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I just saw the new Frozen II movie this past week. The song The Next Right Thing really stood out to me. My first thought was “Did life coaches write this song?” I have been coached and mentored by some wonderful women in my life and almost all of them have used this principle to …
I’m a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. One of our books of scripture is called the Book of Mormon. It is the best thought book ever written. It is full of conflict and turmoil between two different groups of people, the Nephites and the Lamanites. One phrase that is frequently …
Lately I’ve been thinking about how growth is like the stock market. Take a look: At the beginning of a new endeavor we’re usually really excited and motivated to do our task, but when the task becomes old, it starts to become mundane and a little boring and our motivation wanes. After a while we …
Today I’m going to tell you about my house from two different perspectives: Perspective #1 For anyone who lives on Whidbey Island you will know that housing is a little crazy here right now. We looked everywhere on the island and off the island within an hours drive. We almost bought a house 50 minutes …
My sister called me the other day to tell me that she broke up with her boyfriend. He was pretty upset about it and kept doing things, like sending her How to Win Friends and Influence People in the mail, to provoke a reaction out of her. He even posted their break up all over …
It’s been a great week! My husband came back from deployment a few days ago! Deployment homecomings are so fun that it’s almost nice that he leaves so that he can come home, almost . . . While I was cleaning my house a few days before he came home I made an interesting decision …
I thought this quote from one of my favorite plays, Les Mis, was appropriate for my post today. The song kept going through my head and I thought how applicable the lyrics are to life. Consider this line: One day more. Tomorrow you’ll be worlds awayAnd yet with you, my world has started! One more …
My 5-year-old son’s best buddy is his dad. My husband is wonderful to this child who is the fifth of seven children. When my husband is home he plays board games with him, entertains him before dinner, takes him on outings, reads him stories etc . . . . . Sometimes it’s challenging when my …
Yesterday my husband texted me from deployment and told me their airplane had been struck by lightening. What?!!!! In seventeen years this has never happened to him! He reassured me that they were all okay and I moved on with my day, researched how common lightening strikes actually are, and eagerly awaited a good story …
Recently my husband left on a three month deployment. This circumstance is not unusual as he’s been in the Navy for 17 years and we’ve seen our share of deployments. What was unusual was that I didn’t cry when he left. Usually I feel really sad the day he leaves and a little bit depressed. …
