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The “Road” to Recovery
Recovery from open heart surgery is more of a parking lot than a road. It’s jam packed with a WHOLE LOTTA DOING NOTHING. It’s difficult
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When the Whole World Stops…
I’ll never forget the phone call. Friday night. We jump in the truck in the grocery store parking lot to head home at 6pm. John’s
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5 Things I’ve Learned from 5 Years of Marriage
It some ways, it seems like we’ve been married for 20 years, and in some ways it feels like our wedding was a few months
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That didn’t go how I wanted
That pretty much sums up 2020, doesn’t it? Sure didn’t go how I “wanted” it to go. Well, neither did Christmas. Funny, I just wrote
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Script Your Own Life to Attract Love
I have a whole chapter in my book about how to script your own life to attract love as if you already have the husband
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Cultivating Better Relationships With Your Kids
The moving brigade! Moving Day is supposed to a fun exciting day, right? Moving into a new place? Well, not in this picture. We were
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Awake My Soul by Mumford & Sons
” Awake My Soul ” by Mumford and Sons reminds me of Tony Robbins’ Unleash the Power Within event we went to last year with
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Divorce Recovery – What I Would Have Done Differently
Everyone has experienced trauma. One person’s bad day is another person’s living nightmare for years. We all experience things that are difficult, and divorce is
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She’s Everything by Brad Paisley
Fast forward a decade or so…I can’t remember what year it was, but I was in my hotel room in Denver on business when I
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What a Man Gotta Do by The Jonas Brothers
This song “What a man gotta do” is so fun and the lyrics are so cute! I just added it to My Love Playlist recently.