tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83823130453912100852025-11-30T21:46:59.923-06:00 For our battle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the world powers of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavens. This is why you must take up the full armor of God, so that you may be able to resist in the evil day, and having prepared everything, to take your stand.Ephesians 6:12-13Kris Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13479429849411148794noreply@blogger.comBlogger783125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8382313045391210085.post-33081763765529051752025-02-09T17:43:00.002-06:002025-02-09T17:43:29.706-06:00

 It is said that pain is the birthplace of growth. Perhaps it is easiest to see pain as a precurser to physical growth. The human body seems to always protest before succumbing to growth.  Being pregnant causes all sorts of aches and pains. I vividly remember morning sickness, as well as the aches in my belly and hips as my body grew to accomidate a growing baby... even though

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 Maybe it's mid-life crisis. Maybe it's menopause. Maybe...it's just life. Whatever "it" is... I'm not a fan.Seems like I should be done with all this soul searching by now. SEEMS that I should have a solid grasp on who I am and why I'm here by now. I'm almost 52 for goodness sake. You'd THINK I'd have all this figured out by now. Maybe life isn't as complicated as I make it out to be.

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 I am participating in a leadership program called SOAR for Women. We met on Friday. The session focused on goals and one of our exercises was to set 10 goals then select the one that, if achieved , would most impact our lives. Then we selected one more goal from the list that would greatly impact our lives. We should spend most of our time and energy focused on these tow things.Another

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Maybe you are like me and feel... less than. Not good enough. Too much of this, not enough of that. Maybe your brain tells you all the ways you fail every day... every minute even. Just when you think you have done something good or are in some way winning, your brain reminds you that you aren't really good and you aren't really winning. You have one second of victory in any small way and your

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 My heart hurts. Seems I say that a lot now. Maybe I don't say it out loud, but I think those words many times daily.This isn't some metaphorical something or a vague reflection of something I don't want to deal with. It is a tangible feeling. It feels like a heavy emptiness resting in my chest. It has taken up residence primarily in the space below my breast bone, between my ribs,

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1. Joe Biden became president2. Kamala Harris became vice president3. "Trump Supporters" stormed the Capital4. Biden makes US re-join Paris Climate Accords 5. Cargo ship (Ever Given) ran aground and blocked the Suez Canal6. Derek Chauvin found guilty of George Floyd death7. Elon Musk - SpaceX- 8. Condo collapses in Florida- kills 98 residents9. Tokyo Summer Olympics10. Simone Biles -

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 Pretty much sums up my little life.I wrote the previous 4 or 5 posts back around my birthday. Had a bit of a mid-life crisis there for a minute when I realized how much of my life I have wasted. Had another little moment of freak out when I realized how much my writing changed. Annnd another slip into despair when I thought about who I WANT to be compared to who I actually am. I wasn't

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November 26, 2021That's the plan anyway.I'm going to do SOMETHING every day that makes me a better person. No- that's not exactly right. I'm going to do something every day that reflects who I want to be. No... that's not quite it either.HmmmmSee, here's the thing - I want to do ALL the things. HA! I really do! I want to paint and sew and quilt and play piano and crochet beautiful afghans

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 November 25,2021Today was a good day.Todd's Sunday School class decided to prepare Thanksgiving lunch for anyone in the community who didn't have the funds to prepare the meal themselves or who didn't have anyone to share the meal with.They prepared Turkey, Ham, Dressing, Cranberry Sauce, English Peas, Green Beans, Mashed Potatoes, Corn on the cobb, and salad. I prepared the desserts. US

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November 22, 2021 I just read my last blog. I was pretty hopeful that day... at least I was trying to sound hopeful. I can't remember how I felt that day. Usually, re-reading my words takes me back to where I was when I wrote them... but I didn't have that experience this morning. Maybe I wanted to be more hopeful than I actually was that day. Whatever I was feeling on July 27th that

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November 24, 2021Today was such a good day. Izzy took time out of her day to have lunch with me. Brian and Titus face-timed me to wish me a happy birthday. Calvin heard me when I told him how much I loved my  red skillet (I recently had to throw it away) and got me a new one. Izzy got me a super soft robe. Even my coworkers made me feel special. Jesse got cookies and Anna gave me a

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November 23, 2021 I will be 49 tomorrow.Maybe I'm having a mid-life crisis. Maybe I just woke up. Maybe I am FINALLY crawling out of this pit of depression. All I know is that I realized the other day that I have wasted an entire decade of my life. I have nothing to show for the first 9 years of my 40s. I spent the first half building up to a nervous breakdown and spent the last half trying

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 I had a moment earlier this year when I started to seriously question if what I do matters. Around this same time, our friend Todd challenged Calvin and me with this question, "If you couldn't put it on Social Media, would you still do it?" This conversation was multi-faceted - we applied it to mission opportunities and church service as well as things we do with our families and friends.

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 All the news is still about the Pandemic. Covid 19 has been the hot topic since March of last year. Currently, the Delta Variant is top of mind. Izzy, Brian, and I just got over it. I'm actually in quarantine for several more days, but am on the mend. Yes, I am fully vaccinated - got the virus anyway. Had to get the Monoclony Antibody Infusion to start getting better. I was really, really

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100 things from 2020 Grocery was out of CABBAGE & BLACK EYE PEAS for New Year's day!!Australia on fire!Iranian General Soleimani killed in a drone strikeRenasant continues to be a good move PIANO LESSONS! Boys went to Israel Pulled up the kitchen floor while they were goneVirus outbreak in China  Bernie Sanders Joe Biden Elizabeth Warren TrumpCorona Virus spread from China to Italy

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I've taken a break from... lots of things so far in 2020... but i'm still around. I'm trying to be more present in the moment... and this is harder than I expected. I've cut out some things/tasks to make room for people and have found this to be quite enjoyable. One of the things I cut was writing. To be fair, I miss it... but with the new job came more responsibility and less time to ponder...

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In January, I committed to doing 100 acts of kindness this year. I dedicated Tuesday's Tips and Tricks to Acts of Kindness suggestions. It took me a whole month to get started, but on January 31, I made the choice to add the first act to my "completed" list. This brought me so much joy that I began to eagerly look for opportunities to perform acts of kindness and also to plan ways to add to my

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Each year I struggle to complete my list of 100 things. Today is January 1 2019. I HOPE  that creating a “100 things” page will help me record “things”all year so that I do not have to struggle to remember things in December!! It is my hope that my 2019 list will be more filled with personal things. Of course I will still record famous deaths, political events, national news, etc. Also...

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 How does unforgiveness make us FEEL? Angry, bitter, ill... it makes me feel... ugly. I don't know how else to describe it. I feel full of hate. I feel mean.  Now, if Satan's only goal is to steal, kill, and destroy and Jesus came to give us life and give it abundantly... who do you think is in control when we are eaten up with unforgiveness?  Satan is also the Father of Lies

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Now I don't know about you, but I like stories that have happy endings. Good guy ends up with good girl, bad guy gets justice for his rotten behavior... happily ever after and all that stuff. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy that mid-story plot twist that brings in an added element of drama as much as the next gal, but in the end, what I want is "and they lived happily ever after." In case you

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Several weeks ago I shared that I have a very real fear of failure. While writing that post, I realized (and shared) that "success" was not something I considered to be an option. When considering possible outcomes to any given situation, my goal was to fail in the least painful way. This realization gave me hope.  Maybe I fail because I choose to... and maybe if I choose to succeed, I

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When I don't write, one of 2 things has happened... I've gotten really depressed or I've gotten really busy. I've been really busy these past few weeks.... and I haven't written... because I have the option to write or not write. No one is gonna be upset with me if I don't post something here every Thursday. I'm not sure anyone would even notice... which is a good thing... I think. I was

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This Week's Goal: Do I even have goals anymore? LOL Did I meet it? I have no idea. Biggest Accomplishment: I DID get in the gym and I DID IF 16 hours or more 4 days this week I'm feeling... energized, excited, hopeful, READY FOR COOLER WEATHER Next week's Goal:  IF 16 hours or more 4 days, 1 24 hour fast, in the gym 4 days It's Important to me because:&

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I took last week to share what I've learned about Diastasis Recti. Now, back to my plans... I've said over and over again that I MUST get control over my diet. A couple of weeks ago I mentioned that I have friends who can just make the decision to stop eating sugar and do it. I also mentioned that I WANT that level of control over my body. I don't have it. (big surprise) My

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After last week's post, several of you inquired about Diastasis Recti, mostly "Kris, what are you talking about" Diastasis Recti is a condition in which the large muscles in the abdomen separate. Many women experience this when they are pregnant. Most times it heals itself, but sometimes (as in my case) it does not. Men who carry a significantly large amount of weight around their

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