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Unshaken
What podcasts are you listening to? Unshaken Saints | a podcast by Jared Halversonhttps://unshaken.podbean.com/ Jared is intelligent and educated… outside of Utah. Give him a listen. Actually, I often forget to listen to podcasts. Plus, time is not most plentiful in my life these days. Working full-time, spending quality time with my husband every day,…
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Let Your Money Work For You
Years ago, my husband and I received a lump sum of money that, if we had invested, would be worth a lot of money today. I could probably retire early! But, no. We were young and ridiculously irresponsible. We bought a car. Not a good investment. Cars depreciate. Did you know that, today, you can…
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Hobby? Too Much of a Good Thing? Or Escape From Reality?
Geocaching is something new to me that I only recently learned about. My daughter and son-in-law found one when out hiking an easy trail while out camping near a lake last year. This week, a friend was talking about her husband and that he likes to hunt for geocaches. He has been involved with this…
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Less for More
This thought came to me while I was in the shower this morning. I am old enough to remember when purchasing a bar of soap meant it was a rectangular full-size bar of soap. The middle was not scooped out on the top and bottom of the bar so the company selling the bar could…
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Makenna’s Post
SPiNNiNG ViSiONS is one of my favorite blogs. The way this 21-year-old blogger weaves her words together to form beautiful descriptions of deep thoughts, feelings, and opinions has me looking forward to the next post, again and again. The wisdom if her words is far beyond her years. Thanks, Makenna, for creating a blog that…
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StrawSticks
What are you most proud of in your life? This is not seriously what I am most proud of, but I am a little proud of the last-minute ingenuity that happened in this very unimportant lunchtime event that took place today. 😀 I hope it brings a smile to your face. 😊 I work at…
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Tails up?
What was the hardest personal goal you’ve set for yourself? This is probably not the hardest personal goal, but it is a challenging one… to journal and/or blog every day. My full-time job gets in the way sometimes, but I hope to write and blog as often as I can…. My sister works in the…
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Journaling and blogging
There is something about putting pen to paper. Handwriting is becoming a lost art (as you can tell from my sloppy/shaky writing). I love reading my mom’s beautiful handwriting. She was born in the early 1940s, so it was a priority to write well. No computers to take the place of human artistry. An article…
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Beautiful views
Utah’s beauty this time of year is exceptional! Though my husband is in the hospital due to a knee replacement revision, we have both enjoyed nature’s changing weather and colors. Here are a few photos from my husband’s hospital room on the 6th floor: They view from my hotel room:
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Bad Day, Good Day
I woke up late this morning, rolled slowly out of the king-sized bed in my 4th-floor hotel room, and took my time getting ready for the day. It was a slow stroll down to the restaurant for the breakfast buffet, which I was looking forward to eating before heading over to the hospital to spend…
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My husband and I raised three daughters together, and when I look back, it’s hard not to feel a deep sense of nostalgia, not just for their growing-up years, but for my own childhood, courtship, and the early days of our marriage. Those memories hold a little bit of everything, laughter, heartache, and a whole lot of love woven through it all.
I’ve found such joy in journaling, writing, and blogging about the things that matter most to me like God, family, life experiences, thoughts and opinions, memories, feelings, traditions, hobbies, and family history. There’s something important about putting these moments into words, about capturing them in a way that can be revisited and shared.
Through my stories, traditions, and reflections, I hope to connect with others who value these same simple, meaningful parts of life, and who might be willing to share a bit of their own stories, too.
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