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TJs Things

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  • Psst!

    A lot of times when I am talking to my children about things they are doing right (or wrong), a small voice goes, “Psst! What about you? Are you being compassionate with your husband/friend/neighbor like you are telling your older kid to be compassionate with your younger kid?” A lot of times that voice does Read more

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  • Dear Target, Walmart, Kohls, Amazon, Office Max, Office Depot, Staples, JCPenney and Kmart,

    Thank you for the hard work you have put in to make me completely freak out about the fact that it’s less than a month before school starts and I have not bought one solitary pencil, crayon, eraser or sheet of paper for any of my four kids. Sigh. The sad part about all of Read more

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  • Lining up.

    In the past 24 hours, I have seen events line up in my life in such a way as to leave me wondering, “What’s next?”, but in a good way. Things that normally would have overwhelmed me and left me despondent now have me looking around the corner for opportunities to change direction and make Read more

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  • Inspired.

    Have you ever tried so hard to inspire someone else that there was just a little inspiration left over for you? That happened to me this morning. I helped somebody with a problem and then I got this little crafty idea and now I just want to run out and do stuff. The fact that Read more

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