A few months back, my fellow blogger, Robyn (Jersey Girl) shared a list of her plans in her youth that she was able to say, “Check, check, and check” to. {Click here for her story} Well… My life didn’t go exactly like pLaNnEd. My check off list in high school/college included: Get married right out of college.Continue reading “{Love That Never Fails}”
Category Archives: Life
{Just Swallow}
Remember being a kid and your mom giving you NaStY tasting MeDiciNe? The only thing you wanted to do was spit it out! Well, that is a lot how taking correction can be. Whether it is from your spouse, a friend, your boss, {or God}, we really don’t like to be told we need to make aContinue reading “{Just Swallow}”
I’m working hard and getting nowhere
Do you ever feel like that? I have felt that way on our jOurNey to get out of debt. On Tuesday, I shared the story on how we got out of denial and started tackling our finances in my “Getting Out of Financial Denial” post. Does that mean the process has been easy and IContinue reading “I’m working hard and getting nowhere”
From the Confessional: Financial Denial
I remember 2011 Super Bowl Sunday like it was yesterday. The game was about to wrap up and I sat in the living room staring at our computer, logging our expenses for the month. I told Doug what I was woRkiNg on. He responded by asking, “Lara, WHY do you even do that? We’ve beenContinue reading “From the Confessional: Financial Denial”
$ailing The Financial $ea$
I have to AdMiT, I was a little (or a lot) hesitant to write a post about money. You may have read my earlier post “Broke Was My Goal” where I talked about being a teacher with a financial mess on my hands and how I got out of that mess by taking one small stepContinue reading “$ailing The Financial $ea$”
Leader from Whose Perspective?
Right off the bat I know there are going to be many of you who are going to disagree with me…and that is OK. This is just my opinion and I don’t expect everyone to feel the same way that I do. That being said, in light of the recent news coming out of PennContinue reading “Leader from Whose Perspective?”
Are You Afraid of Dying?
I got a call Sunday that my grandma passed way. Dealing with this type of phone call is difficult. Initially I was shocked, but it wasn’t until later that I was flooded with all of her mEmoRies. Moments like that hit you out of nowhere and it seems like no matter what you do, youContinue reading “Are You Afraid of Dying?”
Find Out Who Your Friends Are
Over the course of your life you develop numerous friendships. Family friends, elementary school friends, high school friends, college friends, work friends, neighborhood friends, parenting friends, and the list goes on and on. In recent years the use of Facebook has become a way to rekindle friendships that fell to the way side or even igniteContinue reading “Find Out Who Your Friends Are”
I’m Not There
Do you ever read our posts or talk to someone and think, I am NOT feeling it or I am NOT there? I have moMenTs like that. Someone may share with me their weight loss journey or new cleaning routine, and in my mind I’m thinking how exercise and cleaning are the last things on myContinue reading “I’m Not There”
{God’s Not Freaking Out, So Relax!}
This post is for the person whose life seems CrAzY and out of control. If you’re not there, you can read it anyway, because although you may not find yourself in that PrEdiCeMeNt today, eventually life cycles through and you’ll be there. I’m not being negative. It’s just the reality. And it’s just part of theContinue reading “{God’s Not Freaking Out, So Relax!}”
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