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  • Gratitude

    Gratitude Journal: January 13, 2015

    Three things for which I’m grateful today: 1. Memories of John Cole. John was a beloved member of St. John’s Lutheran Church, and a friend…

    January 14, 2015
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    Gratitude Journal: January 12, 2015

    Three things for which I’m grateful today: 1. Advocare. Did the 24-Day Challenge in December. During the holidays! Lost 19 pounds. During the holidays! Started…

    January 13, 2015
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    Gratitude Journal: January 11, 2015

    Three things for which I am grateful today: 1. Morning worship at St. John’s Lutheran Church. I love my church and the people in my…

    January 12, 2015
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    This? This is Not Harder Than Cancer …

    My friend Jeannette frequently quotes Joel 2:25: “I will repay you for the years that the locusts have eaten.” There have been so many blessing…

    January 12, 2015
  • Friends Gratitude Thriving

    Gratitude Journal: January 10, 2015

    Three thing for which I’m grateful today: 1. My Team in Training friends: Julie, Laurella, Michelle and Anthony, who spent a couple hours of his…

    January 11, 2015
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    Sometimes People Leave You Halfway Through the Wood

    It took 30 years to turn Stephen Sondheim’s stage musical Into the Woods into a movie, and the results are mesmerizing. The casting, voices, costumes,…

    January 11, 2015
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    Gratitude Journal: January 9, 2015

    Three things for which I’m grateful today: 1. Breakfast with my friend, Zane at Gourmet’s Market, our favorite morning hang. Some business, some personal, some…

    January 10, 2015
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    Gratitude Journal: January 8, 2015

    Three things for which I’m grateful today: 1. My electric blue alpaca wool scarf. Needed it this morning when temperatures were in the single digits.…

    January 9, 2015
  • Friends Gratitude

    Gratitude Journal: January 7, 2015

    Three things for which I’m grateful today: 1. Lunch with my friend, Adam. While we had a little church business to discuss, it was nice…

    January 8, 2015
  • Gratitude Thriving

    Gratitude Journal: January 6, 2015

    Three things for which I’m grateful today: 1. The nurse practitioner at the CVS Walk-in Clinic was awesome. Very funny, even as she was confirming…

    January 7, 2015
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