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What To Pour Into Your Ears

by Kirstin Ricketts | Jun 26, 2020 | The Blog, This Is Life

During the past few months, you may have had a lot of the same voices going into your ears. It may be time to add some new ones. I have a pair of rose gold headphones that are one of my closest companions. During the day, there are little pockets of time that I can...

Take Time To Look

by Melissa Cheatham | Mar 10, 2020 | The Blog, This Is Life

“Mom, look!” I hear this from my sweet girl regularly as she takes her hand and forces my face toward whatever grabs her attention. It might be a cloud, a bird, or a friend she sees, but whatever catches her gaze, she wants mine to follow. My favorite part...

Baby Steps

by Melissa Cheatham | Jan 9, 2020 | Faith Matters, The Blog, This Is Life

If you are a mom or dad, you might remember when your baby took their first steps. Or if not, you have probably seen a video of a chunky legged, wobbly, one year old taking a few baby steps before tumbling to the ground with drooly smiles and everyone getting excited....

Discipline is Not a Four Letter Word

by Melissa Cheatham | Aug 1, 2019 | The Blog, This Is Life

Discipline. That word might as well be a 4-letter cuss word to me. Not in terms of disciplining my kids but referring to my own personal Discipline. If you have ever done Gallops Clifton Strengths assessment, (which I very much think you should if you...

Take Your Thoughts Captive

by Melissa Cheatham | Jul 30, 2019 | Faith Matters, The Blog, This Is Life

I don’t know about you, but sometimes, the mean girl in my head speaks loudly. It tells me lies that bring up the biggest fears I have about myself, and I have to fight to take those lies, these thoughts, captive. I have to conquer them with strong truths. If I can...

Soul Squeaky Clean

by Melissa Cheatham | Apr 9, 2019 | All The Things, The Blog, This Is Life

The drawer of my refrigerator finally wouldn’t open. It was officially stuck. As nasty as this sounds, an opened can of orange juice concentrate had spilled four months ago, and I kept meaning to clean off the sticky muck and yet I just didn’t get around to it. So...