“How much is your allowance?” My snobby 12-year-old neighborhood friend asked me. She was at it again. Always trying to one-up me. She didn’t have any siblings and I had seven. Take a quick guess at whose allowance was bigger. I stood there brainstorming for a good comeback. I was in a perpetual state of […]
“So..hey…can I have your phone number?” He asked me smoothly. I pretended not to notice his chuckling friends in the background. There was no way in the world I was giving this guy my phone number. For one, I just met him. Two, I was only sixteen. Three, he wasn’t the type of guy I […]
I pulled up to a coffee shop several days ago with my sister, Ellissa, for our weekly mentoring meeting. She graciously asked me to be her mentor earlier this year and we’ve had some incredible meetings over the past 6 months. As we prepared to get out of the car she began telling me about […]
I don’t know about you, but today can be a sad day for me sometimes. I’ve been hyped up on Christmas cheer and anticipation for weeks and now everything is over. It’s kind of a small bummer. Did you know there’s actually something called the “The Christmas Blues?” Some people literally feel depressed the day […]
I was driving down the road the other day listening to one of our local Christian radio stations. The DJ asked people to call in and share something that helps them keep Christmas in its proper place. As I was listening, this lady called in from Pennsylvania and said she has several Amish friends in […]
There are some things in life that are extremely tempting for me. There’s a Starbucks Coffee shop right down the street from where Zack and I live and their grande, decaf, no-whip mocha seems to call my name every time I drive by. If there was some way to justify it as “healthy” and budget […]
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