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In the Aftermath, Just Be There
A while back I wrote about an inspiring episode of the podcast My Unsung Hero, and today I wanted to share another one that seems particularly relevant. In Kimberly Godsey’s episode, she tells the story of her time training to be a nurse practitioner and how physician, Dr. Joe Seibert, gave her advice that has Continue reading
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My Word for 2025
This past Monday I shared my word of 2024, color, and the way it guided and impacted my year. But today I want to tell you about my word for this year. My word for 2025 came early, really early, like halfway through 2024 early. I was home one night and casually Googled, “nighttime bible Continue reading
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The Year of “Color”
In November of last year, I was about 90% sure that my word for 2024 was savor. It had stood out to me after reading it in a newsletter, and even though it didn’t have that oomph that most of my words do—that shininess that makes me sure they are special—I hadn’t discovered any other Continue reading
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My 2024 Rec Roundup (List-Cember #6)
And here we are on the last List-cember post of the year! This one is full of my favorite things I watched/read/ate/listened to/etc. It’s my best of the best of lists, if you will. The culmination of all my bi-monthly favorites posts. I always love reading what everyone would rank in their “top 10” of Continue reading
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17 Goals for 2025 (List-cember #5)
One of my favorite parts of the year is setting goals for the next year. It gets me excited for what is to come and helps center me in the impending unknown. It gives me a list of go-to answers to the question that comes up hundreds if not thousands of times every year: what Continue reading
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My 2024 Goals Recap (List-cember #4)
Every year, I like to set 17 goals for myself. An odd number, yes, but it’s my favorite number. These goals can range from tangible, trackable goals, to shifts in my attitude, thinking, or day to day approach to life. Then, at the end of the year, I like to check in and see how Continue reading
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5 People I Had a Crush on this Year (List-cember #3)
Since social media gives us access to nearly anyone and everyone at all times, and since so much entertainment and parasocial interaction comes from influencers, YouTubers, and other social media personalities, it is easy to form passing crushes on people day after day. And I don’t mean romantic crushes, at least not typically, I mean Continue reading
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Things I Tried this Year (List-cember #2)
Every year gives us the opportunity to do what so many signs in so many homes suggest: live, laugh, and love. And if there were a fourth L in that equation, I think it would be learn. Every day we have the opportunity to start learning something new, and every year we have the opportunity Continue reading
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Best Things I Bought this Year (List-cember #1)
Hello and welcome to List-cember! My own version of a year end roundup series, where all the posts are lists. Since Christmas shopping is in full swing right now (at least for me) I thought this would be the perfect way to start! Whether you’re looking for a gift for yourself, or for someone you Continue reading
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A Thanksgiving at Our House
My parents’ T-shaped kitchen counter has two bar stools sidled up to it, and on Thanksgiving they offer VIP seating to the organized chaos of the cooks. They also give perhaps too much access to the assortment of chips, salsa, and M&M’s set out to help bridge the gap between breakfast and Thanksgiving dinner, and Continue reading
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