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Through the Desert Part 1: How We Got Here

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There are two types of sand - the first squishes playfully between your toes, while foam-tipped ocean waves caress your perfect pedicure. The second? Agonizing. Endless. Heartbreaking. Nothing but desert as far as the eye can see, in every direction. Maybe your business was booming, or your career was flourishing, and now it's come to a complete standstill. Is this a closed door, and a sign that your time in this area is over? Crumpled in a heap smack-dab in the middle of our sand dune, we lift ... VIEW POST

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Life from the aisles of Hobby Lobby

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The Ginger Twins get an allowance every other week. While we don’t pay for chores, if they’re not completed, the kiddos can expect a deduction in allowance. I tell you this so that you can understand how much they look forward to the event we like to call “ohmygoshwejustgotourallowanceletsdropitallintotheclawmachineatwalmart” that happens every other week. Every. Other. Week. They work hard at their chores, homework, and anything else on their list that’s required to earn a full allowance. After ... VIEW POST

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Heading Out to the Middle

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Today's the last day I get to be 38. For years I have told the kids I was 29. LH finally told me last year that I didn't look like other 20-somethings, and decided that I was 31. I never corrected her. Technically I was 31. At least. At least 31.  This year, she was all set to agree I was 32, since I'd spent the last year "being 31"... until daddy tried to break the news that I was, in fact, 39. Thirty-nine. Her eyes nearly popped out of her head. I know, baby, I can't believe it ... VIEW POST