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Posted on September 8, 2020
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I made the decision to homeschool Maggie months ago. I know this doesn’t match the experience of most parents this year, during this odd pandemic. Most parents waited on pins and needles for schools to announce their plans, reacting to the alignment with CDC… Continue Reading “Redeeming time”
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Category: gratitudeTags: Christ, COVID, homeschool, motherhood, pandemic, parenting, public education, redemption, restore, spirituality, whining, work
Posted on March 29, 2018
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My daughter earned her first $1 bill today. Is that legal? Surely not. Well, it happened, nonetheless. We enjoyed lunch after church at a local diner. Our waitress, a young, cheerful woman who told me she had a five year-old son, went out of her… Continue Reading “Maggie’s first job”
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Category: gratitudeTags: church, daughter, diner, for fun and for free, grateful, gratitude, job, joy, mom, overwhelmed, parenting, perfectionism, school, service, thankful, waitress, work
Posted on February 5, 2017
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“Kindness is the mightiest force in the world,” according to One Day at a Time (299). In the past, I didn’t feel kind. I didn’t even feel like being kind. I felt like stabbing my ex-husband’s eyeballs with a handful of forks. If you know… Continue Reading “Mighty kind”
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Category: gratitudeTags: AA, be where your hands are, Big Book, Christianity, divorce, family, God, grateful, kindness, learning, lessons learned, life, love, martyrdom, one day at a time, recovery, reflections, relationships, relatives, religion, resentment, sins, thankful, truth, work
Posted on November 10, 2016
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Today’s guest blog post is written by my great friend Debra Dickey. I’m always thankful for her thoughtful reflections and beautiful contributions to my blog. Debra is definitely more than enough, and I’m thankful she’s in my life. In my prime, there was no… Continue Reading “Being all that I can be”
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Posted on November 1, 2016
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Today’s guest blog post is written by my lifelong friend, Tori Walker Kirk. Watching her journey has been inspiring and filled me with gratitude. When I read that Bethany needed people to write gratitude posts for her blog, something inside me screamed, “Do it”! … Continue Reading “Tori’s Top 10”
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Category: gratitudeTags: baking, career, dogs, family, friends, God, gratitude, gratitude list, job, love, marriage, miscarriage, pregnancy, sense of self, spirituality, thankful, top 10, Tori, work, yoga
Posted on December 15, 2015
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Let me give you guys a quick snapshot of my life right now. I’m wrapping up my position as a full-time faculty member at a community college, grading finals like a demon while saying plenty of sad goodbyes to colleagues and students. I receive… Continue Reading “#bestprobs”
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Category: gratitudeTags: #bestprobs, balancing act, career, career success, changing perception, children, clarity, community college, divinely ordained, faculty, family, final exams, full-time, God, goodbye, grateful, gratitude, grief, grieving, higher education, IRA, job, keep on the sunny side, loss, mourn, office, online job board, parenting, part-time, perspective, potty training, relocation, retirement, thankful, work
Posted on November 23, 2015
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Jane, Jane, Jane, You’ll probably kill me for this (or at least you’ll want to). I can’t stop thinking about writing this letter to you, and when I can’t get something off my mind, I take action. I think you know this about me,… Continue Reading “Not so plain Jane”
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Category: gratitudeTags: Big's Restaurant, blessings, chocolate, class, coffee, companionship, confidence, confidentiality, entertainment, faculty, feelings, friends, friendship, fun, God, grateful, gratitude, higher ed, higher education, laughter, mock interviews, oral communication, perceptive, personality, photographs, plain Jane, second opinion, Seinfeld, talking, teaching, thank you, thankful, thanksgiving, trust, trustworthy, work
Posted on August 24, 2015
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“When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.” My spiritual mentor has told me this on numerous occasions. The saying proved true in my journey to finding my spiritual mentor, and it proved true when finding my career mentor, too. In 2005, I… Continue Reading “A new vision”
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Category: gratitudeTags: AACE, Arkansas Association of Colleges and Employers, asking for help, career, career journey, career mentor, changing jobs, decision making, direction, Enlightened Marketing, feelings, goals, grateful, gratitude, guidance, guide, inspiration, interviews, leadership, LinkedIn, listening to your gut, mentor, networking, planning, purpose-driven, reaching out, salary, Samantha Hartley, spirituality, students, teacher, thankful, values, vision, vision board, vision card, word picture, work
Posted on November 30, 2014
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Today’s post was written by one of my English Composition II students, Crystal Riley, on the topic of the motivation of gratitude. I have known Crystal since junior high school. When God allowed our paths to cross again and for me to serve as… Continue Reading “Just a moment to say thank you”
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Category: gratitudeTags: acts of kindness, appreciation, career, customer service, encouragement, English Composition II, essay, genuine, God, grateful, gratitude, job, kindness, make my day, motivation, motives, praise, saying thank you, service, teaching, thank you, thankful, work, worst job
Posted on January 23, 2014
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*Today is the second part of “Leap of Faith” by my friend LaTresha Woodruff-Johnson about her God-led journey. Check out this piece about LaTresha which appeared recently in Sync magazine. LaTresha celebrates her three-year anniversary with the Conway Police Department on January 31.* I… Continue Reading “Leap of faith, part two”
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Category: gratitudeTags: Abraham, Bible, career, Conway Arkansas, Conway Police Department, decision making, dependency on God, don't give up, Genesis 22, God, husband, job, job fair, Latresha Woodruff, Latresha Woodruff Johnson, leap of faith, Lord, marriage, media, news reporter, police, prayer, Psalm 46:10, public information officer, relying on God, wife, work
