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Family

Why Bother Thinking About Motherhood?

Holidays can conjure up feelings we don’t want to feel, expectations we wish we did not possess and memories we’d like to forget. Mother’s Day can be one of those holidays. But, earlier this week, knowing that I’d need to write a blog on this day, I thought about how much motherhood and Mother Nature…
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Communication

Why Bother Checking Your Influencers?

We are influenced to think and act by a plethora of powers and forces in our lives. First of all, there are the face to face connections we have with others as well as virtual connections through different platforms. These platforms allow us to personify just about any personality we wish. Not only that, but…
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Communication

Why Bother Naming Your Worries?

Not all worry is bad. There is the kind of fretting that motivates us to take action and the other kind of fretting that constipates us. But when we name or identify our worry, then we can use it to our advantage. Otherwise, it might just eat us alive.                         What If? My fourth grade students…
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Faith

Why Bother to Wait With Hope?

In Leo Tolstoy’s book, War and Peace, he wrote that time and patience are the two strongest warriors. I’d like to add to that statement by saying that time and patience are also the two greatest ingredients of waiting with hope.  Suspended Actions We all know what it feels like to wait and if we…
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