With the freshness of the new year, the concept of a vision board popped into my head and I almost instantly wrote down five words that I want to draw into my life. Coincidentally (or not so coincidentally?), I also happened to be thumbing through some old journals, and I came across the first …
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I gave myself most of January to pin down my goals for the year. They're pretty simple; not many are even quantifiable. But I think they'll help me move in the right direction in 2014! I may even pop back in at the end of each month with a quick progress report. I mean, SOMEone's gotta keep me …
1. Keep working a job I don't like. As some of you know, for the last five and a half years I've managed our building of 53 condos. It is a part-time job I can do from home, with my kids, but it wears on me. It also makes a huge difference for us financially, because of the high cost of living in …
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It is good to be back! If you'd like to see some pictures of our Christmas, hop over to my facebook page. I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season! After thumbing through my journal and thinking about it at length on our 12-hour Christmas roadtrip, today I'm sharing three pieces of wisdom …
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They were young when they married. (As in, younger than I was, and I was only 20.) Growing up, I always thought of her early life as a Cinderella story. Her mother died in childbirth, and life with her stepmother was not what a mother would hope for, for her daughter. Cheren's life began when she …
It makes me so happy whenever my husband contributes a quote to our family chalkboard. This is a great one, from Ralph Waldo Emerson: "That which dominates our imaginations and our thoughts will determine our lives and our character...What we are worshipping we are becoming." …
