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Life is a lot like Bejeweled. You spend a lot of time making small moves that don't seem to amount to much, but eventually one small move will cause a cascade of events resulting in the ultimate score!
-Kara

Insecurities are like cobwebs.  You don't see them until you walk into them and then it takes some effort to get them off.
-Kara

Never underestimate the power of doing a crazy dance in your chair to improve the quality of your day!
-Kara

Be planted where you are, or go where you want to be planted. Either way, stop calling the grass greener elsewhere!
-Kara

Love comes when manipulation stops; when you think more about the other person than about his or her reactions to you. When you dare to reveal yourself fully. When you dare to be vulnerable.
- Joyce Brothers

Women wish to be loved not because they are pretty, or good, or well bred, or graceful, or intelligent, but because they are themselves. 
- Henri Fredric Ameil

The hardest of all is learning to be a well of affection, and not a fountain; to show them we love them not when we feel like it, but when they do. 
- Nan Fairbrother

Show me your friends and I'll show you your future!
-Noone seems to know who said it, but everyone seems to know it!

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Picture of the Week!

Are you avoiding the median or just stuck in the mud?

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I'm in Baton Rouge this week with Team Bohl, six of my favorite people! The thing about seven people being in a three bed room house is that someone is going to have to share a bed. Being that I am the only single adult in the house that leaves me sharing a bed with a kid.

What's your Easy Button?

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Is there ever a point when it’s okay to be disappointed?  I ask myself this question as I fight feeling disappointed.  Part of me says my pending disappointment is irrational because I should have expected it.  There was that small voice in the back of my head that said, “Don’t get your hopes up.”  Why did that still small voice say that?  Was it God warning me against impending doom or because lack of follow through by others, or at least one person, has been a common theme in my life for 30 years?

I just had an “AH HA” moment...

Three Little Words

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I spent this past Sunday afternoon with two of my girls, Ashley and Rebecca. While we were out and about having a fabulous girlie time Ashley felt the need to tell us how much she loves us and appreciates us and our friendship. It was such a wonderful moment and throughout the day we each kept saying, "Aw, I love you guys!"

Bury the Hatchet

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There's an interesting phenomenon in life – hurt and offense. There is a good amount of time dedicated to these topics in the scriptures and basically how to guard your heart and get over it! We are not permitted to hold grudges and offenses. We are commanded to forgive, let go, move on....

Integrity - The Bigger Story

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Thursday night was the first meeting of The Living Room, a Bible Study at my house for those ages 20-35. We're studying Ephesians and specifically started with chapter 1 verses 1-14. Paul starts by introducing himself and then begins to get caught up in a bigger story. One about God's blessings and the inheritance that awaits all of us. Before we read this portion of scripture the study guide we are using gave an illustration of a bigger story overshadowing other things in life. The example was of a man who waited for a bus that was late. He got irritated when he began to tell his family about the ordeal and before he knew it was complaining about the government and how soon there would be an election and he could vote for someone that would fix the bus system. The issue at hand was the late bus, but the man's frustration over the late bus was overridden by the bigger story, his frustration over a government that he felt was failing.

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