by Shannon | Jun 29, 2016 | Inspire, Shannon, She Believed She Could
Sometimes life happens just like an amazing song: you meet a guy when you’re in 7th grade and think he’s “cute”. Turns out, he thinks you’re pretty cute too and you start a sweet middle school friendship. Then, when you’re 14 and 15...
by Gwen | Jun 26, 2016 | Faith, Gwen, Inspire
Last Wednesday evening a woman paced a Maine shoreline waiting for her husband, an experienced kayak tour guide, and two other kayakers (husband and wife). They were two hours past their arrival time. A lobster boat captain stopped to check on her. She explained...
by Shannon | Jun 7, 2016 | Faith, Inspire, Shannon
For some reason during this particular season of my life I’ve found myself a bit more frayed than usual. I’ve been a bit snappy, a bit short, a bit–shall we just say it?–grumpy. Oh. I can thing of at least 17 million things to blame it on, but...
by Shannon | May 31, 2016 | Faith, Inspire, Shannon
How long do you think an “instant” actually is? Is it a few seconds? Half a second? Almost as long as a moment? Silly questions, really, but for some reason I’ve been feeling a need to define and quantify something that I’ve learned has so...
by Gwen | May 17, 2016 | Faith
Every year around this time in Joplin there is this tension building up to May 22nd. That day. That day put our sleepy town on the map. Every time we are out of town (regardless of how far away) and I’m asked where we are from, and I answer, the person...
by Gwen | May 2, 2016 | Faith, Gwen, Inspire
You know how there are those people you just click with. You don’t see them all the time, but they just make your day a little brighter when you do. Jenny Cianci is one of those for me. She knows my deepest secrets because she is my hair stylist. In fact,...
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