Tag: writing
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10 Years A Friend
Today marks 10 years since I started at my first job in Kansas City, Missouri. Because I’ve had issues with iCloud and Dropbox over the years, I don’t have any pictures from 2014, but I know I took a lot of them. So this picture of my roommate and me taken by a photographer friend…
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What Is Surrender?
Last week, the Lord stopped me as I was wandering around aimlessly in my house and asked me a simple question: “What are you so afraid of?” And I knew what He meant, because I’ve been ignoring the Lord on this particular subject for at least 3 months. “What is that subject, Erica?” Funny you…
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A Snow Day!
Today I woke up to a snow day. As a self-employed person, I have the luxury of taking the day off when the sky decides to dump 6 inches of snow. Thankfully I had cleared the schedule when they began threatening the amount of snow we were supposed to get. I’m really glad I did,…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
My Social Media-less Life 