Posted by Editormum on 28 September 2010 in
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Financially, this has been the year from Hell in the Editormum household. I still have my full-time administrative assistant job, thank God, but the freelancing work fell off dramatically this year. (Note to my current clients: Thank you! I value each and every one of you in ways you cannot begin to guess.) I have […]
Tags: budget, challenges, credit cards, credit issues, divorce, economic downturn, editing, Family Life, fear, finances, freelancing writing, medical issues, proofreading, Work Life
Posted by Editormum on 29 August 2010 in Uncategorized |
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A continuation of yesterday’s thoughts on having strong-willed children. Those traits can also lead her into situations that will give her a chance to develop a deep-rooted humility and dependence on God. When you are “strong-willed” and “independent,” it can take some doing for God to teach you the lesson that “there’s a God, and […]
Tags: challenges, character, child-rearing, children, Christianity, Family Life, parenting, True Stories
Posted by Editormum on 28 August 2010 in Uncategorized |
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My friend Stephanie recently posted on her Facebook page that she “…somehow managed to get an incredibly stubborn, willful and highly intelligent daughter. She makes other kids that I had previously chalked up as ‘stubborn’ look wishy-washy in comparison. Someone please tell me this is a trait that will serve her well later in life! […]
Tags: challenges, character, child-rearing, children, faith, Family Life, fear, independence, parenting, Religion, strong will, True Stories
Posted by Editormum on 16 August 2010 in Uncategorized |
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O God, the King eternal, whose light divides the day from the night and turns the shadow of death into the morning: Drive far from us all wrong desires, incline our hearts to keep your law, and guide our feet into the way of peace; that, having done your will with cheerfulness during the day, […]
Tags: Bible interpretation, challenges, character, Christianity, faith, Family Life, Religion, stress, Work Life
Posted by Editormum on 2 August 2010 in Uncategorized |
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Like today. I went out to my car at lunch time, and put my purse and book on the passenger seat while I sat on the side of the driver’s seat. I happened to glance up at the windshield. It didn’t look right. There was a strange, black, tombstone-shaped sticker thing in the upper middle […]
Tags: automobiles, challenges, driving, humour, True Stories
Posted by Editormum on 1 July 2010 in Uncategorized |
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So, at the moment, it looks like I’m able to manage only one post a week … sort of. That will have to do for the time being, as there is just a lot going on. Though I may come back and fill in some posts about things that have happened in the past week […]
Tags: Boy Scouts, challenges, Family Life, karate, parenting, pets
Posted by Editormum on 15 June 2010 in Uncategorized |
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Yesterday, I posted about the results of hurry on my gelatin dessert. Today’s post is about a lesson learned while selling curriculum at a local home-school fair. It’s about the mistakes that happen when you’re in a hurry, but it’s also about how quickly and easily a reputation can be destroyed. I believe that it was […]
Tags: challenges, character, Christianity, kindness, Philosophy, Religion, True Stories
Posted by Editormum on 15 May 2010 in Uncategorized |
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I sort of closed a bank account today. “Sort of” because this bank apparently thinks its job is to make things as difficult as possible for its customers, and I won’t be able to officially close the account until sometime in the coming work week. I’ve had a savings account with my credit union since […]
Tags: challenges, customer service, True Stories
Posted by Editormum on 28 April 2010 in Uncategorized |
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I learned an important lesson from a room-mate nearly fifteen years ago, and some recent events have brought it to mind again. The lesson is about blessing and being blessed. In the mid-90s, I was working in the Chicago metropolitan area. The majority of the staff lived in company-owned housing, in an arrangement similar to […]
Tags: challenges, character, Christianity, injury, Jesus, kindness, Philosophy, Religion
Posted by Editormum on 29 March 2010 in Uncategorized |
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Some time ago, I began reading Alex Lickerman’s blog. It’s interesting to read about the philosophy and outlook of a man who is actively practising Buddhism. And occasionally (more often than not), I find in his posts a touchstone — one of those universal truths that transcends religious creed and just is true. Today’s post contains one […]
Tags: boys, challenges, children, Christianity, Judaism, karate, Philosophy, Religion, stress