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RECENT ARTICLES
Thanksgiving Thistles
It was the beginning of the Thanksgiving weekend and although Kara was going through the motions of preparing a traditional turkey dinner, her heart wasn’t in it. It felt like there was nothing to celebrate.
How to Self-Publish Your Book Using Kindle Direct Publishing
Writing and self-publishing your book. It’s the ultimate lifetime dream for those with a passion for writing. For most of us the path to our dreams is not a direct, linear line but a weaving, scattered journey. This blog post is the story of my own childhood dreams...
How to Organize a Self-Hosted Retreat on a Budget
I love the idea of a reflective retreat and try to set apart a time to pursue a meditative, learning or development activity at least once a year. It is so healthy and cantering to pull away from the regular demands of life to quietly examine one’s life and pay attention to the weightier matters of the soul.
Choosing Life, Community & Forgiveness
There is pro-choice rhetoric that claims pro-life advocates of having little interest in the wellbeing of mother and babe past the initial decision to decline abortion. This story is a celebration of the community that rallied around my mom and me in my first years of life, a violation of trust and innocence and how ultimately love and forgiveness overcomes all.
16 Practical Tips To Fund Your Dreams (Plus a Free Monthly Budget Workbook To Get You Started)
One cannot responsibly preach a message of slowing down, rest and sabbaticals…living the life you’ve always dreamed of…without addressing the hard reality of finances. A more reasonable balance between work and play sounds romantic and enviable until the bills pile up and the car breaks down. Still there is a path one can proactively walk that will lead to having means to fund your dreams on some level, whatever those dreams may be.
Father’s Day Tribute: My 3 Dads
I stood in front of the Father’s Day card display at our local Wal-mart crying. Having stopped to pick up some items on my way to a work meeting, I came across a random mid-isle display by surprise.
9 Fantastic Reasons to Use Essential Oils (and a FREE E-Book with 10 Favourite Recipes to Get You Started!)
Essential Oils. Even 2 decades ago I had never heard the term. I certainly had no idea that I would not only try them but come to love and share them with friends as well.
Food Convenience Services: How Goodfood and PC Express Grocery Pickup Changed My Mind
The coupon codes were everywhere. In my Facebook feed. Little coloured slips of advertising in my regular correspondence. Tempting ads in my google finds.
GoodFood.
Another meal subscription service that promised to make my life more convenient while allowing me to enjoy better home-cooked meals.
Honestly?
I ignored the message. I kept on browsing. Threw the coupon codes away.
I wasn’t interested.
Keep on posting! To be honest, I rarely read emails, blogs and such because I’m far too busy but I read yours because:
- I trust you & your advice
- You are so real & genuine in your writings
- I can actually relate to your posts
Thank you for taking the time to share.
Melissa, you’ve been such an inspiration to me!
So focused and organized!
Love reading your blog, you’re really a great writer.
Easy to follow and understand. Even for a foreigner! (I’m a Brazilian, Portuguese is my first language).