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The Unexpected Value of A Forgotten Gift: A Journey of Rediscovery
Looking back at last year seems like a blur. I sometimes wake up wondering if 2024 even existed. The brain-body connection wasn't there,...
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Jul 96 min read


Revitalizing Our Souls: Attending a Cancer Survivor and Caregiver Retreat on Lake Michigan
Sunset This past weekend, Kevin and I were treated to the ultimate retreat offered by Bluebird Cancer Retreat at Camp Geneva on Lake...
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May 227 min read


Exploring the Cycle of Life: From Seeds Planted to New Life and Everything in Between
We planted new seeds for our veggie garden indoors yesterday. This has been quite a process, as it is a new way of doing things. We have...
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Apr 73 min read


Reflecting on the Relationship Between Seasons and Seasoning: How Delight Impacts Flavor
Just over a week ago, including the last day of last year, I sat down to reflect on the year 2024. As you may already know, I have made...
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Jan 104 min read


Christmas Story Suffering
Suffering is not easy to write about. It is a tough subject because it is very personal and subjective. But we all suffer at some point...
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Dec 16, 20242 min read


Becoming like a JESUS Tree
You must be thinking that I am going to criticize putting up a Christmas tree or call it a heathen tradition we should abandon. Well no,...
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Nov 17, 20245 min read


The Perfect Number
I was sitting on my recumbent bike this afternoon worshiping God as I was pedaling along. As I racked up the miles, I started thinking...
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Sep 17, 20243 min read


My New-Found Interest: Paralympics
The big hoopla of the Paris 2024 Olympics seems long gone. I have always watched the Olympics religiously in the past. This year the...
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Sep 5, 20243 min read


These Are A Few Of My Favorite Things
Just reading the title, must have you either humming or singing the beloved song from "The Sound of Music"! I know it had me looking up...
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Aug 1, 20244 min read


When Workouts become Worship
This week I had the wonderful opportunity to meet a physical therapist who specializes in breast cancer rehab. I was reluctant to spend...
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Jun 15, 20243 min read


Each step I take
This journey I am on, this wilderness I am traveling in, is so unpredictable and so exhausting. Just when I think I've got a handle on...
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May 26, 20245 min read


Surprising Question
I cannot believe that it is April! It feels like I have missed the past few months in the flurry of appointments, procedures and tests....
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Apr 6, 20243 min read


Into the Wilderness
Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve ©Wiebke Papenfus 2019 Have you ever gone on an impromptu trip? Maybe someone invited...
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Feb 25, 20245 min read


Why I question the term “best friend”
During the past few months, I have been pondering friendships a lot. It has been a very dark time in my life with my husband being in...
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Feb 4, 20246 min read


Get rid of the extra Baggage!
In the night before New Year’s Eve I was dreaming. I was traveling and had to get all my luggage from the hotel room, to the elevator,...
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Jan 2, 20243 min read


The Boxing Ring
For the past few years, I have made time at the end of the year to really take inventory of the past year. This exercise usually brings...
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Dec 27, 20234 min read


Seasonal Minimalism
I have become one of those “let’s do as little as possible” type of people during the Christmas season. It seems like the older I get,...
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Dec 2, 20233 min read


Don't Look That Way!
It is time for me again to just rest in my Abba's comforting arms: I am at a silent retreat in south west Michigan. Unplugged and away...
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Oct 23, 20233 min read


Giving up even more....
1/10/23 On Day 2 of the Sugar Fast, I was really convicted when I read the question Wendy asked "What do you turn to instead of to Him?"...
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Jan 12, 20233 min read


My 40-Day Sugar Fast
1/8/2023 Today is Day 0 of this new journey that starts tomorrow. I look forward to this new beginning, but also feel uncertain to what...
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Jan 9, 20232 min read
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