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Category: Finances

  • Trust and the Consequences

    You know how you think you know stuff and then you realize all of a sudden that you really don’t?  That has been my experience this past week. A dear friend of mine is working through some books and studies with me to figure out how to get to a healthier place in the whole…

  • Just 10 Facts and 6 To-Dos

    There is no two ways about it.  I’ve become an anxious woman…again. I struggled with this years ago, and here I am again. Fearful, concerned, worried…anxious. It’s a chest-crushing fear.  A wake up in the middle of the night worry.  An Oh my goodness!  Am I having a heart-attack? anxious. And for the life of…

  • What Sized Task Are You Dealing With?

    Do any of you feel like you are living in a world of God-sized tasks? I feel like I am. In fact, recently while dealing with a rather big issue in my life, I was again reminded of the God-sized task world that seems to be mine. Unfortunately, right now the biggest God-sized task is…

  • Somebody Save Me Please

    What if this life is about more than surviving?  Have you ever heard that saying about thriving instead of just surviving?  I don’t know what I think about that quote right now. What is thriving anyway? Is that even possible? I don’t use the word thrive very often…I don’t even use the word survive very…

  • Did I Get This Right?

    I’ve been longing to write for weeks…feels like months… About 7 months ago I began taking classes in order to get my teaching license and hopefully a Masters in education (I don’t even know how to write it – Masters, masters, Master’s or master’s – and is education capitalized?). I’m enjoying the classes, but I…

  • When You’ve Got Nothing Left to Give…and need some help and some hope

      About three months ago I began a program to get my teaching license and eventually my Masters in Education.  At the time it seemed like a really good thing…even though I don’t have the money to pay for the program nor is the time to do it clearly evident.  In fact when I was interviewing with…

  • Affluenza Vaccinations Needed

    Affluenza Vaccinations Needed The other day I posted this blog to Fredericksburg Parent Magazine.  It’s a constant struggle to teach my children about what’s truly valuable in life! Hope you enjoy!

  • My Money Faucet…Quick!! Someone Get a Wrench!

    So I know in polite conversation you aren’t supposed to talk about God, politics or money. I already talk about God because He’s everything to me. And although I have very strong opinions about most things, I’ve decided to refrain from politics. But today I just gotta vent a bit about money. Oh my goodness!!!…