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November 4, 2022

The Obstruction to Victory: Fear of Disappointment

The obstruction to victory can simply be the developed fear of disappointment placed before endless opportunities. Everyone around you teach what they know. If…

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October 7, 2022

That Silent Knockdown No One Sees Within Victories

Knockdowns and victories can sometimes be found on the same side of a coin. I remember feeling my husband’s footsteps coming closer into our…

September 30, 2022

A Student for a Time. A Learner for Life.

A student for a time, one can move toward becoming a learner for life. We are students by necessity. We are learners by choice….

September 24, 2022

Love, Faith, and Partnership: Believing in the Process

We understand that “faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” Allow me to equate this to the…

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September 12, 2022

To Work Versus To Labor and the Laws Between

After writing out my thoughts last week on Labor Day, I was drawn to think deeper into the words, work versus labor. It seems…

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September 9, 2022

When Data Seen is Not the Data Expected

Data can be quite helpful. Otherwise, we wouldn’t have them to look over and examine if truly, they were a waste of time. And…

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September 5, 2022

What Labor Day Means to Me and Wearing White

Labor Day, as a teacher, for me, marks the definite last day of summer break. The alarm is turned back on with no longer…

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June 19, 2022

The Prodigal Sons

Dare you think to be a prodigal son? If sons were all to realize that the will was given to them at birth, how…

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June 6, 2022

When an Unlimited Supply is Given

Vulnerability arises. One of our sons just recently had to come up with his own money to pay for a new pair of eyeglasses….

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May 28, 2022

School: Where Fear and Strength Collide

My children would inevitably start school. My control of their safety in heart, mind, body, and spirit, to my fear, minimized the moment I…