storytelling, wopoli, writing
    • Hot Cheeto (A Short Story)

      I needed an outlet for my overactive brain. This story started out based on a true story, but it’s definitely fictionalized. There I was, minding my own business, when a friend walked up to me in my shop one day and said, “I found the cutest thing and I think you’ll like it a lot!”…

      ericamaehenning

      November 26, 2023
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      dragons, fiction, fun, funny, story, storytelling, toys, writing
    • A New Hope

      A few months ago, one of my mom’s friends, who also happens to be a Golden Retriever breeder, was “given” a dog. A Golden Retriever of course, that she could breed with one of her males. No problem, right? Except things seemed off with this new dog in the house. It wasn’t bad, necessarily. It…

      ericamaehenning

      November 25, 2023
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      dogs, family, golden retriever, healing, Hope, Life, story, storytelling, therapy dog, writing
    • Light and Dark

      In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep… And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness. God called…

      ericamaehenning

      November 19, 2023
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      Bible, dark, darkness, God, growth, healing, Kansas City, Life, sleep, story, storytelling, vulnerability, vulnerable, writing
    • Is Now The Time?

      Last weekend at the women’s conference in Colorado, the theme for the weekend was “Now Is Your Time.” Unbeknownst to me, it was exactly what I needed to hear. Also unbeknownst to me, it wasn’t in regard to what I thought it was about. I didn’t find that out until tonight. Remember how I mentioned…

      ericamaehenning

      November 12, 2023
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      cleaning, Colorado, friends, gifts, God, growth, Life, living, NaNoWriMo, nanowrimo2023, roommates, vulnerability, vulnerable, working, writing
    • Quiet Mountains

      It wasn’t until this past weekend, when I was in the mountains for the first time as an adult, that I realized I’m not so much shocked by the majesty of the mountains, but the quiet of them. Sound seems to carry differently in and around the mountains, as if it swallows up the unnecessary…

      ericamaehenning

      November 7, 2023
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      God, growth, Life, mountain, mountains, peace, Pike’s Peak, quiet, story, storytelling, writing
    • Bringing Joy (Or, How To Survive At A Higher Altitude)

      This weekend I’m in Woodland Park, Colorado, at a women’s conference. Today is the last day, but now that I’m mostly over the altitude sickness, I decided to get a coffee at the beginning of the day. And then I wasn’t allowed in the auditorium because the cup doesn’t have a spill-proof lid. Whoops. So…

      ericamaehenning

      November 4, 2023
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      Bible, caffeine, Colorado, convention, friends, fun, God, growth, happiness, happy, healing, Jesus, Life, love, Pike’s Peak, rest, road trip, story, success, travel, trust, vulnerability, vulnerable, writing
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