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Motherhood.

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Tough Decisions

Trevor and I are looking at our financial situation and realizing we need to make some serious cuts! If you've paid off debt and balanced your budget, how did you do it?

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Is there one for kids? Mines been up since 5 am...

i warned her

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“You fight like a girl.”

“Thank you.”

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I struggle with depression during my pregnancies,

what's different about this one is that I'm open about it, and it helps so much! Today I caught myself thinking "If I'm so willing to share it, is it really depression?" But then I realized that's how I'm fighting it, by being honest and building a support system of people who know what's going on! Please know that if you're depressed, you're not alone; don't be ashamed or afraid to tell someone. In fact, telling someone is a victory in your fight! Your struggle is real, but know this, you don't have to go at it alone!

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Why they killed him ?

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I didn’t start doing this for results. I did it for my mental space. Start with that. If you make it all about how you physically look, you will go insane. Because this isn’t a quick process and it never will be. If you make it about other people, it will create this feeling that fitness is a competition between yourself and the people who did you wrong. And thats not what it is about. It’s about you. It’s about your health. It took me a while to realize this, but once I did, it made it more possible for me to fully immerse myself in the meaning of why I do this. You have to be happy with little things - even if that’s realizing you smile more than you usually do.

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Has anyone heard from @callmeamommy recently?

It's been two months, I've sent her messages but nothing. I'm really worried. Does anyone know her Facebook name?

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Prayer requests!

Send them my way!! Nothing is off limits to God!!

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I deleted all the games off my phone...

And I'm going through withdrawal like you wouldn't believe. This is good for me! I can now be productive with the time I would have spent playing candy crush! Baby steps hunny, baby steps.

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When you can let go of the idols of relationships, wealth, intellect, success, beauty, and career: you can actually enjoy them for what they are. You don’t expect salvation or redemption from them. You don’t crush them with expectations or demand them to serve your every whim. You instead see them as gifts, as privileges, as an honor to respect and to cherish. Treat the earthly as divine and you will lose both; treat the divine as your treasure and the earth will be just as beautiful.

J.S. (via jspark3000)

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Avoid the friendship of those who constantly inquire and discuss the flaws of others.

Arabic Proverb  (via withonefootinafairytale)

Working on this...

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Feeling happy!

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The Secret of Success

Why are some people so successful in life? What is the secret behind their success? Research indicates that there are ten common traits that appear to contribute to a person’s success:

1. Pay attention to your thoughts as they determine your future: Always be positive and develop a “can do” mind set. Steer clear of negative people who would seek to undermine your commitment to your goals. Focus on success, and not on failure.

2. Be concrete and specific when you dream and set goals: Write down the steps that will lead you there, then track your progress and make changes if needed.

3. Take action: Goals are just words until you actually do something. Every day take a step that moves you in the right direction.

4. Be a life-long learner: Get more training, take a class and acquire news skills. Keep reading widely to expand your knowledge base.

5. Be tenacious, persistent and don’t give up:Hard work is behind every winner’s success.

6. Process the facts and the details:Get information and feedback. Notice what works and what

7. Stay focused: Don’t be distracted by people or things. Prioritise your time and stay focused on your goals.

8. Be innovative and creative: Following the crowd doesn’t take you very far. Don’t be afraid to try something new and give yourself permission to think outside the box.

9. Develop and practise good people skills: To be effective, we need to learn what motivates and brings the best out of others. Also, we need to deal with people in a way that is respectful, open, firm and fair.

10. Be responsible, reliable and dependable: Your word must be your bond, you must do what you say,and follow through on your commitments to others. If this block is not in place, then nothing else will matter!

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By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.

Confucius  (via fyp-philosophy)

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Yes eight kittens!

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Safety over ministry?

So we had an interesting evening... I live across the street from a drug house. The lady who lives there - we'll call her Ms. L - has become somewhat of a friend. I've fed her several times. Her story is really crazy. Well tonight there was a storm and the power was out so my sister and I sat on the porch just visiting. Ms L comes over and says hi, speaking gibberish - I couldn't tell if she was high or not - she doesn't completely make sense anymore with all the drugs she's taken... Long story short she brought over eight kittens and asked me to take care of them because the man she lives with was threatening to kill them. I said yes, what was I going to do? She usually comes over several times after the initial visit on any given day. But several hours passed and she hadn't come back so I thought nothing of it. It's about 9:30, lights still off and she's at the door. But Trevor has asked me not to open the door if there aren't other adults around - she's not super stable. So I just ignored it. Twice. Now I'm not sure I did the right thing. What if she needed something? My little 11 year old sister was terrified at this point! I feel awful for her. I'm also not sure my parents will allow her to come over anymore. At what point do I put my potential safety and the safety of my child at risk for ministry? Jesus said that our faith could cost us everything! I'm not trying to be dramatic, and I don't think she'd try to hurt me but drugs and emotional pain can make a person do things they normally wouldn't. I love Ms. L! Jesus died for her too! She needs help! I have never turned away from her before and I feel awful for doing it What would you have done in my situation? Any advice with future run ins?