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Finding Joy
Holiday depression · Spirituality

Finding Joy

Featured maflake4 Comments

Words of Joy are all around me as I plow forward into 2021. My fellow writer Kay Whately is planning on delving into all the verses in the Bible related to joy on her blog. I received a festive mug from my friend Lisa that proudly proclaims Joy across the front. And on one of… Continue reading Finding Joy

Christianity · Daffodls · Spirituality · Uncategorized

Daffodil Strength

February 5, 2017 maflake1 Comment

My daffodils are here and they give me hope. Years ago when we first moved into our old house, we began transplanting daffodils around the yard. Patches of them grew in the woods around us, leftover from the days when tenant houses were there. I think of them as wild, although I don’t know if […]

Back to School · Christianity · grace · Spiritual warfare · Uncategorized

Go Away!

August 13, 2016July 20, 2019 maflake7 Comments

I started back to school this week, my 17th year as a media specialist. I’m in a school I love with a great staff, a new principal who is excited and collegial, and students and families I have come to know and love. After 17 years I feel like I should know what I’m doing,… Continue reading Go Away!

Christianity · grace · Uncategorized

Broken Pieces

July 16, 2016August 13, 2016 maflake6 Comments

I recently had a nice trip to North Myrtle Beach with some good friends. I grew up coming here to the Grand Strand before it was covered with high rise condos, and I love the wide beach and swimming in the waves of the Atlantic. This stretch of beach is not the best for shelling,… Continue reading Broken Pieces

Christianity · Spirituality · Uncategorized

Getting past regret

June 29, 2016July 16, 2016 maflake5 Comments

Hello, my name is regret I’m pretty sure we have met Every single day of your life I’m the whisper inside That won’t let you forget These opening lines from a song by Matthew West capture how I have felt for a good part of my life. All of us have things we regret, especially by… Continue reading Getting past regret

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