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    • 31 Days of Preparing for VBAC {An Introduction}
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    How to listen to grown up music (even when you have kids)

    / November 14, 2016 / 1 Comment

    A pumpkin spice candle flickers on my mantle. The boys are playing together as peacefully as two rowdy boys can. And my favorite music is streaming from Pandora on the living room TV.…

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  • Health, Wellness, & Self Care,  Momma Goes Back to School,  Special Needs Parenting

    What music history can teach us about mental challenges

    / July 21, 2016 / 0 Comments

    I’m a week away from being done with my music appreciation class. I have found this class to be highly enjoyable and enlightening. The book has covered the lives of many of the…

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  • Special Needs Parenting

    Social Skills CDs for Children with Special Needs

    / April 26, 2016 / 0 Comments

    Social skills and communication skills can be hard for any child to master. Children with special needs especially struggle in these areas. Recently I was looking on Amazon for CDs that address these skills…

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  • Pregnancy & Birth

    My VBAC Preparation Pregnancy and Labor Playlist

    / October 7, 2015 / 6 Comments

    Music was one of the most instrumental things that provided comfort, healing, and hope for me during my pregnancy and birth. I started looking for songs for my playlist in the first trimester.…

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  • Marriage,  Military and Veteran Life

    love songs to help you through a rough spot in your marriage

    / June 27, 2014 / 10 Comments

    Here's a list of some songs that I hope will encourage you wherever you are in your marriage.

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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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  • Personal and Spiritual Ramblings,  Writing and blogging

    “Music or words. It matters not. I am a writer.”

    / October 4, 2013 / 15 Comments

    I create. I write. Music or words. It matters not. I am a writer.

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  • Messy Faith,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings,  Recovering Perfectionist

    You may think the sky above is falling – but can you hear Jesus calling?

    / July 15, 2013 / 19 Comments

    I know you are scared, but I won't let you go. You aren't "too far gone" for me. I'm still here. I haven't gone anywhere. And I'm still loving you, holding you. I'm…

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  • Family,  Messy Faith,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings,  Recovering Perfectionist

    finding healing and freedom in secular music

    / June 25, 2013 / 44 Comments

    What happened that evening in our home opened up a whole new world for me. I spent hours downloading music, checking out CDs from the library, and just laying in bed listening to…

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  • Beauty in the Mess,  Birthdays,  Family,  Miscellaneous

    Beauty in the Mess ~ Edition 02.11.13

    / February 11, 2013 / 0 Comments

    Beauty: the quality or aggregate of qualities in a person or thing that gives pleasure to the senses or pleasurably exalts the mind or spirit {Merriam Webster’s Dictionary}

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