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Observing Lent: Let Go and Simplify
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Observing Lent: Let Go and Simplify

Why Observe Lent? February 14 starts a period in the church known as Lent. It is a 40-day period of time, plus 6 Sundays, (1) where we prepare for Jesus’s death on the cross and His resurrection. It begins on Ash Wednesday, a day in the Catholic Church where people receive a cross of ashes

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February 8, 2024 at 6:00 pm1 Comment
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Top 10 Self-Care Tips for Mental Health
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Top 10 Self-Care Tips for Mental Health

Self-care is very important, but especially when you have mental health struggles. As someone who lives with anxiety and depression, these are my top 10 self-care tips for mental health! 1. Rest (get enough sleep and take a full rest day each week)   2. Speak positive truth to yourself throughout the day    3.

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June 2, 2021 at 7:02 pm1 Comment
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Living with Anxiety and Depression: Part 2
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Living with Anxiety and Depression: Part 2

To recap: Life is a journey, a windy road full of ups and downs, roadblocks and potholes. You know the destination, but you don’t know when you’ll get there. Sometimes you deal with something along the journey for just a season. Sometimes for several seasons. Sometimes for an indefinite amount of time. For me, the

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August 29, 2018 at 7:01 pm1 Comment
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Cancer Sucks, but God Doesn’t
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Cancer Sucks, but God Doesn’t

That man in the above picture is my Papa Gary. When I was in Nepal, I was informed that something had been found on his thyroid, and it turned out to be cancer. I know this is not a new thought, but cancer sucks! Finding this out when you’re almost 10,000 miles away from home

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August 19, 2018 at 5:30 pm5 Comments
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