How to Bloom Where You’re Planted (Even if You’re an Introvert)

How to Bloom Where You’re Planted (Even if You’re an Introvert)

My six-year-old daughter is most definitely an introvert. After a full morning of Vacation Bible School with her self-proclaimed BFF this summer, she was perfectly content to hang out with me downstairs instead of playing Barbies upstairs with her guest and little sister. When I asked why she didn’t go upstairs with them, she told…

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We Never Hear the Drowning because It’s Silent

My fearless, four-year-old daughter was overtired. We were on round two of pool play for the day at my dad and stepmom’s new house, and she was happily jumping from a smaller elevated pool area down into their larger pool over and over again. This time, however, she forgot that she wasn’t wearing her float and leaped…

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Top 10 Fabulous, Free Resources that Will Help Women Entrepreneurs

Running your own business can be extremely challenging and stressful, especially if you don’t have the right support and information to help you succeed. I’ve personally wasted a lot of time focusing on the wrong things and neglecting the things I actually needed to do in order to find my voice and grow my business….

the day i found my mother dead
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The Day I Found My Mother Dead after Alzheimer’s Disease

I will never forget the moment I walked in to find my mother had taken her last breath. I stopped in my tracks on the nursing home’s linoleum floor, asking my father, who was right behind me, “Is she dead?” Slowly, I backed away, up against the wall across from her bed, as I stared…