Honest and heartfelt thoughts and stories about home, family, love, faith, and personal growth.
I never knew I could love a chicken, but these past five days with a baby chick that Kamren called Diego, I will cherish my whole life through. It’s funny because at first, I wasn’t thrilled to have baby chicks…
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When I was a child and young teenager, I was very shy and unsure. In middle school I was introduced to theater classes, and I fell in love. I took classes all through high school and some in college too….
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I am a much different person than I was 10-15 years ago. Now, I have always been a kind person who could befriend and love anyone, even if their beliefs or lifestyles were quite different than mine. That’s something that…
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**Note: I have shut down these pages for now. I didn’t get enough engagement. However, I am more than happy to start it back up again if there is interest. I really believe in it; I just didn’t want to…
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When my daughter, Eve, turned 1 year old, I wrote a blog post just for her called “Why I Call You Princess.” Last year, I was reading it and thought it had the potential to be a great book, so…
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I gave a talk in church yesterday. My husband, who asked me to speak, let me pick my topic. As I thought about what I wanted to speak about, topics like charity, worth, and peacemaking came to my mind. I…
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For five years, this company has been in our minds often, and not for good reasons. I want to share our story, especially for local people, who may be looking to build a home in the near future. If you…
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I have been thinking a lot about political partisanship lately. It seems to have gotten more and more extreme in the past few years. I have seen how it can hurt relationships, fill people with unhealthy anger, fear, and dread,…
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My name is Mandy Al-Bjaly. I was not born with this last name, but it is a name I chose to take upon myself in March of 2010 when I married Jad Al-Bjaly. I wrote the story of our…
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Can I first just say how much I adore writing? I have loved writing my whole life. Many of my friends in school would playfully scoff at me when I said I preferred writing essays over doing multiple choice questions…
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