Category: Life Experiences
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Testing Folks
I have this habit that I just recently noticed. I have to “test” people. Or I have to have a several week grace period where I get to know someone and see if I’m actually comfortable with them. That is kind of a normal thing I guess, needing to adjust to people. But I have…
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Culture Shock
I was talking to someone about culture shock the other day. This person said they moved to an area that they HATE. She was describing it and said, “I can’t even try to like it here because it’s very important to me that people don’t think I like this place. I feel like I’m better…
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The Mice…
Recently I was driving and I heard a noise above my head. I thought, “It sounds like something is walking on top of my car… Weird…” And then it stopped. A week later I was sending my sister a marco polo and I heard a distinct squeaking in my EAR. Right above my head there…
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Singledom
I heard a woman explain singleness yesterday and it stopped me in my tracks. One, because it was powerful and true. Two, because I have never been able to explain it before. And three, because it made me kind of sad. In a nutshell she said, People who are in a relationship or married have…
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Truck Club
My dad got a new work truck. It’s an F250. I don’t know what that means other than it’s MASSIVE! I get to drive it. Or at least I have today… because my car is getting brakes worked on. I love being the tallest one on the road! After driving a Corolla and being the…
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Misunderstandings Realized Decades Too Late
Recently I was sitting in my parents house laughing and talking with my family. I had lost my voice, sounded like a 40 year smoker, raspy and hoarse. I was laughing because a friend from church had said, “You are now the husky voiced girl.” Well, this friend is not a native English speaker and…
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A Sister’s Heartbreak
My youngest sister has FAS. (Fetal Alcohol Syndrome) Her birth mother drank while she was pregnant and as a result my sister will be perpetually 12-13 regardless of how much she ages. My sister is wonderful. She is beloved by everyone. She is sweet and innocent and kind and helpful and hardworking. And she is…
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Anxiety Rears It’s Ugly Head
Do you ever have moments of fear and anxiety that seemingly come out of nowhere? I mean life is going well, you don’t have many complaints, you feel secure and safe and happy and then bam… you hit a wall. A crumbly brick wall that slowly starts to fall towards you, and you’re stuck in…
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Babysitting 10 and Up…
So this weekend I am babysitting for a friend. But her daughter is 10 going on 20… so it’s very different from when I have my niece and nephews. We have had a good time so far. Doing lots of crafts, some baking, my youngest sister came over and they’re hanging out. I definitely feel…
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Gratitude Day 27
I am so happy to have a niece. Copeland Grace has been a delight and joy since the day I learned of her existence, pre-birth. She is sweet and sassy and loud and opinionated and beautiful and only two years old. I am wrapped around her little finger and that is where I plan to…
Redheaded Jill 