A Way With Words https://missymarilyn.com by Missy Marilyn Mon, 01 Jan 2024 04:48:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://i0.wp.com/missymarilyn.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/cropped-cropped-Original-Logo-2124785217-e1681354536299.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 A Way With Words https://missymarilyn.com 32 32 16773260 New Year’s Eve Thoughts https://missymarilyn.com/2023/12/31/new-years-eve-thoughts/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-years-eve-thoughts https://missymarilyn.com/2023/12/31/new-years-eve-thoughts/#comments Sun, 31 Dec 2023 14:00:53 +0000 https://missymarilyn.com/?p=3185 Before you start counting, if you’re not already, how many pounds did you lose? How much money did you make? How many trips did you take? I’ll offer you a flip side of that played-out, bunk mentality of not-enoughness. Rather, I’d like for you to think… How many times were you the cause of a smile? How many …

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]]> https://missymarilyn.com/2023/12/31/new-years-eve-thoughts/feed/ 1 3185 Seasons- A Poem About Embracing Change https://missymarilyn.com/2023/10/17/seasons-a-poem-about-embracing-change/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=seasons-a-poem-about-embracing-change https://missymarilyn.com/2023/10/17/seasons-a-poem-about-embracing-change/#respond Tue, 17 Oct 2023 17:53:52 +0000 https://missymarilyn.com/?p=2875 The seasons change, but we like to stay the same. It’s taken me too many revolutions to see how this endless dance of endings and beginnings Is not just for our viewing pleasure. Rather, it’s God’s hidden message. Like secret instructions, planted to prove to us in the most beautiful and awesome way; And to …

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]]> https://missymarilyn.com/2023/10/17/seasons-a-poem-about-embracing-change/feed/ 0 2875 12 Life Lines for Tough Times https://missymarilyn.com/2023/05/17/12-life-lines-for-tough-times/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=12-life-lines-for-tough-times https://missymarilyn.com/2023/05/17/12-life-lines-for-tough-times/#respond Thu, 18 May 2023 01:11:33 +0000 https://missymarilyn.com/?p=2117 Since the years seem to pass more quickly when I’m not paying attention, I sat back and took stock of all the gifts one year brought me. I jotted down these twelve powerful little tid-bits that get me through some of the tough times. Because, sometimes we need to talk to ourselves like we are …

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]]> https://missymarilyn.com/2023/05/17/12-life-lines-for-tough-times/feed/ 0 2117 Birthday Wishes https://missymarilyn.com/2023/05/06/birthday-wishes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=birthday-wishes https://missymarilyn.com/2023/05/06/birthday-wishes/#comments Sat, 06 May 2023 15:22:00 +0000 https://missymarilyn.com/?p=2519 Since I’m still feeling some birthday vibes, and it’ll likely be another year before I feel like celebrating myself, I’m going to share this thought I had the other day. Pause and Stop the Birthday Wishing It’s so cliché; and we say it enthusiastically, “Make a wish!” I propose that for our big-girl birthdays, from …

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]]> https://missymarilyn.com/2023/05/06/birthday-wishes/feed/ 1 2519 My Exquisite Birthday Dress #39 https://missymarilyn.com/2023/04/26/my-exquisite-birthday-dress-39/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my-exquisite-birthday-dress-39 https://missymarilyn.com/2023/04/26/my-exquisite-birthday-dress-39/#comments Thu, 27 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://missymarilyn.com/?p=2485 I'm grateful to see one more April. This time, instead of fighting it, I'm stepping into it. Gently... like an exquisite dress. Just my size and made just for me...

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]]> https://missymarilyn.com/2023/04/26/my-exquisite-birthday-dress-39/feed/ 1 2485 Who Pulled the Trigger: An American Problem and A Mom’s prayer. https://missymarilyn.com/2022/05/31/who-pulled-the-trigger/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=who-pulled-the-trigger https://missymarilyn.com/2022/05/31/who-pulled-the-trigger/#respond Wed, 01 Jun 2022 01:28:39 +0000 https://missymarilyn.com/?p=2123 This must be one of the scariest things that has passed through my hands, but it can’t sit in my heart. I know I’m going to piss off just about everyone I know, and everyone can find something here to be offended about.  But we can’t play the “offended” card while children are dying.  So, …

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]]> https://missymarilyn.com/2022/05/31/who-pulled-the-trigger/feed/ 0 2123 Messy Minds https://missymarilyn.com/2022/05/22/messy-minds/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=messy-minds https://missymarilyn.com/2022/05/22/messy-minds/#comments Mon, 23 May 2022 03:24:28 +0000 https://missymarilyn.com/?p=2110 We do our best to keep a clean kitchen and house, but we ignore the piles and webs of emotions and trauma that clutter our spirit and are screaming to come out!!! “There is a time and season to everything under the sun,” tells me everything has a beginning and an end. Some things have …

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]]> https://missymarilyn.com/2022/05/22/messy-minds/feed/ 1 2110 Redbuds https://missymarilyn.com/2022/03/25/redbuds/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=redbuds https://missymarilyn.com/2022/03/25/redbuds/#respond Fri, 25 Mar 2022 11:57:49 +0000 https://missymarilyn.com/?p=2015 She loves it when the redbuds bloom. Outside the window, far as she could see, was a line of cold, leafless trees. One was always the first to bloom, telling her the others will awaken soon. She loves it when the redbuds bloom. It reminds her that the darkness did not take her; and hard …

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]]> https://missymarilyn.com/2022/03/25/redbuds/feed/ 0 2015 Take a Break. https://missymarilyn.com/2022/01/27/take-a-rest/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=take-a-rest https://missymarilyn.com/2022/01/27/take-a-rest/#respond Fri, 28 Jan 2022 01:45:08 +0000 https://missymarilyn.com/2022/01/27/take-a-rest/ This was my view on my way in to work this morning. It told me even the sun, brilliant as she is, needs to hide sometimes. It doesn’t mean she’s not enough. It doesn’t mean she’s not there. It just means she can’t shine so bright, every day. If the sun needs to withdraw from …

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]]> https://missymarilyn.com/2022/01/27/take-a-rest/feed/ 0 1940 All We Have is Today https://missymarilyn.com/2022/01/19/all-we-have-is-today/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=all-we-have-is-today https://missymarilyn.com/2022/01/19/all-we-have-is-today/#respond Wed, 19 Jan 2022 12:32:03 +0000 https://missymarilyn.com/?p=1882 Hug your loved ones Let the little things go Release your resentments and worries Learn to let your feelings flow Don’t hold on to something That you want to say Life can change in an instant All we have is today

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