Category: Life Experiences
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Summer Fan vs Winter Fan
Did you guys know that depending on the season you need to switch the direction your ceiling fans spin?! I forgot to do this and my house has been SO hot. The other day I thought, “I wonder if my fans need adjusted…” And sure enough, getting it spinning the correct direction has changed the…
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Phone Woes
My iphone SE is on the fritz. I know, first world problems. The most frustrating thing is that Apple no longer makes phones with the home button or fingerprint ID. So now I have to use either face recognition or a passcode. And that bums me out. I have been able to still use my…
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Name What You Fear
A while back my shrink recommended that I give my unkind inner voice a name. So I chose Maureen. Because how funny is it to say, “SHUT UP MAUREEN” when you’re being mean to yourself? I recently saw a video where a girl said she named her anxiety Ryan, because she wasn’t going to let…
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Home By Way of Culvers
There is a sweet lady at our congregation with Williams Syndrome. She lives with her elderly mother and lots of people help take care of her. (Taking her on outings, out to eat, to and from church.) One night the person who was giving her a ride had a family emergency and so she asked…
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Bake Them A Cake
When I was little our Sunday school teacher said if there is a person you don’t like you should bake them a cake. The idea being that doing a kindness for someone you don’t like might make them more bearable, and you might even become friends. I think it’s a nice thought, but what if…
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Protect Your Women
I do not like the idea of living in a world in which men don’t protect women. I mean this in all areas of life. In the church, at work, at the post office, at the hardware store, I want to live in a society where men open doors, watch their language, carry the heavy…
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Door Knocking
An introverts worst nightmare… talking to strangers. In particular, approaching their house (uninvited) to ask them a question. It was a normal Sunday evening. I had arrived at the church building a few moments early and was visiting the ladies room. My friend was also in there and she said, “Hey! They need someone to…
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Clean House = Peaceful Mind
Jordan Peterson was the one who introduced me to this idea. If you want to make the world a better place start small and work outward. Start with a closet, then a room, then the whole house, then the yard and then your community. Awwlexis on Youtube said it’s important to make your space the…
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Starlight Shows
Kansas City has an outdoor venue called Starlight Theater. They have concerts, comedians and broadway shows come through each summer. I try to go every year (but some years the shows are duds.) I have seen… I think this is all I’ve seen… I wanted to see Little Mermaid again, but didn’t make it out.…
Redheaded Jill 