Category: Mops
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Being enough and anxiety
When you don’t register at a mind and heart level that you are enough, you keep giving to the point of depletion, which state only confirms how limited you are and that in fact you are not enough. But God’s spirit in us is enough. Humility protects us from trying to be more and do…
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Women together
We simplified the decor and the drama of booking a guest speaker and focused on getting to know each other, building community sharing and listening, while learning something new in the process. We sometimes get lost on the artificial meeting focus, but hospitality is about helping women feel welcomed and safe, not through gifts or…
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Naming that small fox
This weekend I got to read and be encouraged by a blog post and it made me reflect further on my own life. A wise woman builds her house, does not destroy it with her own hands. A seed of doubt was planted many seasons ago in my heart. In darkness and humidity, it sprouted…
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Pofta de scris. Poftă de joacă.
Este o superputere sa te identifici cu alții. Sa simți ca nu ești singur si in cele mai copleșitoare trăiri. Toata viața am avut un soi de încredere înrădăcinată in conectarea interumana, care m-a ghidat in multe decizii grele. Am fost mereu convinsă ca daca eu simt într-un anume fel, si alții au fost pe…
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Despre comunitate
Vulnerabilitatea este inconfortabilă. Dar când ne lăsăm cunoscute sau cunoaștem pe cele de lângă noi dincolo de aparențe, începem să gustăm savoarea apartenentei. Astfel, printre altele, așa ne împrietenim cu disconfortul. Pășind în lumină. Să ne aerisim mintea și inima. Să ne lăsăm văzute, și prin imperfecțiunile noastre să lumineze Isus și felul in care…
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Nervous about a meeting
As I anticipate how the meeting will go, I visualize wha I will say and how it will be received. Often times I think I picture myself more captivating than I end up being. My self confidence is founded in experience but I think it undermines my focus a bit. I was just thinking about…
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Public speaking
I have had countless oral exams. I have taught hundreds of classes at Apple (daily practice and the technical topic made it easy). I have shared in front of 300+ people and hosted conferences and tried my very best to hone this skill. It doesn’t just one day click and you never need to prepare.…
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Lumini în cetate
La inițiativa și invitația unor mame, am zis da și eu, sa ajut cum pot să pornească un grup mops și în biserica pe care o frecventez. Îmi este foarte clar care nu sunt darurile mele, și cu toate astea mă străduiesc să nu las garda jos și să fac un efort. Să cresc și…
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On belonging
“Fitting in is about assessing a situation and becoming who you need to be to be accepted. Belonging, on the other hand, doesn’t require us to change who we are; it requires us to be who we are.” Brene Brown Something or Someone brought us together, even though we are from all walks of life, with…
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Temperaments and MOPS Adoption
This Friday I had my adoption tribe over. A few hours before they arrived I was so tired, the sun was setting in gorgeous colors and the week was over. I thought to myself: “couldn’t I have just enjoyed this evening in silence?” I often feel this way, and yet I think I socialize, I…
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Mudslide
It felt like a whirlwind, a mudslide of noise, opinions, decisions. Spending money is the sauce for extra stress. And this month I had to pay our property taxes, rent income tax, health insurance, and there are a few trips coming up. We bought equipment for hiking in Austria, and my biggest burden this fall,…
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Back home
Something reset in me in the hospital. I hate the fact that I’m so predictable and dramatic medical events manage to get me out of myself. I had to stop being admired in the hospital with my daughter. The law not only allows but encourages parents to be admitted in the hospital and stay with…