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Hidden Tax
True statement – every life role takes a little piece of me. Friend, mom, employee, wife (to name a few) are roles that I have to budget my energy for. Don’t get me wrong, I’m happy to oblige, but I do feel guilt when I can’t budget my energy for all of the roles. It’s…
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Permission to Pause
I give everywhere — but I don’t always give myself the time to absorb what I’ve learned. And that’s costing me more than exhaustion ever could. My family gets me daily. My job gets forty hours. My friends get my time. And still I’m blogging, sewing, learning something new. But I never give myself a…
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Hydrate: A Necessary Pause
I needed a break. A minute to reflect on everything the previous theme rendered. Check in on how I’m feeling. Can I allow the healing of my past to continue without self-sabotaging myself? Slight pressure, but this journey has been interesting. From living in my own way and evolving into a person who is actually…
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Making Peace with Who I Used to Be
I’m learning that healing from my past also means making peace with my past self. Making peace with who I used to be, what and who I used to allow in my space. Asking God’s forgiveness, and being thankful that I’m not who I was anymore, gives me peace. There’s nothing I can do to…
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Forgiveness With Intention
God help me. The more I write the more emotional these posts get for me. The tears feel like grief, mourning of baggage. I’m okay with it. I told God that my purpose for completing this theme was for healing, and so far the journey has been just that. Acknowledgment of the weight, confronting my…
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The Weight I’ve Been Carrying
I don’t really know where to start. Digging these feelings that I left dormant on purpose is more overwhelming than I anticipated. However, I still find it necessary because I want that part off my life to be whole. I’m walking with God and things hit different for me now. I don’t want to block…