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Encouragement for every season of lifeWhat’s that Buzzing Noise?
When I was a kid I loved watching The Jetsons, where Rosie the Robot did all the household chores while George and Jane Jetson traveled around in small spaceship-like vehicles between planets. I thought it would be so awesome to have my own personal spaceship. Of...
The Beauty of Silence
We had a power outage last week that lasted just under an hour. It was evening, and in a split second, lights, video games, music, and all other noise came to a screeching halt. I knew my eleven-year-old would be startled, at the least. So I grabbed my phone and slid...
Balancing Technology
This past month Twitter became a public company; you and I can owe a piece of the technology phenomenon by buying stock on the NY Stock Exchange. It opened at $45.10, and last I checked, it was trading in the low $40s. If you happened to buy Facebook when it was first...
Freedom from Unforgiveness
This is the sixth story in our “Freedom From…” Series, an 8-week series featuring women who have faced adversity and found freedom in the process. It was a childhood hurt that Sarah carried with her into young adulthood, but the lesson it taught her about forgiveness...
When Your Sister Dies Too Young
In my mind’s eye, she is larger than life – clear blue eyes still laughing, no more wrinkles than she had when she died at 28. While my own eyes have started to crinkle and form lines in the corners, she is still eternally young. While I peer anxiously at my roots to...
Keeping Track of Holiday Spending
Of all of the five love languages, I connect most with gifts. I absolutely adore giving people gifts! Somehow the lights and shimmer of the Christmas season put me under a spell that doesn’t wear off until sometime in mid-January. So it should come as no surprise that...
When Conflict Happens
This past August, my heart stopped for just a moment. We were on the ferry boat, gliding across the bay from Madeline Island to Bayfield with the motor humming in the background and seagulls swooping past, when my oldest child turned her small face toward mine...
Flipping the Bird
Not too long ago, I heard a friend share about making a driving error and receiving the one finger salute from the driver of a car nearby. Although she knew she’d been in the wrong, my friend was a little baffled by the reaction. I laughed to myself and thought back...
Freedom From Guilt and Shame
This is the fifth story in our “Freedom From…” Series, an 8-week series featuring women who have faced adversity and found freedom in the process. As a financial planner, I meet with clients and discuss one of the most personal topics there is… money. We don’t just...
Divine Provision – God’s Way or Mine?
My husband and I had been married two-and-a-half years. During that time, we had been separated for 18 months due to military training and a deployment. We had also experienced two interstate moves, finished a doctoral dissertation and a Master’s thesis, bought a...
