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How to Make Sense of Grief
A few weeks ago, I lost someone close to me, my mommy’s older brother, my Uncle William. The day I found out, I went to my dad’s house crying and selfishly woke him letting him know that my uncle had passed and that I was overcome by grief. We’ve lost too many in the Clark…
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Summer 16 Book List
I took a few weeks off of work before starting law school to get my life ‘together’ before school starts. We had a massive water leak in our house a while back and the work has yet to start. We recently moved into an apartment until the work is complete and life is slowly starting…
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Devotional 1 – Genesis 1-2 God Established All of Our Needs
Good morning everyone! I made it a goal to post our first devotional today. I was procrastinating posting this because I really wanted to start where I last stopped reading the Bible, The book of Numbers, but then decided to recommit to starting from the beginning at Genesis. Today I read Genesis 1-2 and this…
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Consistency Because We Love You & We Care
Hey everybody! We’ve been trying to figure out a way to make our blog more consistent. Then we finally realized (with Krystal preparing for law school, working a full time job, & dealing with the handful of marrying my wonderful brother; & me trying to train for the Olympics, pursue a masters degree, and work…
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Honestly…
I remember from my childhood very vividly my dad wearing a shirt with a crane on the back of it. Inside of the crane’s mouth was a frog with its hands wrapped around the crane’s neck that refused to be swallowed. That resonated with me throughout the years. It was a testament to my parents’…
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Unapologetically Me: 2016
Once upon a time, there lived a beautiful brown-skinned girl who dreamed of being an explorer and donning rainbow colored hair. That girl had dreams out of this world and knew she would achieve them. She had all the love and validation she needed from God and her parents. She had pretty amazing friends with…
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Thoughts & Life Growth
Sometimes I wonder what it would take for me to get where I want to be. It seems like I’m paving my own way instead of living in someone elses footsteps. This is great but it’s harder than I thought it would be. In school or college there is a structure set up that allows…
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The Sweet Life
In my woman’s study bible, I recently fell upon an excerpt about bitterness. It proved extremely relevant to what God had been revealing to me and it tied in nicely with my recent study of Ruth at a weekly morning bible study. The scripture focus Hebrews 12:15 states, looking carefully lest anyone fall short of the…
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Tough Times Don’t Last
Tough people do. She is strong. Proverbs 31:25 In my recent scripture study, I’ve been focusing on James chapter 1. James 1:2-4 states, “Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of various kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish it’s work so…
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Team Rose
With family & family friends at the Scope it Out 5K in Washington, DC My mother, Katherine ‘Rose’ had a heart of gold, and spent her life helping those she saw in need. Even after she was diagnosed with cancer, she still dedicated her life to helping her family, friends, and others who needed help.…
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