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On the treadmill this morning, I started to say to myself, something that sounded like, "I'm so glad 2016 is gone, gone, gone. 2016 sucked!" But then I looked around me and something about seeing all of those people at the gym, early in the morning—huffing and puffing, sprinting and loping, lifting …
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I've changed. I can feel it. I can't tell you exactly what has changed about me, but I know I'm different. I'm more grounded. More sure-footed. More confident. But those words aren't really the right ones. A friend told me I am more direct. I keep asking H what's different about me and …
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Did I ever tell you I was born in Germany? My dad was in the service, stationed in a place called Neubrücke. I was born there, in the Army hospital, back in 1964. I don’t have any memory of having lived in Germany. At least, I don’t have any conscious memory of having lived there. I moved to the …
Once upon a time, while driving down the highway, I spotted a billboard. It was black, with white letters that read, “Don’t make me come down there.” Then, beneath that one, threatening sentence was this: “God.” Have you seen that billboard, too? At first glance, the billboard got a bit of a …
Remember when I told you I'd written something about my dislike of Christmas? Well, you can read all about it today, over at incourage. Start reading below, then click through to read the full essay. When I was a little girl, my pastor said something that shook me to my core. I remember …
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There have been so many times I've mentioned my fondness for Instagram. It is, hands down, my favorite social media app. Just last week, I attended a social media workshop hosted by the American Marketing Association and, at the end of the presentation, the speaker spent a great deal of time talking …
