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Friday, December 25, 2015

7ToF: Christmas Edition, so really there's only one thing.

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1. The miracle of Christmas is that God chooses to dwell among us. There are myriad ways to interpret that statement, even among my small gr...
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Tuesday, December 15, 2015

self-care, part 2

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Karen pointed out in the comments to that self-care post that there is some overlap between self-care and self-indulgence when you've b...
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Friday, December 11, 2015

7ToF: Christmas preparations and a hat trick of faults

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1. I've had a really bad attitude about Christmas the past couple of years. It wasn't always that way--I used to look forward to Chr...
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Tuesday, December 8, 2015

re-thinking self-care

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I've been thinking quite a bit the past few weeks about what it means to take care of myself. As I explained in this post , I'm conv...
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Monday, November 30, 2015

DAY 30!!!! Grace and Gratitude, Part Two

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I want to have some elegant, graceful  way to say this, but I spent two hours traipsing around the very wonderful Western Washington campus ...
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Sunday, November 29, 2015

Day 29: Grace and Gratitude, part one

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I've been listening to a meditation series by Oprah and Deepak Chopra called "Manifesting Grace through Gratitude." You can be...
Saturday, November 28, 2015

Day 28: pain and its relief

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A couple of weeks ago I was flipping channels on Sunday night and I ran across an episode of 60 Minutes that was about teenagers who have di...
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Friday, November 27, 2015

7ToF: Black Friday edition

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1. We don't usually shop on Black Friday, not because of any moral high ground, but because I can't stand crowds. But since we'l...
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Thursday, November 26, 2015

Day 26: dealing with my beloved, stressful dad, aka how to survive family visits

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Happy Thanksgiving! Whether you're with loved ones or not, whether that makes you happy or sad, I hope you have a nice day off from your...
Wednesday, November 25, 2015

Day 25: oh the weather outside is frightful

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We had our first real winter storm today. It was a typical winter storm for us, the kind we get 2-3 times a year: half a foot of snow coming...
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