Artist Debianne says “Absolutely” Meet Debianne—busy artist, wife, mother, full-time employee, ministry worker and friend. She is hands-down one of the most creative, busy, fun people I know. She works full time and creates incredible art using different mediums–from fabric to paint to paper. I asked her to talk about how she stays focused and [...]
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When my kids moved out—within a week of each other–life as I’d known it for 22 years came to an abrupt, bone-jarring stop. It felt a lot like running into a brick wall. For all these years there’d been kids and chaos and noise and suddenly there was…silence. Echoing, empty rooms. I wasn’t sure what [...]
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There once was a mama wood duck, who had a whole brood of little ducklings, chirping and flapping and following her around. She had 18 little fluff balls in all, and she was determined to keep it that way. When she crossed the river, she called encouragement the whole way and those little powder puffs [...]
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When my very talented web designer son helped me set up my blog, I thought I wanted everything basic and simple. But I’ve discovered since that I want it to do a bit more than I realized. So this is where you come in, if you’re willing. My goal with my site is to offer [...]
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I’m sure we made an interesting picture as we sat around the restaurant’s big table: three tall, regal African-American ladies and me—the short little white girl whose feet barely reached the ground. Though we couldn’t have looked more different from the outside, on the inside, we share a common goal. We met to discuss the [...]
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Remember a deep, rich voice drawling, “Welcome to Hollywood. What’s your dream?” For me, that opening line from the movie Pretty Woman so clearly illustrates both sides of this tricky dream-chasing business. There’s the shiny, impossible, just-out-of-reach dream world on one side, and the seedy reality of life as we know it on the other. [...]
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