notes on mastering the art of transcendence and refinement with Coached By Kate
My daughter is a solo performer in the art and sport of figure skating. This terrifies me. It seems lonely and vulnerable in ways I wouldn't dream of doing myself. To be a solo performer means no one is on the ice with her. There is no hiding behind the strength of another. There is [...]
"A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of." Luke 6:45
Paris; When people think of it there is all kinds of ideas and notions. Some hate it and others wax poetic about it. I am here to giveyou the truth. From my view point, It is colored in with the fact that we did it with two kids under double digits. I not onlysurvived the [...]
There is a saying that say's "Paris is always a good idea" But when we found out we would need to take our nine and eight year old with us on a trip of a life time, we were a bit apprehensive. If you are considering taking your kids with you over seas here is what we did EXACTLY and how it worked out!
I grew up in a large southern family. Mostly right "below" middle class in my younger years and always full of loud noise conversations. For the most part the 1960 homes my parents were drawn too always had tiny bathrooms and tiny kitchens. Because of this paradox we were always shuffled through the shower and [...]
We launched a book back in 2019!! Whoo hoo! Have you ever wanted to write a book? Well I have. I wanted to write a book since second grade. I had horrible spelling and a very slow typing hand but it was still a bucket list item for me. Don't give up on your dreams, [...]
I am not very active on social platforms. I do a lot of my posting on a schedule and a timed frame. I do it very much after the fact of the events. It is planned and methodical. Often I do not check back until my next post. This keeps me able to enjoy it, [...]
Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. Ephesians 4:29 Words matter. Speaking them, writing them, and putting them to use in sentence structure creates a story. It gives power. Power to the narrative and to [...]
Have you ever seen something in a store window or online shopping and instantly became smitten? What kind of item it is doesn't matter, how much, or the rational of logistics is not ever the issue. You don't mind even if it will never happen. You just let your mind go there, for the pure [...]
Ms. Joy, she was tall. Everything about her was so very, very tall. Everything about her seemed larger than life. I was a tiny, freckled, second grade, shrimp that looked more like a sticky popsicle stick back then. But she, ...oh she was everything I ever dreamed. I wanted to be her. She had a [...]
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