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Small Town Love
Poem #1 I love exploring little unexpected towns meeting shop owners seeing their stores care and effort to feel the heart of the place from the color of the buildings to the signs in the window and the smiling or unsmiling faces It’s like reading a story catching a glimpse of a life different than Continue reading
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Friends that show you Jesus are Real
One day You will meet people Who will love you without question Strangers who become family In an instant You won’t have to Hold your breath Or give up your rights No forcing things Or earning a place They will just fit They’ll give just to give They’ll tell you they care They’ll accept you Continue reading
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Gratitude
Gratitude Is not just an attitude It is a choice To take it all in To soak it up And treasure it As a famous one said To suck the marrow Out of life To not just walk outside But gaze up At the white clouds Against the crisp blue sky Not just to wake Continue reading
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Courage Looks Like
How do you define courage when it is of such a contrasting nature Both the voice that says “I’ll keep going” in the midst of adversity And the voice that says “I surrender” It is, at times, a shout across a crowd And complete silence Its actions speak louder than words while words on a Continue reading
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Strength Will Rise
The other day (this was written a year ago) , I was driving to work and listening to my worship playlist. I found myself singing, “strength will rise as we wait upon the Lord” repeatedly and I began to wonder about that. Strength will rise as we wait? No way! Waiting has mostly hurt Continue reading
About Me
An obsessive journaler who loves meeting others along their journey and giving them a hand to hold through pieces of writing. I write about the heartbreaks of life and the joys, the ups and downs, and I often learn my greatest lessons and miracles from nature.
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