Letting Go...To Grasp What Really Matters
A few years ago, I had a small group of women over to my home for dinner. My husband and I had resided in this location for about six months, and I had enjoyed getting to know these particular ladies and wanted to know them better. I will never forget when one of the women inadvertently opened the closet door…
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On Valentine’s Day, my daughters and I put a little happiness in one of the most unsuspecting places for people who least suspected it. We remembered those who are often forgotten. And the results were profound. Our trash collectors were completely dismayed to find colorful bags of goodies sitting next to the trashcan. When we saw their reaction from our…
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One night after her bedtime book was read and her “pretend story” was told, my four-year-old daughter asked, “Mama, can we have talk time?” I don’t know why it would surprise me that she would catch wind of the Talk Time going on in Big Sister’s room every single night and would want some Talk Time of her own. As you may…
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Follow up can mean many things to this Hands Free Mama, but in today’s case, I am going to “follow up” on one of the tactics for living Hands Free that I previously wrote about. This week, my posts will be centering around The Power of a Question. I will be describing how questions have played a vital part in…
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This week I have been writing on the topic of reminders, the reminders that come when you don’t want them, but need them…and the unexpected reminders that come so powerfully that they bring you to your knees. These valuable reminders, like the ones I have described in the last two posts, are vital to this journey, but the most critical…
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Yesterday I spoke of “reminders.” I am talking about the reminders that help us see what is truly important, reminders that reveal what really matters. I need these reminders. They are critical to my journey to live a Hands Free live. Yet, I have discovered that in the times I am most resistant to the reminders is when I most…
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