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You Are Special Plate

I love this thing. It was a wedding gift and when I first opened it, I didn’t think much of it and I certainly didn’t understand the magic it could hold. We were told that it could be used once a year for birthdays or big events in our lives as a part of the …

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It Is What It Is

  by Kristen Franklin It is what it is. This statement may be a new favorite of mine. I recently shared a little bit about our move debacle from the fall. It truly was one of the hardest times of my adult life and it was compounded by the fact that God was also rooting …

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Perspective during trials

by Kristen Franklin Hello Everyone! It is good to be back with you on here. I love this community of moms and I always love what I experience here.  These last few months have been a bit of a doozy for me. Back in August, we started the process of selling our home because the …

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Top 15 Things In My Brain

I love to peak inside the brain of another mother. It makes me feel very normal. Happy Monday. Enjoy’s Kristen’s brain dump! – Courtney   I love doing mental exercises like “brain dumps” or “rapid fire thinking” so I thought it would be fun to do a “rapid fire blog post.” It’s a little different …

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Like I Have Time For Friends!

Friendships? Like I have time for that!!! How do you maintain friendships?  I don’t mean just on Facebook, Twitter, and a few deep blog posts. I mean maintaining deep, true, graceful, bold, life giving, heart filling friendships. Motherhood is lonely and I think it is critical that we give the key to our hearts to …

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