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Melanie S. Pickett 5 Ways to Happy New Year.
Encouragement

5 Ways to a Happy New Year

In just hours, we will clink glasses, exchange kisses, hugs, and wishes for a happy 2018. And we will hope and pray for the brightest year ahead. Some will be a little sad because maybe 2017 is the last year they had a loved one. Others will do whatever they can to speed along the time until the clock chimes midnight, and like Cinderella leaving the ball, will race full on into 2018.

What will we do once we get there? What do you hope will become of the new year? We can make all the typical resolutions to be more organized, get out of debt, get in shape, “new year, new you”…Those are actually pretty great goals for all of us. But what if there’s something more? Continue Reading

5 Ways to a Merry Christmas
Encouragement

5 Ways to a Merry Christmas

Friends, it’s almost Christmas! It’s just a few days away as I write this. I’ve been so busy and I’m pretty sure you have been too. Boxes and bows and malls and cookies and all that, right?

I’m not ready. Are you? I still have a few things to purchase, everything to wrap, and most of my baking to do. Some of you are probably far more organized than I. Others of you might not even have started their Christmas prep yet. Continue Reading

25 Days of Christmas, Shoes, Style & Sense of Humor
Encouragement

Shoes, Style and Sense of Humor

Okay, friends, life got super busy and stressful for the past few days here. I’ve had lots going on and, oh yeah, it’s Christmas! So I haven’t gotten to all of those 25 posts I mentioned. So in the spirit of health and the holidays, I’m going to consolidate. You can also catch up with some of your fabulous qualities on my Facebook live videos.

If I told you about our multiple car issues the past couple of days in our extended family, you wouldn’t know whether to cry or laugh. It included four cars, two tows, two repairs, two flat tires, breaking into our own home because our house keys were mistakenly left with the mechanic…and a partridge in a pear tree.

See? Life isn’t always a perfect little present wrapped up in a fancy bow. But we ride it out in style the best we can. Continue Reading