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Celebrate the Spirit: ’Twas the Monday Before Christmas Poem
’Twas the Monday before Christmas, and all through the house, Moms hurried with purpose, quick as a mouse.The stockings were hung weeks ago with great care,While inflation-driven prices gave shoppers a scare. The tree was already trimmed, lights glowing just right,Two-week breaks have begun, days blurring into night.Packages now rest in delivery hands,While dads eye…
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Slow Sunday Feature
Keeping It Real (and Really Vintage) with Kelly Szabo A conversation on calling, caregiving, and the sacred work of secondhand Editor’s Note There are creators you watch for tips, and then there are creators you return to because they make you feel grounded.Kelly Szabo is both. I’ve known Kelly online for years now, long before…
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Slow Down Saturday: The Sacred Work of Waiting
Right now, most packages are no longer in our hands.Except for express overnight, they are entrusted to delivery drivers, moving steadily toward their destinations. The rush is over. The labels are printed. The Q4 push has ended. For resellers, creators, and small business owners, this moment always feels strange. After weeks of urgency, strategy, and…
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Mastering Household Chaos: The CEO Approach
Do you ever wake up, look around your house, and think, How did it get this chaotic? The floors need attention again. The laundry never seems finished. The to-do list is so long that you do not even know where to begin, let alone how to manage your time and your household with intention. You…
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Wisdom Wednesday: When You Can’t Be There and the Plan Still Changes
When you are preparing to welcome a child into the world, planning becomes a form of comfort. Appointments are scheduled, lists are checked, and a birth plan is carefully discussed with medical providers. You imagine who will be in the room, how the day will unfold, and the role you will play when the moment…
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Manic Monday, Time, and the Spaces We Can’t Control
After today, there are only a couple of Mondays left in this year, and it feels like time has been moving as fast as the Millennium Falcon jumping to hyperspace. One moment you’re planning, the next you’re wondering how the calendar flipped so quickly. Somewhere along the way, the days began to blur, and now…
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Tuesday Tip: Getting Personal — Faith in a Broken World
I was in college when I first began to seriously wrestle with faith. Raised in an atheist household, I had become a Christian in high school, much to the dismay of my father, who warned me of the dangers of organized religion. He believed faith was a crutch for the weak. I believed something deeper…
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Manic Monday, Rewritten: The Resolution That Changes Everything
We talk a lot about Resolution Blueprints for business. The goals. The strategy. The quarterly plans. The scalability. But what about your personal life? What about the space you wake up in, work inside of, and try to rest within when the laptop finally closes, if it ever really does? Working from home can be…
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Wisdom Wednesday: The Heart, the Hype, and the Hope of Advent
What Pink got right, what culture gets wrong, and what Jesus came to redeem It is interesting how inspiration for a post can strike from seemingly anywhere. Sometimes it is a verse, sometimes it is a headline, and sometimes it is a pop song from Pink. In her song “Try,” Pink sings,“Where there is desire,…
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Why ‘Things I Will Not Do’ Can Change Your Life
It is December 1st, and aside from scoring some amazing Cyber Monday deals and adding far too many “Buy Now” items to our carts, we have entered that season. Resolution Season. The time of year when Planet Fitness commercials whisper, “Next year is your year,” and all of us nod along, thinking, Maybe I will…
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Thankful Thursday: The Gift of Water
It’s November, a month traditionally steeped in gratitude, yet the world feels heavy right now. Wars rage across the globe, the economy feels uncertain, a government shutdown has disrupted travel and strained food banks, and late-season Hurricane Melissa has left communities reeling. In moments like these, it can be hard to find reasons to be…
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Tuesday Tip: When Preparedness Meets Poverty — Surviving the SNAP Cuts with Wisdom from the Past
The irony isn’t lost on me. September was National Disaster Preparedness Month, a time meant to encourage households to stock up, have a plan, and stay ready. November is National Gratitude Month, a time when we’re reminded to give thanks and share abundance. But here we are in October, a bitter bridge between preparation and…
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