Challenges
Simple to complex...challenges in life and shared experiences. Stuff we can all learn from and take-aways to help us through!
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Big Life Decisions
This could be my shortest post yet. I wrote awhile back about our change of plans for our Trophy Travel Trailer and promised to circle back with a post on some of the big decisions that Warren and I have made and why we made those decisions and why we don’t shy away from changing our minds and plans, sometimes often. I wrote the post. And then I deleted the post. It came off weird. A little too preachy and a lot too prideful. I wrote about some of our biggest decisions and filled the post with justifications, talk of no regrets, and blah, blah, blah. I hated it, so…
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Making Time; An Update
Last year, I wrote a post about making time for God (you can read it here). And now for an update. I wrote about learning to cut myself some slack about the daily time I dedicated solely to my relationship with God. About how I had learned it was okay to make time whenever I was able to do so during my day. But I also wrote about a coming transition that I was expecting to take place. And it happened! Making the Commitment I made a commitment. I know I grow as I deepen my relationship with Him and through that growth, I also know I thrive. And so…
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Loving You Tommy Lou; Me and My Mom
Tommy Lou. That’s my mom. That’s the name she went by with family and friends from her youth. But for her adult life, she went by Tommy. The traditional boy’s spelling mind you, no girly “ie” or “i” on the end! It’s Time Recently, I was struck with a desire to write something about my mom. Her passing in June of 2016 was well over 3 years ago now, so I suppose it was just time to do this. And it’s not so much a tribute specifically to my mom as it is a tribute to our relationship, or more appropriately, our relationships. So here goes. Why Is It? My…
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What’s Next and “What a Year”?
Whew, it’s been a year (as in the last 12 months)! A year of so many changes and so much growth and now it’s time for even more change and more growth! And I’m ready for it; in fact I’m craving it and what an amazing feeling. Not knowing exactly what’s next and where God will lead me, but knowing that He’s got a plan and I am ready for the journey! I am currently without a business/career, without a church to call home (too much detail to get into here), but not without hope for my future! What’s Next; I Should Know! It’s so weird for someone like me…
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Making Time, Any Time
I Struggle with Making Time And that’s really bad because what I struggle with is making time for God, and that is inexcusable. God had no problem making time for me when He sent His only son to earth to save me! And He has no problem making time for me each and every day, hour, minute, and second of my life. Because He is always with me; I’m just not always with Him and that really does need to change. And it is changing, albeit rather slowly. You see I know in my mind that making time for God should be my utmost priority. And I need to be…
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We’ve Lost the “Care” in Healthcare Insurance
Care: the provision of what is necessary for the health, welfare, maintenance, and protection of someone or something Today’s topic: healthcare insurance and why we don’t have it anymore! Gone are the days when we worked for someone else and a healthcare deduction on a pay stub was right up there with payroll taxes and merely a dollar amount to be ignored. Oh those naive days when all that mattered was the deductible amount you’d pay at a doctor’s office, if there even was a deductible! After I resigned from my corporate job several years ago, we were introduced to the big, bad, ugly world of the self-employed health insurance…
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Money Matters; The “T” Word!
Just a little over a year ago, Warren and I signed up to attend a Dave Ramsey Financial Peace University (FPU) course offered through our church. It was life-changing and I’m not even exaggerating. I’m the designated bill payer in our family and managing our finances was always, let’s just say an “issue” for me. We are small business owners and our income has always been incredibly irregular. There’s no Medication for This Type of Irregularity Needless to say, Warren and I have had many a conversation about this irregularity. I was constantly asking how much we still had outstanding in accounts receivable so I could then guess how much…
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Yours No More
I’m supposed to be sad. I’m supposed to be embarrassed. I’m supposed to be disappointed. But what I am is nothing short of relieved! We recently made the decision to close our Yours For Your Day rentals business. We started the business back in 2014 and had big plans to grow it to a very large business that we could someday sell to help fund our retirement plans. We dreamed about having the day-to-day operations run by capable hired hands so that we could just focus on the big picture and I could jump in and act as buyer when there was a need for new inventory (because hey, that…
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