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• Freedom to Focus Is Freedom to Accomplish
  Focus is key in getting things done. Be diligent at what you're good at and see what happens. Let other things go, unimportant things. Distraction is the enemy of focus. Planning becomes procrastination and procrastination is the enemy of action. What distracts us? Distraction #1: Prep Work Before I can write or exercise or go here or fix that, [...] […]
• Parenting 101: The Greatest Joy
  It is 8:30 on a Saturday night and I am about to gorge myself on good chocolate and books. I am full of resolution. I am full of cheer. I am alone with the hot running water, in a cocoon the color of the shower curtain. My library loot is stacked beside me on the [...] […]
• {Book Review} Beautiful Things Happen When a Woman Trusts God by Sheila Walsh
  Beautiful Things Happen When a Woman Trusts God by Sheila Walsh Thomas Nelson Publishers; 3 out of 5 stars I like this book, I do, so I feel kind of guilty being harsh in my review. But repetition bores me, and the writing in this book is very formulaic. Each chapter follows the same format: personal story [...] […]
• The Story of Us
  The story of our marriage begins back in the 1990s. Okay, actually further back than that, in the 1980s, when a very young Joe had a crush on the little red-headed neighbor girl, and a very young Annie, miles away, decided she wanted to marry a brown-eyed Italian boy when she grew up. Then they met. They were [...] […]