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THE MAKING OF A GOOD LIFE STORY

My 41st birthday is on Sunday, and I always seem to do a lot of reflecting around this time. The other day I headed to the beach to watch the sunset and to consider who I am, where I have … Continue reading

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Break Free

Have you seen the movie Avatar? One of the main char­ac­ters, Jake, is par­a­lyzed. But every time he gets into the ves­sel that trans­forms him into his avatar body, he knows that in that body he will be able to … Continue reading

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What’s Your Pick-Me-Up?

Some days are bet­ter than oth­ers.  It’s just a nat­ural part of being human.  We have our “on” days and we have our “off” days. Yes­ter­day started as an “on” day for me…but for some rea­son I started feel­ing a … Continue reading

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Tebow Time

Those of you who know I’m a Bron­cos fan could prob­a­bly have guessed that I would be talk­ing about Tim Tebow this week.  I mean, come on folks, who isn’t talk­ing about Tim Tebow? For those of you who have … Continue reading

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I Still Believe

Life, as we get older, becomes less magical. We stop believ­ing in Santa Claus.  The tooth fairy doesn’t come around any­more, and not just because all our baby teeth are gone.  And the Easter bunny.….well don’t even get me started … Continue reading

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Ready for Landing

I don’t like to fly. But every once in a while, I have an experience while flying that I feel I need to share — a moment, an hour or more that just feels completely right. I sit above the … Continue reading

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THE MIRROR DOESN’T LIE

I never thought I would be inter­ested in watch­ing the Harry Pot­ter movies. Mainly because my inter­ests don’t lie in mys­ti­cal stuff. But one rainy day in Novem­ber I sat down with the first movie – Harry Pot­ter and the … Continue reading

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Grey’s Anatomy (Or Maybe Not!)

My stepfather had triple bypass surgery last week. In order to support my mother during the 5 hour surgery and 3 hour recovery time, I took time off from work and drove down to spend the day with her. (By … Continue reading

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Getting Back on Track After the Holidays

The Hol­i­days.  Do you ever find your­self won­der­ing if they are worth the effort? We all love to eat turkey and pump­kin pie, and who doesn’t like to get gifts?  But it seems like every where we turn there is … Continue reading

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I HAVE A LITTLE DOG

By Kristen Kelly on Nov 10, 2011 07:16 am I have a little dog. He weighs 10 lbs and has hair, not fur. He is a Papillion and his name is Chazz. I love this little dog, more than a … Continue reading

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