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    • Top Ten Posts of All Time
    • Legalism and Grace: How I Left the IFB Movement and Chose Grace
    • Grace: How a Recovering Legalist Moves Forward in Faith
    • Online Writing Portfolio
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    • Mothering Through Fatigue Blog Series
    • 20 Posts to Encourage Young New Moms
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    • Homecoming 2009
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    • 31 Days of Preparing for VBAC {An Introduction}
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  • Allume 2013,  Marriage,  Military and Veteran Life

    How to keep loving when your marriage is running on empty

    / November 16, 2013 / 7 Comments

    As soon as Bianca uttered the words "the little oil that we have," I was overcome with a visual picture of what God was asking me to do - how He was going…

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  • Allume 2013

    They’re playing our song {takeaways from #allume}

    / November 15, 2013 / 6 Comments

    I wanted it to happen. A sign, a symbol, confirmation of God's love and grace - His voice saying, "Yes, my child, you are in the right place."

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  • Allume 2013,  Marriage,  Military and Veteran Life

    When your love for your spouse is depleted

    / November 14, 2013 / 16 Comments

    Love is a choice; but some days, I'm just too weary to make it.

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  • Allume 2013,  Finding "Home" in 2013,  Miscellaneous

    Guest post for Brightpeak Financial {takeaways from #Allume}

    / November 13, 2013 / 6 Comments

    I'd like to share how my husband and I have dealt with the drastic reduction in our income over the last year. Head over to Brightpeak to read "How to Make a 50%…

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  • Military and Veteran Life

    Encouragement and resources for the military wife

    / November 11, 2013 / 5 Comments

    I hope that this list of posts, resources, books, and websites will be an encouragement to you wherever you are in your journey as a military spouse!

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  • Allume 2013,  Writing and blogging

    Write more, edit more, publish less {takeaways from #allume}

    / November 8, 2013 / 12 Comments

    Improving my writing, however, is something I can do right now. I've heeded these words - taken them on as a challenge to hone this craft.

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  • Five Minute Fridays,  Marriage

    What true love looks like

    / November 8, 2013 / 7 Comments

    True love is him asking, "Why do you love me?" and me answering, "Because it's worth it."

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  • Allume 2013,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings,  Writing and blogging

    Wrinkles (why I’m not writing a book right now) {takeaways from #allume}

    / November 2, 2013 / 22 Comments

    My stories can wait to be told until I'm mature enough to tell them well.

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  • Allume 2013,  Five Minute Fridays

    In which I am humbled instead of star-struck {takeaways from #Allume}

    / October 31, 2013 / 11 Comments

    But as I stood there in front of her, humbled as she gave me a necklace, an awkward hug, I didn't see a star - I saw a sister.

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  • Allume 2013

    She made time for me {takeaways from #allume}

    / October 28, 2013 / 6 Comments

    And then she knelt down next to me, asked me questions, and got to know me as well as anyone can in a ten-minute conversation. I felt understood and noticed and cared for.

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