Soul
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Friendship
I always felt that I do not easily make friends. Sure there were days on the playground when you were invited to play with a group and I remember having an epic day but lasting friendships did not result. Over the years I connected with a person or two and developed some close relationships that always ended due to typical childhood drama and my lack of healthy relationships to mirror. There were a couple of friendships that dissolved due to moving but looking back they probably would have self-destructed eventually. So now that I am growing up I realize that I was always too giving to friendships for fear that…
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Connecting with God Through Running
When I started a couch to 5K program in 2016 it was simply to get active and shed some unwanted pounds. Little did I realize I would start running again and all the benefits that running could provide in ways other than improving my health. My first few outings were alternating between walking and running, I could not sustain a run pace very long and often could not run for more than 30 seconds at a pace close to a 15 minute mile. I joined a virtual challenge to complete 100 intentional miles in 3 months, this group had its own Facebook page and was women only. I was in…
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Emergency Stop Button!
I started this endeavor of creating a blog over the Christmas holiday thinking I would have some time to get it done. I bookmarked a Facebook ad about how to create a blog and my Christmas break seemed like a good time to read it; little did I know it was a five-day class to have a blog up and running! I jumped in with both feet and I did it, but I didn’t stop there. I also started my first Twitter page I added a second Instagram changed my Pinterest to a business page and made a new page on my Facebook linking everything. Next, I wrote a couple…
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Wandering Paths
Sometimes our path isn’t what we think it should be. It has taken me many years to come to terms with the fact of the things that I thought I wanted to do or be never came to fruition and how I wished that my past was different so many times. I often thought I could’ve done this or I wish I had different parents, or a different upbringing, many years of struggling with the should of, could of, I finally realize those experiences are what made me who I am today. I finally came to terms with this by thinking about where those could of and should ofs would…
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Operation Fireside
With the close of the holiday season, I wanted to take a moment to reflect on a program my family has been a part of for the last thirteen years, Operation Fireside. I am blessed to live near the only recruit training center for the United States Coast Guard and about 30 years ago they started Operation Fireside. Each Thanksgiving and Christmas local families can sign up to host recruits that are completing their basic training at the Cape May facility. Thanksgiving and Christmas at our house had become just another day with the exception of me cooking a big meal, it was just four or five of us and…
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