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Sisters
One of my goals for the New Year is to combine my love for pictures and my love for writing by posting my favorite picture from the previous week on my blog. The first week of 2014 started and ended with a snow storm. Two of my nieces and I made sure we took time…
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2014: The Year of Replenishing
The last few weeks of December were very difficult. And it wasn’t just because I struggle with the holidays. It felt like the wheels were coming off of everything in my life. Circumstances led me to complete, overwhelming despair. It felt like I was being attacked on all sides, financially, physically, spiritually, and morally. I…
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The Tale of a Recovering Scrooge
People are always surprised to find out that I despise the holidays. Especially Christmas. Since I am a Pastor and devout follower of Jesus, everyone assumes that I would love and embrace all things Christmas. After all, it is celebrating the birth of Jesus. Nothing could be further from the truth. There are a multitude…
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Black Friday vs. Thanksgiving: a tale of a girl’s first Black Friday
Originally posted on Along the Way: Black Friday. I have never taken part in it. Never observed it. Never had the desire. And never will again. This year after the coaxing of some die-hard black Friday shopper friends, I decided to go and observe. I lasted two hours. Our first stop was Target. It opened…
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“We Did it!” (Thoughts on a life well-lived)
Last Sunday during worship – there was a moment – a moment in which an appreciation – an overwhelming appreciation washed over me- an awareness of how blessed I am, on how good life is, on how good God has been to me…how faithful He has been to me. I just stopped singing and savored…
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Tone-Deaf and Proud of it!
Originally posted on Along the Way: The Gong Show: The Beginning Singing. I have always loved singing. When I was 8 years old, the Vermilion Fish Festival (my town’s yearly festival honoring all things dealing with fish) decided to have a gong show as part of the festivities. Much to my brother and sister’s chagrin,…
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25 Years Later: Wisdom from a Sailor
This weekend is my 25 Year High School Class Reunion. I graduated in 1988 from a high school on the shores of Lake Erie. We were known as the Vermilion Sailors. Last night was our pre-celebration and tonight is the actual reunion. Fun times. I was thinking today about how different 18-year-old Heidi is from…
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The Battle of Berlin Heights
Recently I have taken up running. Again. A few years back, I ran for a season. And I loved it! I somehow got out of the habit. I don’t remember why. Laziness? Busyness? Saturday, I was signed up for my second 5k of the summer (it took place in Berlin Heights thus the name of…
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Perfect Day Off!
After being thwarted by rain for most of the summer on my day off, I was finally able to ride my favorite trail. Within 5 miles, you ride through the woods, farmland, a golf course and the city of Oberlin! Lunch in the park and studied at the park = the perfect day off! So…
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