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Moments in Time

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"I've come to realize that life is more like  Ole Yeller  than any Hallmark or Lifetime movie." LIFE: A Series of Moments in Time. Moments held together by mundane, everyday life.  Once in a while, we experience a life changing moment. That one will shape those that follow.  Like a predictable Hallmark movie, some moments are in the shape of happiness. Those are the ones we want to hold onto forever, if only time would stand still. Other moments reflect Lifetime movies. We just want them to pass so we can get on with our lives or turn back the clock. Then, there's Ole Yeller... I'm pretty sure that movie was wasted on me as a youngster.  But as an adult, I realize it was a foreshadowing of how life really works.  Everyone has sad moments tossed in with some happy ones.  Everyone has decisions to make that can't be undone.  And each of us have bittersweet moments only we can define. As I write this, our ten-year old dog Brutus is snoring at my feet. He's ge

2022 - the year of less

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  AS  we welcome another new year, I am in awe of how quickly this life is passing by. Where have the days gone? Have I accomplished anything in 2021? Was I alive or just living? What can I do better going forward? NEVER one to make  new years resolutions, after being cooped up for the past two years, this may be the year I make a few. This should be the year I navigate daily life with more purpose.  I'M not sure how it will pan out, but this new year, I feel the need to purge some unnecessary clutter. Not just the tangible stuff that collects dust, but the damaging stuff that can't be seen. FOR this new year, I want to worry less, be less anxious, hand distress up to God, and let go of needing to be right. THESE are lofty goals for the way I'm built, but this introvert is praying for a year of less. Be blessed y'all ~ Dreama Isaiah  26:3