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With the weight of the world on your shoulders.
Lately I’ve been struggling. I feel like I’m the only kid left on one side of a game of dodgeball. I just keep keep jumping, ducking and hoping I survive till the buzzer sounds. Typically, I deal with...
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Prayer on Planes
Last Thursday evening I anxiously waited to board a Southwest plane headed to Louisville. Mind completely focused on getting to the person who would be waiting there to pick me up, I wasn’t prepared...
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Losing my religion.
Growing up I never considered my parents religious fanatics. I never felt like it was shoved down my throat, but it was without a doubt the complete foundation of my upbringing. Church has always been...
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People should be more like cows.
…and I don’t mean that in a sense of letting others herd you around. Recently, one of my Facebook friends posted this article. In it is a list of all 50 states with their people populations compared to...
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Silver Lining
“Oklahoma is the heart, it’s the vital organ, of our national existence.” – Will Rogers, 29 May 1926 Over 50 tornadoes touched down in my home state yesterday. Lives were lost, many were injured....
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Till the Cows Come Home to Double Dan Ranch
*Confession* Referring to my husband as a “farmer” is incredibly awkward to me. He raises livestock, not crops, so in my mind and probably most everyone’s west of the Mississippi he qualifies as a...
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Signs you’ve hit your tired, overworked breaking point
I feel like my posts as of late all have the same subliminal messages. Danielle is busy. Danielle is tired. Danielle is working four jobs. Sorry, y’all. I promise the end of this madness is near. No...
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“That girl” on Flight 2137
Do you ever have those moments when you ask yourself, “Why am I such a walking disaster?” I mean, I try like Hell to be coordinated and ladylike (despite the swear word in the beginning of this...
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Searching for Simplicity
Every blog, social media training/seminar I’ve attended says “do not apologize for long absences of non blogging.” But, on the other hand I’m a chronic over apologizer… Who is needing a Segway to jump...
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For the Love of Habaneros
I have a lot of “I told you so moments” happen in my life, I can be a little bit of a quiet know-it-all and as it goes with any form of know-it-all, when the moments of being wrong come hither, they...
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The Days I have to be Quiet
I’m terrible at being quiet. Actually, I’m incredible at being quiet. I can go hours without feeling the need to mutter a word, I can stealthily slink around our home and farm so silently My Someone is...
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What Marriage Is
As my second wedding anniversary approached my head was flooded with thoughts. I knew I wanted to write something, but wasn’t set on a direction. I could easily write something incredibly mushy or a...
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Prayer on Planes
Last Thursday evening I anxiously waited to board a Southwest plane headed to Louisville. Mind completely focused on getting to the person who would be waiting there to pick me up, I wasn't prepared...
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People should be more like cows.
...and I don't mean that in a sense of letting others herd you around. Recently, one of my Facebook friends posted this article. In it is a list of all 50 states with their people populations compared...
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Silver Lining
"Oklahoma is the heart, it's the vital organ, of our national existence." - Will Rogers, 29 May 1926 Over 50 tornadoes touched down in my home state yesterday. Lives were lost, many were injured....
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