Be the first to blink

Family photos: then and now.

Choose to initiate in your relationships Sometimes over-thinking something can plunge me into a mental pity party and, on a hard day, I can spiral down quickly. It was one of those pity-party days when I realized how quickly my grandchildren were growing up and how much I missed their presence in my life. The…

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A life lesson from my daughter’s hand

Two hands holding each other in a circle.

I continue to marvel at the life lessons I learn from my adult children as they teach their children through example. Recently my daughter and I were reminiscing about my grandchildren’s early childhood, and she shared with me about her experience at the zoo with my youngest grandson who, at the time, was six years…

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On the Other Side

Woman in black and white dress by lake.

  Interview with author and therapist, Sandi Rae Sandi Rae grew up working in her mom’s Mexican restaurant in a small town in southern Minnesota. Growing up, Sandi always knew she was loved, but felt somehow ‘not good enough’. Despite her training as a mental health professional and her faith in God, she eventually acknowledged…

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