Tag: friends

• Seasons Of Change

  After the stressful weekend last weekend, I apparently had to outdo that. My old car, Penelope, a 2012 Toyota Corolla with 264,000 miles on her… starting leaking a fluid. On top of the cosmetic damage (part of her front bumper came off and the rest was held on by duct tape), it was more trouble…

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  January 1, 2023

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  bloganuary, car, Christmas, family, friends, God, holidays, Kansas City, Life, loss, New Year, Toyota, travel, work

• A Happy, Crappy Christmas

  I spent all weekend and the better part of today specifically trying to decide if I needed to write this blog, but I process grief through words. Not only verbally, but also on paper/screen. So… here we go. This Christmas was… different than others. My bestest friend (with the little dog on her lap in…

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  December 27, 2022

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  Christmas, death, dogs, family, friends, God, grief, healing, holidays, Jesus, Kansas City, Life, loss, writing

• A Thrill Of Hope

  And just like that, it’s the week of Christmas. Boy howdy, has this been the shortest long year ever. I feel like more has happened in the last few months of my life since I left social media than it did before, but I know that’s not true. I just have no idea what I…

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  December 19, 2022

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  family, friends, God, grief, healing, holidays, Jesus, Life, loss, social media

• Holiday Blues

  I snapped the above picture after I looked over and realized how much my brother looks and acts like our father. That’s not to say my brother never reminds me of Papa (what we called our dad), but something about this moment made me feel closer to my dad than I’ve had the ability to…

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  December 15, 2022

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  church, death, depression, dogs, family, friends, God, grief, healing, holidays, Life, loss, social media, writing

• Thoughts From This Week

  After posting my last blog post earlier this week, I thought about the fact that many of my posts have talked more about my grieving process over losing social media or my grieving process over other things or just grieving in general. That wasn’t why I started this blog, I promise. I had expected things…

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  December 9, 2022

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  dogs, family, friends, God, grief, hobbies, Jesus, Life, loss, social media, work, writing

• Always On The Clock (A Longer Blog Than Usual)

  I’ve been trying to write this blog for days, but something kept stopping me.– Life– Lack of motivation– Not having a good title– Going in the wrong direction The last one might surprise you since my tagline for this blog is literally living life without the socials, and that’s anything that’s happened from August 29…

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  December 5, 2022

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  Bible, bored, church, evangelism, family, friends, fun, God, holidays, Jesus, Kansas City, Life, prophecy, rest, social media, teaching, work

• Novel-writing Winner

  As you can see from the above picture, I made it to 50,000 words in one consistent story since the very first time I actually officially started NaNoWriMo back in 2017. The title is a working title, so don’t read too much into that, but I may or may not be seriously considering next steps…

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  November 28, 2022

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  dogs, family, friends, fun, God, hobbies, holidays, Jesus, Life, Thanksgiving Day, writing