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Book Reviews, Encouragement

Realizing Your Dreams on a Budget | Book Review

Every expense is a trade for something else. What you do today either gets you closer to your milestone or trades that milestone for what you want in the moment. ~ Kim Anderson, Live. Save. Spend. Repeat. The Life You Want with the Money You Have

 

Are you in a constant battle to control your finances…so they don’t control you? It’s a common struggle. Most of us are trying to figure out how to realize our dreams at the same time we’re worried about the cost of that unexpected car repair. Continue Reading

7 Years and a Happy Continuing
Abuse and Self Care, Encouragement

Seven Years and a Happy Continuing

It’s been seven years since my first husband violently assaulted me at gunpoint and then took his own life with that gun, forcing me to witness it.

You’d think seven years, inching ever closer to the decade point, would erase a lot of memories, anxiety, PTSD, and sadness. And it does. But it doesn’t release me from all of it. As the weeks got closer to this “anniversary”, I could feel my body remembering it was close. I started having unpleasant dreams again, anxiety, restless sleep, and then Continue Reading

Prone to Wander phone cases!
Encouragement, Giveaways

When Technology Inspires Your Day

FrontGate Media and Prone to Wander sent me these phone cases to test out and offer a review. The opinions are my own and are completely honest.   

Guys, can you stand another giveaway? It must be giveaway season, like awards season in Hollywood. This is another fun one. Prone to Wander LA is a company who “creatively brings God’s Word in the little things we carry, wear, or see everyday. We exist to bless little lives with the little things we create.” Continue Reading

Giveaways, Healthy Relationships

‘The Dating Project’ Movie Shows Desire for Genuine Connections

Did you know that half of America is single? The ways in which people now seek love, and find it, have dramatically changed. The social media culture has profoundly altered the dating landscape. We don’t hear much anymore about “eyes meeting across a crowded room” or running into someone in a coffee shop, and “the rest is history.” ‘The Dating Project’ movie sheds light on the new “dating” methods. Continue Reading