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Just Do It

Today’s post is a guest post by Angela. You can look forward to seeing a post from her once a month.

Sometimes God sends us reminders in seemingly random ways.   I was talking with a neighbor and he asked about the mission trip I’m going on this summer.  I was sharing with him how I was excited to be going on another mission trip, as well as my qualms about it.  Our church goes on a missions trip every summer.  (If you want to know more about what we will be doing or how to support my trip click here).  I haven’t been since before kids and honestly hesitated to commit to go this year.   The logistics of childcare and the cost of the trip were overwhelming to me.  

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Duty

A couple of weeks ago, I was in a production called Duty.  It was a Show n Tell Ministries production and told the story of 8 guys from Garner that gave their lives serving in the Vietnam war.  It was truly humbling to be a part of the production and to honor the veterans that had served in the war.  It was a really cool production because I feel like it not only made an impact on those that watched, but also the cast and crew.

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No Excuses

When I was in high school, I spent the night a a friend’s house.  In the middle of the night we snuck out of his house.  We were drinking, smoking, and doing stupid stuff (like all that dumb stuff you see people on your neighborhood Facebook complain about).  A few hours later, we walked in the door and his dad was sitting on the stairs just inside the door.  I’m pretty sure my mouth hit the floor and I turned as white as a ghost.  We were busted.  All the evidence was in the backpack we were wearing.  There was nothing we could do to lie about where we were or what we had done.  

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Introducing Love and Cookies

So I did a thing yesterday.  I launched a podcast.  It’s called Love and Cookies.  It was pretty surreal the first time I saw it listed in the Apple Podcasts app.  If you are curious to know why I named my podcast Love and Cookies, you’ll have to go check out episode 0.  If you are now curious to know why I started with episode 0, it’s because it’s an intro episode that explains how I came up with the name and what you can expect from the podcast.

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Overwhelming Victory

If you know me, you know that I am a huge sports fan.  Unfortunately this has caused me more pain than joy, but I’m a dedicated fan so I am not giving up on my teams.  About the only thing good the Miami Dolphins did this year was the “Miracle in Miami” when they beat the Patriots on a last second Hail Mary/Lateral play.  NC State is so known for last second heroics they are known as the “Cardiac Pack.”  One day I may have to get a prescription for blood pressure medicine because of the stress watching an NC State game can bring.

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Missed Goals

January has come and gone.  Am I the only one that feels like it was just Christmas Day?  At the beginning of January, Angela and I sat down and mapped out some goals for 2019.  Angela has launched her home decor business, eight38 Designs and one of the big January goals was launching her website. I would play a big role in this goal.  One day we lined up childcare and planned to spend the day at a coffee shop knocking out that goal.

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