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What Frustration Does

We all deal with it at some point in our lives. Those frustrating times when something happens to keep us from accomplishing what we’ve set out to do. Setting goals are important, but it’s just that-a goal. It’s something you set out to do at the...

You Can Make A Difference

I was 17 years old and living in Haiti, helping my mom and step-dad start an orphanage there. The 6 of us had moved into a 4 room house in the village of Dessalines at the edge of the Artibonite valley just 100 miles north of Port-au-Prince.  Living among the Haitian...

Caves & Caverns

Have you ever been in a cave void of light? I once visited the Cumberland Caverns in Tennessee and once in the deepest part of the caves, they turned the lights off. I couldn’t see my hand in front of my face. All sorts of thoughts crashed through my mind before...

Hard Work Pays Off

I just wanted to give you a bit of encouragement this morning. Regardless of how weary you are with your daily routine, keep doing it because very soon it will pay off. Push through one more day. You can do it! Growing up, we always had a garden. It didn’t...

Hello My Name is….

Each of us has a story to tell, something about our lives that has the potential to help others in ways we can’t imagine. My goal with 12.1 is to help tell yours. Let me begin by saying that I used to think my life was boring. No really! I thought, if I wrote a...

Just Be Nice

When I was a little girl, my sisters and I would fight over the craziest things. We’d go on and on about silly things until mom would look at us and say, “Can’t you just be nice?” There are times in our lives when we are so caught up with the...