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We don’t really believe it’s okay to take time for ourselves. We want to believe it. We want to invest in ourselves. We want to let our individual heart soar. But down deep there seems to be something selfish about it. Nothing could be further from the truth. Still, it’s just so difficult to invest…

There is nothing more joyful than the holidays surrounded by the ones we love. But life is an ebb and flow and inevitably we suffer loss or relocations or relationships end and more..so much more. And what was once a day of exuberant thanks and holiday folklore can feel lonely.  The following are 15 Quotes…

“Gratitude exclaims, very properly, “How good of God to give me this.” –C.S. Lewis   “Keep your eyes open to your mercies. The man who forgets to be thankful has fallen asleep in life.” –Robert Louis Stevenson   “‘Thank you’ is the best prayer that anyone could say.” –Alice Walker “I am grateful for what…

“When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left and could say, I used everything you gave me.” -Erma Bombeck   “If you ask me what I came into this life to do, I will tell you: I came…

“Adulthood is like the vet, and we’re all the dogs that were excited for the car ride until we realized where we’re going.” “I don’t know about you, but I’ve thought about running away more as an adult than I ever did as a child.” – Someecards “I drink coffee because adulting is hard. Without…

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I sit in front of my computer. I open my e-mails one by one. I get to my friend “Kiki’s.” Her pain jumps out at me. Her words tired and aching. It is a broken heart that writes me this morning. So I type my response. MY LETTER TO A BROKEN HEART: I am so…

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