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2024 Year-in-Review: 7 Questions About The Year
*adapted from Full Focus Co Among all movie genres, 2024 stood out as a year of Adventure. Key characteristics of an adventure movie: When I consider all of our family adventures this year, I would say we all exhibited a fair amount of courage, determination, and resourcefulness. Many, many quests and goals for 2024: namely, Continue reading
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Williamsburg (Fort Eustis) Top Ten
(Disclaimer: This post is indulgently long to read. It might take you 20 or 30 minutes, maybe longer if you study the pictures. It took me days to write and years to live. This long-form reflection is my way of cataloging our family story and a way to revisit memories over time. Proceed with caution.) Continue reading
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White Space, Movement, and Embracing Today
This post originally appeared on Substack in October of 2023. For the last few years, I’ve been practicing a tactic when I feel stuck. I give myself a pep-talk. As an external processor, I need to get my thoughts and feelings out. Also, I am working to listen to my heart and mind and improve Continue reading
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Big Rocks, Pebbles, and Sand
This post originally appeared on Substack in September of 2023. Several years ago, in another blogging format, I’d routinely summarize lessons I’d learned each month and link up with Emily P. Freeman’s monthly roundup. The practice was personally insightful and reflective and it seems like the act of writing about those lessons helped them to Continue reading
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The Best Mix
This post originally appeared on Substack in August of 2023. Over the weekend, we took a short but sweet road trip down to Athens, GA for an admissions tour and college visit for my middle daughter, Mae. She’s a senior and so the college discussions and decisions are coming fast and furiously. Her younger sister, Continue reading
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2022 Top Ten Best Books I Read
For me it is difficult to put books into any kind of systematic order; instead I feel like these are the ten (categories of) books that stood out the most to me in 2022. Let me know if you read any of these and what you thought about them. Best in Faith: Spiritual Direction: Wisdom Continue reading
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2022 Top Ten Best of Watched
For the past few years, part of my year-end-reflection has included taking the time to list out my favorite shows, books, and purchases that defined the year. It’s funny how having a record of these things becomes a meaningful way of capturing and looking back on how I spent my time. Here’s what we watched Continue reading
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Fort Campbell Top Ten
Every time we leave a duty assignment, part of my closure involves writing a sentimental blogpost where I pour out my heart. I do this primarily as an act of healthy reflection and also for posterity so I can remember those details that are sure to fade with time and distance. For the longest, I Continue reading
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Top 10 Purchases That Defined 2021
All year I have completed LOTS of 10 Good Things Lists. At the conclusion of 2021, I’m writing a series of blog posts on some of the best things that got me through this year. This list is dedicated to the top ten items I would say made the biggest impact on me during 2021. Continue reading
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2021 Year In Review: God is Everywhere, Always
I write a blog post reflecting on my year every year. I have done this here in 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020. Many years, these updates serve as a digital Christmas card. Some years these updates are a list of a ton of happy, sappy goodness in our lives. This year– life took a different Continue reading
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