Category: friendship
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To sit with her in her pain.
Several days ago I received a sublime gift: to sit with a dear friend in her pain. It may not sound like a gift to you, but hear me out. My friend’s life has been upended in so many ways; what were solid foundations of her spiritual, emotional, and physical life have been torn out…
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something meaningful, refreshing, life-giving for summer: 5Mondays
I’m trying a little something new this summer. I’d just thought I’d share it with you in case you want to try it in your community, with your friends this summer, too. It’s not revolutionary or anything, at least on a large-scale. But I am praying for revolution, revival, renovation, restoration on a large-scale in…
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12 Simple Christmas Traditions: Unique Ideas to Bring Your Family Together this Season
A short word before the list: It’s never too late to start a tradition! There are several beloved traditions among my adult siblings and I that weren’t begun until we were in high school or college, and that have since ceased to be. Perhaps we will revive them when our children are older. I guess some…
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Happy New Year! & #cruconf
Happy New Year! I’m still feeling so blessed and refreshed in my heart from spending the last few days of 2013 hanging out and catching up with so many close friends at Cru Conference – all staying in the same hotel and many of them freed of their…
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I found a new friend today.
I took today off from my new little job (at church). I gave today entirely to my main huge job (parenting 2boys). We all needed it. We walked / strollered to the park – a park that is one mile from our home that has very recently acquired a playground after being without for quite…
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Celebrating 5 Years; Here’s to 105 Years More!
Happy Anniversary, J. How can it be that I love, trust, and respect you more today than I did that rainy day May 21, 2005 when we were wed!? Oh, but I do. Cheers!
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How to Be a Runner. For the run of it: Vol 3. Find a friend.
Finding a running partner is unarguably both the most difficult and most rewarding thing to start and keep you motivated to run. I’m lucky. I have Megan. We’re a perfect fit. We run at just the right pace. We talk just the right amount and about all kinds of things. We inadvertently take turns challenging…
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Love Triangles of Friendship
This past weekend a very scrumptious and wonderful thing happened to me: two of my best girlfriends (Amanda & Stephanie) came to be with me. Amanda is getting married in just 1.5 months and so we were celebrating. I needed to be with them. They took turns holding my baby; we ate good food; I…