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#dabbler

by Gwen | Jun 29, 2017 | Faith, Gwen, Inspire | 0 Comments

I'm a dabbler. If you are a dabbler, you know exactly what I'm talking about. If you are not a dabbler, you probably still know exactly what I'm talking about, but you are rolling your eyes a little. This is how you know you are a dabbler: 1. You get pretty...

The Restraint That Was Displayed On Good Friday

by Gwen | Apr 10, 2017 | Faith, Gwen, Inspire, Uncategorized | 0 Comments

When someone messes with my kids, I could take out their beating heart (slowly). I'm sorry to be graphic. I tried to tone it down, and it still does not sound godly at all. I know you totally get me and understand this protective and uncontrollable feeling. As...

It’s Worth It

by Gwen | Feb 28, 2017 | Faith, Gwen, Inspire | 0 Comments

Braveheart, Gladiator, The Last Samurai and The Patriot are some of my absolute all time favorite movies. The common denominator? Courage, bravery, "strength and honor" (I did that for you true Gladiator fans (Sam Erisman and James Lorenzen)). The heroes were...

The Horrible Loss of a Pet

by Gwen | Jan 31, 2017 | Faith, Gwen, Inspire | 0 Comments

I just feel…raw. All the blog books say not to share personal things in your life because no one wants to hear. I think that’s stupid. How do you connect if you don’t share struggles and get personal. My dog got out today. You can read how we got her here. I put...

#One Word: What’s Yours?

by Louise | Jan 1, 2017 | Faith, Gwen, Inspire, Louise, Shannon, Uncategorized | 8 Comments

New Year's Resolutions are so UGH. Mine are always broken or forgotten or just plain unrealistic and tossed before January is halfway through. But I do like having goals, and vision, and something to work toward. Something that guides my actions around family, my...

Begin The Year With The Daniel Fast

by Gwen | Dec 28, 2016 | Faith, Gwen, Inspire, Uncategorized | 2 Comments

I want to begin with this because it means so much to me. For most of my life I dealt with a ridiculous amount of anxiety. I can remember as a small child, I worried about everything. I didn't grow out of it. Even after I was married and had small kids, every...

Our World Has Stopped For You

by Gwen | Nov 29, 2016 | Faith, Inspire, Uncategorized | 1 Comment

I'm up tomorrow for a blog post. I had a great Christmas app to share with you, but at this point it seems so very stupid. I have an acquaintance who posted that her daughter, a friend of my daughter's, has a brain clot, and they need to do emergency surgery, but it...

Thankful For Hopes Turned Into Answered Prayer

by Gwen | Nov 20, 2016 | Faith, Gwen | 0 Comments

Happy Almost Thanksgiving!! My wise mom had her quiet time the other morning, and the devotion for the day encouraged the reader to write down all of her hopes of the past and the hopes for her future. She started writing down every time she had hoped for something in...

All The Good in the World

by Louise | Oct 23, 2016 | Faith, Inspire, Louise, Uncategorized | 4 Comments

My mother-in-law and friends during their 18-state excursion, at a stop in Bar Harbor, Maine. My mother-in-law is a news junkie. And a politics junkie too. She spends a lot of time listening to the round-the-clock cable news cycle, and she loves to discuss and...

She Believed She Could Fight Cancer At Age 39

by Gwen | Oct 11, 2016 | Gwen, She Believed She Could | 0 Comments

Breast Cancer Awareness month is October. Before 2014, I bought bagels and shopped special weekends in October so some of the proceeds would go to the women dealing with the disease. I thought I was doing my part. Now it hits much deeper and harder, as one of my...