Five Minute Friday: View

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Hello, Friends. Welcome back for another Friday spent with Lisa-Jo and the Five-minute crowd. Today, we're taking five minutes to write on the prompt View. Do you have five minutes to write, read, or both? Why don't you join us? 1. Write for 5 minutes flat – no editing, no over thinking, … [continue]

Simple stories

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I joined a group of writers online called Simple Stories. The idea behind the group is to encourage a return to telling our simple stories. You know the ones--the stories about the sweet simplicity of our days and not the huge, life-changing, epiphany type of tales. Because, let's be honest, … [continue]

Five minute friday: Song

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Hello, Friends. Welcome back for another Friday spent with Lisa-Jo and the Five-minute crowd. Today, we're taking five minutes to write on the prompt Song. Do you have five minutes to write, read, or both? Why don't you join us? 1. Write for 5 minutes flat – no editing, no over thinking, … [continue]

Ten small things that will remain: For all of the mamas

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My husband's co-workers threw a goodbye party for him recently. He sent me photos of the cake and a new personalized version of a pamphlet he created, called "Ten Small Things". The pamphlet outlines ten best business practices, and his co-workers took those ten things, and adapted them specifically … [continue]

Leaving a Trail

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They call me the trailing spouse, the one-half of a marriage who gives up her comfortable life, to follow her breadwinning husband and his new job posting overseas. Three years ago, I gave up everything—my family, my friends, and the home we remodeled with our own blistered and calloused hands. I … [continue]

One last hurrah

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I took a little break from posting here this past week. I guess that's obvious. Nearly every weekend, we squeeze in a bit of travel. We call each trip our 'Last Hurrah', but I keep waiting for it to be the actual last hurrah. The hurrah which signals the end of  planning and packing and unpacking … [continue]