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name-change, address-change, all the change...<br />
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this little space has been mostly quiet for some time.<br />
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I have loved it here, and still do. It's like my little photo album of years past (which was actually why I started it in the first place)... but, finally <b>it's time for a new song</b>, or a new blog in this case...<br />
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aiming for a little 30-day-blog-challenge to get started... <b><a href="http://bit.ly/kimalfordLoves">join me here</a></b> if you wish.<br />
peace, friends. ♥Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01968744981168858703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864269625722259210.post-87368619013205596382016-04-07T07:04:00.001-04:002016-04-07T07:08:47.268-04:00'what not to say to a grieving person' - interview with Chip Judd<div id="fb-root">
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Talking about what not to say to a grieving person.<br />
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Thanks, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/chip.judd/">Chip</a> & <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SethFarrior">Seth</a>!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01968744981168858703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864269625722259210.post-22722331016358980452016-04-03T10:20:00.000-04:002016-06-08T10:06:50.249-04:00#letsbeprayers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01968744981168858703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864269625722259210.post-60311164597401495442016-01-13T10:49:00.002-05:002016-01-13T10:51:10.517-05:00my absolute favorite artichoke dip...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01968744981168858703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864269625722259210.post-15823349436375751282015-12-13T05:25:00.000-05:002015-12-13T05:25:23.936-05:00Legacy Collective<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cYlR095WLpk/Vm1GxHesdeI/AAAAAAAAjAM/nAj5BknOMoM/s1600/LegacyCollective-impact.png" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cYlR095WLpk/Vm1GxHesdeI/AAAAAAAAjAM/nAj5BknOMoM/s400/LegacyCollective-impact.png" width="316" /></a><br />
<i>Be doers of the word and not hearers only...</i> <span style="font-size: x-small;">(James1:22)</span><br />
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<a href="https://www.purecharity.com/legacycollective/causes" target="_blank">Legacy Collective</a> was started by Brandon & Jen Hatmaker - some serious impact in the neediest of places! ♥Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01968744981168858703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864269625722259210.post-64734626932806986482015-11-15T05:10:00.002-05:002015-11-15T05:56:37.240-05:00Three Strands<div>
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These ladies' hearts are beautiful & inspiring! So thankful I got to meet them at <a href="https://www.christywright.com/" target="_blank">Christy Wright's</a> <a href="https://www.christywright.com/2015/08/announcing-the-business-boutique/" target="_blank">Business Boutique</a> in Nashville last weekend!!</div>
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(Thanks for reading - Especially if adoption is near to you too, check out how <a href="http://www.threestrandsinc.org/" target="_blank">this awesome group</a> is committed to serving birth-moms!)<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01968744981168858703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864269625722259210.post-12659437733778205662015-09-27T14:05:00.001-04:002015-09-27T14:26:55.423-04:00goal-setting with powersheets.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here's a goal-setting tool that's been working for me (and many many others) --> <b><a href="http://laracaseyshop.com/collections/make-it-happen-1/powersheets" target="_blank">powersheets</a></b>.<br />
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I went through my first set in January of 2014 and finally purchased another set at the end of this summer. I have found them to be<b> practical and reflective</b> - <a href="http://laracasey.com/" target="_blank">Lara Casey</a> has a way of asking questions that help you dig down to the heart of what matters most. - Like naming your fears & what is and isn't working...<br />
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She also encourages us to <b>make-it-visual</b> (my favorite) with a real or virtual pin-board - ((here are mine from <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/kimariesays/2014-vision-board/" target="_blank">Jan.2014</a> & my <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/kimariesays/2015-vision-board/" target="_blank">current work-in-progress</a>)).<br />
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I was going to keep this short and sweet, but I will tell you this - after going through the "getting started" pages this time around (basically the intro-pages, before starting any actual goal-setting) - I realized I wanted to join a gym and an in-depth Bible study, two areas I was readily naming as important values, but have struggled with consistency and growth. And, while my schedule may feel a bit tighter and stretched, I've had more joy (& consistency!) in giving intentional time to these two vital areas. Yay powersheets. Yay Lara! - "Kiss your brain!" as my coworker would say! ♥<br />
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Four years ago we packed up our little one-year-married-MyrtleBeach life and moved to Raleigh, NC. <br />
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Now I'm teaching PreK + autism and J is working at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/CUBE-design-research/115908757748" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">CUBE Design + Research</a>,<b> </b>and we're getting to visit Myrtle more often now that the grad school craziness is behind us.<br />
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It's a good life. Better than either of us deserve, that's for sure. Here's to the next four - forty years, & whatever they may bring... ♥</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01968744981168858703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864269625722259210.post-6243528775847237672015-08-02T10:28:00.002-04:002015-08-02T14:05:19.711-04:00Bringing blogging back?Of course I realize instagramming (+journaling - see previous post) finally smothered my blog habit, but yesterday I was looking for a particular post from so many years ago, and it made me miss the daily documenting I had going...<br />
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<li><b>Reading & snapchat - </b>yeah, snapchat. It's a love-hate thing:) Kayla's on there which makes me love it - & now <a href="https://instagram.com/jessaconnolly/" target="_blank">@jessaconnolly</a> which makes it better - and sometimes I post things too.. // Also almost finished with <a href="https://instagram.com/p/49sMXyJT2n/" target="_blank">#DoOverbook</a>. Realized yesterday I've been reading the same three or four authors for a few years now (Jen Hatmaker, Donald Miller, Mark Batterson & obviously Jon Acuff) - all good, definitely some of my faves, but also makes me think it's time to mix it up a bit. Started <a href="http://www.amazon.com/When-God-Comes-Church-Biblical/dp/0801063280" target="_blank"><i>When God Comes to Church</i></a> (by Raymond Ortlund) this morning - and yay it's good! Plus, refreshing to have a new voice in my reader head! (ps- this is our '<a href="http://vintagenc.com/event/the-awakening-seminar/" target="_blank">church read</a>' at the moment too. bonus motivation.)</li>
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<li><b>Saturday Sabbath date-days -</b> best act of obedience ever: <i>six days you shall labor, and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God</i>. Why in the world did we wait so long to get onboard with this one?? It's work in progress - resting. Sabbath-ing. But it is glorious and life-giving, and I pray we never go back!</li>
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<li><b>Run-walking- </b>still alive & well over here. Posting fewer <a href="https://instagram.com/explore/tags/kimarieruns/" target="_blank">#kimarieruns</a> on insta, but still working to stay consistent and diligent - and the goal of 10,000 steps a day sure doesn't hurt! (Yay, Fitbit! Yay, <a href="https://instagram.com/skleberdesign/" target="_blank">Skleber</a>, for passing me her old one!:)</li>
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<li><b>Prek! -</b> honestly didn't think I'd see another year of you. And here we are. <a href="http://wilburnprek.weebly.com/miss-kim" target="_blank">Fully staffed</a> (finally!!!!!:) and only six on our roster to start with!! It's been a sweet couple of days getting back into the routine. - I can't help but be a little nervous about the workload revving up / becoming unmanageable, but for now I'm thanking God for a sweet start!</li>
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<li><b>And finally <a href="http://blog.clubsinthecity.org/" target="_blank">CLUBS</a> + missions talk -</b> loved talking about South Africa & Clubs in the City to some VBS kiddos last week. (Honestly didn't realize <a href="http://blog.clubsinthecity.org/2015/05/22/when-we-talk-about-calling-we-point-to-a-caller/" target="_blank">Miss Sheri posted this story</a> until just now - pretty much sums up my missions talk - kinda:)! ♥</li>
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...I don't anticipate such lengthy updates to continue - but it's Sunday and the mood struck, so there you have it!♥♥Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01968744981168858703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864269625722259210.post-74066508493493956112015-06-28T08:23:00.002-04:002015-08-02T12:29:21.728-04:00public vs. private<div class="mobile-photo">
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No shortage of words here - just been writing them on paper and in private places lately - lovetrenches.blogspot / @lovetrenches<br />
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In the book <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/First-Things-Stephen-R-Covey-ebook/dp/B00V1XGKJK/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&sr=&qid=" target="_blank">First Things First</a></i>, Stephen Covey talks about the importance of private victories before public ones - that's what I'm going for - to <i>build these habits into my character</i>...<br />
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"The first three habits, <b>1. be proactive, 2. begin with and end in mind, and 3. put the first thing first</b>, are grouped together in a category called private victory. Private victories are personal and relate to you as an individual person." (Seven Habits, <a href="https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Seven_Habits_Study_Guide/Private_victory" target="_blank">source</a>)<br />
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"<b>Public victories are built on the private victories of the first three habits. </b>To be publicly successful in a deep or real way, you should first build the first three habits into your character. To try to do things another way is building on a false foundation and will bring about only short-term results." (Seven Habits, <a href="https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Seven_Habits_Study_Guide/Public_victory" target="_blank">source</a>)</blockquote>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><i>"I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings." (Philippians 3:10)</i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><i>And it is true. I have known Jesus most deeply in suffering; he seems to inhabit suffering, and he endured it first. He is not a God unfamiliar with suffering and he is near the brokenhearted. He is near our broken hearts.</i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><i>So what if the greatest thing you have to give to the world could be hidden in your darkest moments? What if your scars point to a greater story?</i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><i><b>Our lives are a breath, and if we are here for just a minute, I'd like my one little breath to feel more like a mighty gust of wind. </b>And that takes surrender. It takes perseverance and not wasting my minutes away on Facebook or on complaining. The apostles walked away from painful persecution, "rejoicing because they had been counted worthy of suffering" (Acts 5:41).</i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><i>Hear me. Even though it may seem counterintuitive, it is an honor to suffer. It is a privilege. And we are not to waste it. God wrote suffering into our stories and wants to redeem it for his glory. If we stop shaking our fists at him, we could possibly sit down and see we are running from a life in flames toward a great purpose—one that could never exist without the flames.</i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><i>Joseph was a brat with a vision. And God was preparing him for that purpose. Joseph would save and lead nations, but first he had to learn who this story was about.</i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><i>When Joseph first had a vision, he thought that vision was for his own glory. When that vision finally came true and his brothers were bowing before him, Joseph said these words:</i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><i>"You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives" (Genesis 50:20).</i></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01968744981168858703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864269625722259210.post-82872352347315628942015-02-22T09:08:00.000-05:002015-02-25T09:02:41.651-05:00jennieallen.com<div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bqgr9yhOZrU/VOni_eejMQI/AAAAAAAAhy4/IGWAQd7uS-g/s1600/image1-741014.JPG"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bqgr9yhOZrU/VOni_eejMQI/AAAAAAAAhy4/IGWAQd7uS-g/s320/image1-741014.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6118671148900364546"></a><br>Thank God for these women.</div><div><br><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3vuGHLZTTqA/VOnjApqGtsI/AAAAAAAAhzQ/v1XY9aJw-2o/s1600/FullSizeRender-745475.jpg"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3vuGHLZTTqA/VOnjApqGtsI/AAAAAAAAhzQ/v1XY9aJw-2o/s320/FullSizeRender-745475.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6118671169081489090"></a></div><div>From her book <i>Anything</i>.<br><br></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01968744981168858703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864269625722259210.post-58341356585046186822015-02-20T18:16:00.000-05:002015-02-25T09:03:13.282-05:00#wildandfreebook<a href="http://jessconnolly.com/blog" target="_blank">One of my absolute faves</a> is writing a book! yesss!<br />
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also, <a href="http://www.naptimediaries.com/blog/2015/2/12/the-gospel-romance" target="_blank">this post by her</a>. ♥Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01968744981168858703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864269625722259210.post-79768354501209948192015-02-19T07:16:00.001-05:002015-02-25T09:02:41.648-05:00Morning Pages<a href="http://rebekahlyons.com/" target="_blank">Rebekah Lyons</a> mentioned this during <a href="https://ifgathering.com/" target="_blank">IF:Gathering</a><br />
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"<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">Morning Pages are three pages of longhand, stream of consciousness writing,</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">done first thing in the morning. *There is no wrong way to do Morning Pages*–</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">they are not high art. They are not even “writing.” They are about</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">only. Morning Pages provoke, clarify, comfort, cajole, prioritize and</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">synchronize the day at hand. Do not over-think Morning Pages: just put</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">three pages of anything on the page…and then do three more pages tomorrow.</span>"<br />
-<a href="http://juliacameronlive.com/basic-tools/morning-pages/" target="_blank">Julia Cameron</a><br />
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I'm in 'til Easter♥Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01968744981168858703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864269625722259210.post-18696930361833007532015-02-17T06:56:00.001-05:002015-02-25T09:02:41.638-05:00TWO.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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sweet girl! (<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/kimalford/sets/72157650131887237/" target="_blank">more faves</a>) ♥Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01968744981168858703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864269625722259210.post-80756943958790614822015-01-17T05:28:00.000-05:002015-02-20T19:29:25.983-05:00people, places, architecture...<div class="mobile-photo">
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snapshots of Cali...♥Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01968744981168858703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864269625722259210.post-88130765212334198322015-01-01T09:50:00.001-05:002015-02-20T19:27:08.254-05:00Happy New Year + reading through the bible<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="480" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/uui_QRSVdCY?rel=0" width="640"></iframe><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">As this new year begins, the word resounding in my head and heart is HABIT. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I feel like my reading, thinking, & social habits -or non-habits- are what colored last year most. The past several years I've seen my husband develop the habit of <a href="http://bible.com/r/2G">reading through the bible in a year</a>. And I've never had the guts to join in - until now.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">READ to sharpen & renew.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">REST to refuel.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">TAKE PHOTOS to celebrate & remember.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">celebrate, remember, nourish, refuel, connect, restore, sharpen & renew</span><br />
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">yes, those are the things I wish to characterize my years.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01968744981168858703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864269625722259210.post-19517534275347115522014-12-30T19:29:00.000-05:002015-02-17T06:58:27.449-05:00Christmas sweetness<div class="mobile-photo">
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Family. Friends. And the sweet spirit of celebration. <3Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01968744981168858703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864269625722259210.post-50179005009248834302014-12-30T13:09:00.000-05:002015-02-20T19:30:42.902-05:00New Year's dreaming...<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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"I believe in planning. I believe in goal setting. But there are some things in life you can't plan or predict. And that drives the obsessive compulsive part of us crazy. We want control, but the decision to follow Christ is a relinquishment of control..."<br />
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I love these days of new year dreaming and planning and praying... the words really ringing in my mind this week are <i>Courage</i> & <i>Habit</i> & <i>Worship</i>.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01968744981168858703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864269625722259210.post-88637316719464896182014-11-09T19:58:00.000-05:002014-11-13T06:28:53.070-05:00phone background: city lights + grace<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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just thought I'd share. a phone background if you wish.<br />
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Progress (over perfection).<br />
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Grace (instead of what I deserve).<br />
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Gentleness (b/c I constantly need to be so much more gentle with myself & others).Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01968744981168858703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864269625722259210.post-84444462504206759202014-10-18T16:15:00.002-04:002014-10-18T17:27:10.238-04:00ihaveadream club<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Just a glimpse of some of the beauty from <a href="http://clubsinthecity.org/">Clubs in the City</a> last Saturday.<br />
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Through this I Have A Dream Club, we're asking them to dream big about their own futures, then their neighborhoods and world. They inspire me.♥Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01968744981168858703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5864269625722259210.post-68258004667388725802014-10-17T17:04:00.000-04:002014-10-18T17:29:28.253-04:00track-out photographyMost of my photography play happens over track-out breaks from school... a few faves from the past three weeks...<br />
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this makes me weep a little... just three short years ago to now...<br />
(and 4/5 the same & in the same order which just worked out perfectly!)<br />
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...my faves from Kayla's 12th birthday party..♥ ♥<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><i>You have kept count of my tossings; put my tears in your bottle... This is know, that God is for me.</i></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">-Psalm 56:8-9</span><br>
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If it was up to me, I would never have a bad day or unfavorable circumstance... and so I would never really know or acknowledge just how small and needy I am.<br>
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my sweet girl... gettin so grown!! ♥<br />
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