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Mr. Houdini
My heart, your willing assistant, in this vanishing trick. Was it love I felt, or love’s reflection? A prince come to shatter my walls, to prove love could still be real. Perhaps only the idea of you was. You left behind a broken heart and the echo of a moment too tender to last. The…
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Ode to Frida
A pint-sized life built for loving, always underfoot, never a lap she didn’t adore. Burrowed deep beneath the blankets. Big, bug eyes brimming with love. Stinky breath, nervous shakes, a little chihuahua queen who’d “play dead” when we left, then bounce with joy when we returned.
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Effortless
And maybe it’s tragic, maybe it’s me, that I’d take the ache and call it love. That I’d drink the poison just to taste you again.
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Fishes & Loaves
I was recently listening to “Fishes and Loaves” by Josiah Queen, and I broke. The lyrics were a reminder straight to my heart: God doesn’t need my accolades or perfection. He just wants what I can give, my fishes and loaves. And He’ll take care of the rest.
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Less Keyboard, More Action: Be a Change Maker
The world doesn’t need more online outrage. It needs real-world action. It’s time to step off the keyboard soapbox and do something. What we need now are peacemakers and doers. People who show up and serve. People out there doing the hard things and making a difference. People who step into the mess…
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Reset
/rēˈset/ – verb – set again or differently. An ideational visionary. A head in the clouds dreamer. Ravenous for richness of life. Bold steps outside of comfortability. Well-versed, yet a neophyte. Season of transformational growth. Unexpected setbacks. Opportunity to unearth what is within. Reflect. Recalibrate. Refocus. Ponder what lies ahead. Dust off and reconstruct aspirations.…
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A Mosaic Life
Over the years I’ve often thought of my life as a beautiful mosaic. Each time hardships arise, I am broken into fractal pieces. However, I brush myself off, stand up, and evaluate at the brokenness that is waiting to be rebuilt.
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2023: Shine
At the close of each year and the beginning I spend some time reflecting and praying on what’s in store for me and what I feel I should focus on in the year to come. It’s a little different than a resolution. Each year I feel like God gives me a word for the coming…
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Stop! Enjoy the Run!
Stop! Take a minute. Quit worrying quite so much about your next PR or your current training schedule. There’s a time for that, definitely. But make sure that you are stopping to enjoy the run.
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Sincerely, Amy Lee 