Tag: holidays

• Resist, We Must Not

  The Lord has prevented me from blogging so much because I was doing it for the wrong reasons. Those reasons are the same reasons He asked me to get off social media. So, this blog has been here for the most part untouched while the Lord and I discuss what exactly it is I’m supposed…

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  December 10, 2024

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  Bible, blogging, church, evangelism, family, friends, friendship, God, grief, grieving, growth, happiness, happy, healing, holidays, Jesus, Kansas City, Life, loss, mom, mother, obedience, obedient, obey, procrastinate, reading, social media, story, storytelling, success, trust, vulnerability, vulnerable, work, writing

• Sitting, Wishing, Waiting

  It’s amazing what happens when I don’t blog for almost a whole week. It’s like a whole week of life happens. Last weekend, my friend Rachel sold her books at SantaCaliGon Days in Independence, Missouri, and I volunteered to be the main helper. It was one of the worst weekends to sell books weather-wise, but…

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  September 6, 2023

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  books, dogs, family, friends, fun, God, growth, happiness, happy, healing, holidays, invest, investing, Jesus, Kansas City, Life, love, mom, mother, obedience, obedient, peace, people, reading, rest, roommates, story, storytelling, success, trust, vulnerability, vulnerable, work, writing

• Birthday Weekend Kick-Off

  If you’re a fan of American football (or you at least keep up on what’s going on in the country) you’ll know that the NFL Draft kicked off yesterday here in Kansas City, Missouri. Earlier in the month while they were still announcing the guests and everything like that, my roommate and I had talked…

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  April 28, 2023

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  American football, evangelism, football, friends, fun, God, growth, healing, holidays, Kansas City, Life, roommates, story, teaching, Toyota, travel, writing

• The View From Up Here

  Awkwardly enough, until about two minutes ago, I had no intention of doing a blog today. Bloganuary is officially over, after all. There’s no need for me to continue. Except there is, because I like writing and sharing my thoughts and my life with people. Actually I’m coming to the realization that’s why it’s so…

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  February 1, 2023

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  bloganuary, growth, hobbies, holidays, Life, social media, story, storytelling, success, writing

• Why I Do What I Do

  This blog will be my Bloganuary blog as well as my regular weekly update blog, so buckle up! This has been a rough week. It was the first week of the year and for the first time since I started dog-sitting regularly (in 2017) I was not sleeping at my house for the first of…

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  January 6, 2023

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  bloganuary, car, fun, hobbies, holidays, Life, social media, story, storytelling, travel, work, writing

• 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

• 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