Do More than What You Love
You are uniquely designed on purpose and for a purpose. When you unlock your uniqueness and pursue it with passionate boldness, then you will never work another day in your life.
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KISS Away the Clouds – Lighten the World in Ten Simple Steps
I live in a bright world filled with rainbows and lollipops (and kittens for my friend Mandy). The overwhelming negativity in the news, on social media and most every place I have turned has made staying in my happy space a bit difficult as of late. This morning, I realized the problem. Like most things…
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Building a Successful Freelance Writing Career – Part 2
Our writing group randomly picked five words with the challenge being to take those five words and weave them into a short story. No matter what words they managed to bring together, I found myself weaving them into a mystery or suspense. When I write fiction, I lean towards the mystery and suspense. I prefer…
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Husband Whisperer Secrets for Making of the Perfect Spouse
My husband grew up in a home where his mother cleaned every day. She did the cooking. She did the laundry. She was the master of all the “womanly things” that had to be done around the house. My husband married a women who did not get the “womanly things” memo growing up. I cleaned…
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You are the Missing Link
The Scripture I read this morning reminded me that it all came through God and remains only in and through God. I speak often of the fact that God is my provision. Sometimes a job is the conduit of that provision. Sometimes other people are the conduits of the provision. I still needed the reminder…
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The BEEP Goes On
It started just after 2 am this morning. There are times when I wake up for no apparent reason. Usually, I will say a prayer and settle back into peaceful slumber. I assumed it was one of those times. And then I heard it. Beep. The last time this happened, also in the middle of…
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Building a Successful Freelance Writing Career – Part 1
Why are you pursuing freelance writing? The why can make all the difference. These past few days I have spent some time talking with people about their why. As a consultant with Peculiar Productions, I believe that if you can unlock your uniqueness – your why or your passion – and you can pursue that…
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The Christian Carnival Helps to Build Relationships
Relationships make building and remaining in a Walk with God a little easier. The internet had made pursuing relationships more difficult – because it can be tough to get to know someone through words on a screen. The internet has also made it possible for connections to be made across the globe, around the world,…
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Building a Foundation of Diligence – Wisdom from Proverbs
Proverbs 12:24 (NKJV) “The hand of the diligent man will rule.” I love the stories of overnight success. It inspires me when I hear about (or read about) someone being “discovered” in the shadows only to be thrust into the spotlight. It makes me wonder if maybe I should lurk in the shadows more. But…
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Think Differently
The rain poured down and threatened to ruin the day. I knew we needed the rain, but I had plans. I tried to make the most of the wet morning by scrambling around inside and tackling the last minute details. Most mornings, I start my day with a cup of coffee on the back porch….
