Posted October 29, 2024
I grumbled under my breath as I headed to the chicken coop, hauling feed, water, kitchen scraps, and treats. As I gathered eggs from the farthest corner of the coop with a long stick, I heard in my head, “Why do you keep holding onto what I gave you only for a time?” You see, these chickens were for
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Posted May 24, 2023
When it comes to parenting, there is a time for teaching and a time for letting go. I’ll never forget learning this lesson when my cautious first-born son had finally grown into his first bicycle, yet hadn’t quite mastered his launch.
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Posted January 11, 2022
Happy New Year! Often embracing something new means letting go of something old. Sometimes we want this change and sometimes we do not. This time of year we tend to want to clean out the old to embrace the new, but then there are times when we like everything to
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Posted August 30, 2021
Are you clinging to a dream that feels just out of reach? Dreams I didn’t expect much. I learned early on to be careful with my dreams because that is all they could ever be—dreams to hold onto. As a child, I lived in my head a lot, still do.
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Posted August 4, 2021
Letting Go Creates Story “I know I’ll cry when he walks me down the aisle to my seat, the way I cried when I walked down the isle on my wedding day. I know I’ll be a mess when we dance our mother/son dance at the reception, which is why
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