“To give anything less than your best, is to sacrifice the gift” – Steve Prefontaine Me and my Mother -2015 Life is funny. How we start is not necessarily a guarantee on how we will finish. What we thought was true ten years ago may be different now for us today. How we define […]
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“Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.” – Martin Luther I recently celebrated my forty-seventh birthday and as I get closer to that magic number of fifty, I’m realizing there are fewer things that impact me the way they
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“I am more than my scars” – Andrew Davidson Whenever I think of layers I tend to think of things like clothing or eating fruit and vegetables. Both are essential for obvious reasons, and both have unique reasons for being important towards our daily lives. Layers can provide protection, warmth, comfort and quite possibly
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“It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.” – Ernest Hemingway If you have ever been in the car with a group of young kids, this is a question that you would hear quite often while on a road trip. Whether the
“We do not remember days, we remember moments” – Cesare Pavese In the last two months I’ve been to two funerals and one memorial for people who I knew as family and good friends. One thing about death is you never get use to it no matter how prepared you may be.
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“Love is not something we give or get; it is something we nurture and grow, a connection that can only be cultivated between two people when it exists within each of them – we can only love others as much as we love ourselves.” – Brene Brown By nature I’m an optimist, so
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“The beautiful journey of today can only begin when we learn to let go of yesterday.” – Steve Marboli Have you ever ran into someone from years back and found yourself surprised about their present life condition, whether it was a career path choice or simply their mere presentation? We may never admit this
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“The sun, the earth, love, friends, our very breath are parts of the banquet.” – Rebecca Harding Davis I have had the privilege of experiencing and participating in the birth of each of my three children. As I took part in this wonderful miracle I remember the lessons taught to me and their mom
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“Fake a frown, you hurt others. Fake a smile, you hurt yourself.” – Unknown For the last ten months I have had the privilege of becoming a part of a community that often shares explicit stories, real life events (that don’t always have a happy ending) and truth to a point that hurts. Many
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“When everything seems like it’s falling apart that’s when God is putting things together just the way He wants it” – Unknown Approximately one year ago, we experienced a 6.0 earthquake in Napa county. It was quite a jolting experience, occurring at approximately three o’clock in the morning. I remember being abruptly awakened by the
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