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A free summer 21-day study: Healthy Boundaries
I used to think that healthy boundaries were needed only in unhealthy relationships. What I discovered is that living with healthy boundaries is simply the ability to clarify and share our needs with those closest to us, unhealthy or not. It’s growing and transforming,...
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Am I refreshing or depressing?
If you came over from Encouragement for Today, welcome. In today's devo, I shared about seeing an elderly couple and what God spoke to me as I did. I want to take that a little deeper with you today. ~ Suzie I don't often talk about marriage. I'm...

When anxious thoughts try to take away your peace
I don't usually struggle with anxiety, but there it was. Anxious thoughts bubbled just under the surface. Questions pelted like gravel. Am I doing enough? Should I be doing more? Am I doing this right? Those types of thoughts can hit any of us at...

Walk a little lighter even when life is heavy
I felt out of place. It was my first Yoga/Barre class. I wore black leggings and a long sleeved light-weight hoodie. When I looked around the class, it was clear that I was overdressed. Way too many clothes. Too much coverup. It also felt like it...

3 surprising and simple things a funeral taught me
We lost Richard's dad this past week. As we prepared for the funeral, my son pulled out several battered cardboard boxes. They contained hundreds of photos, 61 years worth. Ryan sorted them into piles. One pile held the early years of my...

Dreaming bigger than you can think or ask for
I'm not a big dreamer by nature. That might surprise you, but the truth is that I'm often overwhelmed by those who are. They spin out ideas. They see the big picture when all I can see are the up-close challenges. They are visionaries and it's...

Praying through the resentment to rediscover Christmas
Goodness, we hit a nerve. Over 110,000 of you visited my blog last week titled, "Don't Make Your Grown Children Hate Christmas." So many of you came to the blog that my server crashed once, and almost succumbed a second time. That tells me that...