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Healing is a strange journey. I'm on day 14 of a 14-day virus. It's the first day I'm not using over the counter meds to keep me from coughing every time I try to talk so I decided to try to sing a song. Whoopsies. My voice is all out of whack still and has decided to take a longer hiatus. Bother. No matter where you are on your healing journey, there are times it just feels strange. I've been on an emotional healing journey for over a year now and I'm getting tired of findin

I feel like I'm in a cocoon made of the beautiful people around me. This is the word picture that came into my head Sunday. The more I ponder it, the more it truly reflects how I am feeling. This post isn't about convincing anyone to believe the way I do, but everyone's personal beliefs affect their story. Here is how my belief affects my story. I've met many people who have very good reason to say that church is a bad place. There's no hurt like church hurt because it cuts t

I once heard a teaching about tending to our own yard—because let’s face it, if you can’t keep your own garden from turning into a jungle, how can you help your neighbor with theirs? It's like trying to teach a cat to fetch while your dog is chewing on your favorite shoes. Anyway, during a particularly chaotic chapter of my life, a friend found herself knee-deep in a physical mess that looked like a tornado hit a craft store. Naturally, I jumped in to help, thinking, “This wi

When I was volunteering at a church, the children’s pastor did a series on the Fruit of the Spirit. As she wrote her own curriculum, she’s the first person I ever heard say, “Happiness is like a roller coaster. Joy is a steady flowing river.” I can still see Miss Kathryn’s hand motions as she taught the elementary kids. When life happens to me, as it happens to everyone, one of the ways I measure how well I am following Jesus is by the amount of joy I’m experiencing. I’m not

The kids love to use the phrase, it's not fair. Who am I kidding? I like to use the phrase, it's not fair. Yet where does it get me? Generally speaking, all it gets me is a thought trip that turns me into a victim of circumstances. That makes life feel completely out of control. Or, if I don't become a victim, I might become a control freak. If life won't be fair, I will make it fair by trying to control everything in my world. Somehow, neither approach is really useful on th

Somehow a teen girl and I got into a discussion on what she would name a boy. As she went through the list her nose crinkled, and lips curled as she considered the name Chad. I said, I like the name Chad. She replied, Chad is the name of a guy who always poses with fish and wears reflective glasses. Please note this girl has a fear of fish so this is not a pleasant idea to her. I started to laugh and feel very chagrined for my dear cousin, Chad, as I looked him up on FB In ph

Once upon a time, there was a moon who wanted to play in the play ground. But it was too small. Moral: if you see the moon push it back into space. By Colin, July 18, 2019

Our space to hang out may not yet be ready, but I have tea to sell. Order from the website or call me directly 715.533.8519. Thanks for letting me serve you!

As we wait with bated breath for the grand opening of a space where we can all belong, SOMETHING must be done. And so, I turn to curbside service so we can start to get to know one another and learn what flavors of tea we all like best. Who knew the delays would be this long, but I appreciate everyone's encouragement and patience in the waiting. Let's see what's happened so far. A regular job/career was not coming to me nor I to it in spite of carefully crafted resumes and co

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