Your Best Lent, Ever!

Lent is a time of preparation.  It begins on Ash Wednesday when we are reminded that we started as dust and to dust we shall return.  It is the time when the Christian Church recalls the 40 days that Jesus spent in the desert, his Passion and death – and ultimately his Resurrection on Easter Sunday!   It is the reason and the culmination of our Faith – and our hope for the future. As a time of preparation and self-sacrifice, Lent is often associated with fasting and giving things up that we enjoy.  In particular, if we give up things like sweets and alcohol – that are not particularly good for us – it can be a time of cleansing … body and spirit – so that’s good.

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Laughter Can Rewrite Family History

This month will make my family and I one year anniversary of being a blended family. This is truly worth a celebration. I would be lying if I said it was all peaches and cream. During the past year we have had our share of family woes. There were some days that were just downright overwhelming; I asked myself what the hell did I get myself into?

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The Power Of Affirmations

At the beginning of each New Year, many people rush to set resolutions for change in many areas of their lives, yet fail to meet their goals. There are three major roadblocks on the road to lifelong change and one extremely helpful tool to help you blast through and keep going. Though affirmations sometimes get a bad rap as being ineffective and ‘new age’, they actually serve two important functions.

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Achieve Your Dreams in 2016!

In our younger days most of us had big dreams…dreams of who we might become, dreams of things we wanted in our lives in the areas of love, family, health, career, life. As a young man I remember having many, many dreams in all areas of my life. The neat thing about that stage of my life was that I actually –believed- I would achieve my dreams!  I had no boundaries set for myself.  What an amazing and exciting way to live life! Believing your dreams will come true!  Unfortunately as I got older, I lost confidence in my ability to capture many of my dreams. 

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When Is It Going To Happen?

The moment a woman learns that she has been blessed to become a mother; the count down to a new life begins. I’ve been told that it feels as if a million and one emotions flood her being all at one time. Soon to be mommies have also shared that after thinking about how life is soon to change mommy and baby websites and subscriptions to newsletters become their new best friend. These websites and subscriptions assist with possible names, health related questions, and help her gauge her baby’s growth stage at a specific time. 

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