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Coming From Behind
In sports, there’s more to losing than just numbers on a scoreboard. It does something to the players themselves. And if players experience enough repeated shellackings, the necessary inner believe in oneself needed for winning can be completely stripped away. … Continue reading
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Positive Force
Sitting at the end of a yoga class this week, all relaxed and stretched out, the instructor asked us to take a moment and mentally thank the positive forces in our lives. “They have helped mold you into who you … Continue reading
feeling like a traitor
This past month my oldest son started another football season in not only a new town but a new state, which of course puts us on a completely new team. And I’m struggling. “Traitor, traitor, traitor,” my head chants every … Continue reading
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Oy vey! The decisions we make.
This week my oldest showed how dangerous an impetuous act can be. He lashed out at his little brother who wouldn’t leave him alone, stabbing him in the ear with a remote control toy antenna. Immediately, the blood and tears … Continue reading
Riding the Coaster
Life is like a roller coaster. Sometimes we’re up. Sometimes we’re down. Sometimes so many things crash upon us it feels as if we’re thrown for a loop. It’s not these up and downs or even the loops that frustrate … Continue reading
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Finding the fish inside
Every summer, year after year, I’ve work with my nearly eleven-year-old son on swimming. Stuck with a swim teacher for a mommy he really didn’t have a choice. For a long time his stroke technique was not the best. Okay, … Continue reading
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One voice
With sweaty palms and a shaky voice, I stood at a pulpit this week speaking to the city council. The complicated and drawn-out reasons why aren’t important, but I went there with a deep, down-in-the-gut feeling that this needed to … Continue reading
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The enemy in the mirror: Things I wish I would have known when I was fifteen.
I, like so many females I’ve talked to, need no outside critic to point out my flaws. They’re blaring back at me every time I see my reflection. Not even makeup or carefully chosen outfits can conceal all the things … Continue reading
Worth the read: Forgive My Fins
Forgive My Fins, by Tera Lynn Childs is an excellent read about a teenage mermaid living on land. She’s ready to take the perfect boy of her dreams down to meet her father, the king of the sea. But there’s … Continue reading
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Bad days
Everybody has bad days. You know the kind, when nothing seems to go right, and each blow as the day wears on drags you closer and closer to tearing your hair out. Well…my computer, filled with its dozens of children … Continue reading
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Janelle Evans 