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Finding Balance: Why I Dream in the First Place
I am trying to live and love in the present. For months now I have been planning and working on my future. A future for my entire family. A future with dreams fulfilled. Dreams I had once brushed...
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My Beautiful Gift of Sunshine
I watch her pull the cord of the blinds and look into the sunshine with a smile. Her eyes flicker and a joyful expression takes over her face. “The sun will make you feel better Mommy,” my...
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Autumn is the Season of Hope
This weekend as I drove to the store with my three youngest children in tow, I noticed for the first time all season how vivid and amazing the trees looked. The varying hues of red, orange and yellow...
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WE Can Give Back and Make an Impact Because There is ALWAYS a Way to Help Others
For a long time I naively believed that hard work and determination could overcome anything. I’m learning the hard way that some things are out of my hands. They are out of all our hands. There is so...
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I Am Thankful
Growing up, my family would sit around the Thanksgiving table and take turns saying what we were grateful for before we could eat. We weren’t big on saying grace, but this was our annual Thanksgiving...
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Give Back Mission: Reston, Va. Single Mom and Two Children Lose Everything in...
On December 10, 2013, a Reston, Va., single mother and her two children ages 8 and 9 lost their home, car and every possession in a fire. They walked away unharmed with just the clothes on their back....
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A Reflection of the Good that Came Before Us
*Sponsored Post This holiday season I have been struck by the overwhelming feeling of gratitude for my family. Maybe it’s because of everything we are going through with my step-dad or perhaps it’s...
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The Dandelion Seed Waits With Hope
The billowy fluffs float on the breath of my little girl’s secret wishes. I watch her spread the dandelion seeds and smile. Who decided these were weeds anyway? I love dandelions. They are vibrant and...
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We Honored Daddy at Zero Prostate Cancer Run/Walk
I have always looked forward to firsts. The first time I drove a car. The first time I saw my baby’s face. The first time I spent the night in my own house. But, not all firsts feel great. I am...
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My Sunrise Above The Clouds
After flying for what seems a long time, I rub my eyes and catch the glint of red-orange peering through the horizon. The bright hues seem to sit on top of the billowy clouds. I sleepily think how...
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The Rare Bird We Can Never Forget
Grief, loss, sadness, pain… and hope layered with an incredible amount of faith and love. This is the journey Anna Whitson-Donaldson takes readers in Rare Bird, a Memoir of Loss and Love. Her...
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Discovering Inspiration at Oprah’s #LifeYouWantDC Event
*Disclaimer: I was invited to lunch and given a premium plus ticket to Oprah’s The Life You Want Weekend in Washington DC by representatives for Toyota. However, I chose to write this post and share...
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An Ordinary Day to Remember
On Saturday, I was determined to get every member of my family of six out of the house for a family activity that did not involve youth athletics or a lot of money. Since my oldest is 15 and my...
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Sometimes I Run Away
When I’m stressed, I like to run away. Hours away… to the farm, the beach, the city, the mountains. Okay, I don’t actually physically run away, but mentally I am there. I will obsessively envision a...
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Please Help Shower Mathias Giordano With Love
There are some people who take root in my heart. Sometimes these people are complete strangers and yet I somehow find myself emotionally invested. I read every social media post, article and update...
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Parenting Different Stages of Childhood
Open, shut them, open, shut them. I can hear her sing-song voice repeating the phrase from the kitchen. I peer around the corner and see the concentration in the folds of her forehead. The little...
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In Dreams You Are Always Close
It is has been a year since we said goodbye. A year without your Hawaiian shirts in the summer and brown sweaters in the winter. A year without your cheesy jokes and your sometimes inappropriately...
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The Impetus for Change is Compassion – #1000Speak
Sometimes when I read about the suffering of others, especially the suffering of children, my stomach turns ever so slightly. Emotions begin to creep in — sadness, discomfort, guilt, frustration,...
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Breaking My Silence: Why I Believe Faith is Like Love
“Why aren’t you writing? I want to see you on the computer writing again.” This may be the most romantic thing my husband has ever said. He knows how much I need to write. He understands how not...
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Perspective – The Best Mother’s Day Gift
It is not often that I am stunned silent. But this is what happened after my nine-year-old son looked into my eyes and awed me with his response to the news that I would not be moving my home-based...
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