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As we unpack and figure out where we want to put everything, we begin to see the floor and realize that this place is going to be more spacious than we thought! I look around and feel a bit like a domestic Mark Watney, walking around the house and finding solutions to our problems.* Sure, […]

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She was blindsided. Just over a week before her wedding day, Amanda was in a terrible accident. Thankfully, she came away with just cuts, bruises, and a mangled car. Okay. The wedding could go on. Then, just days before the wedding, her dad became very, very sick and ended up in the hospital needing emergency […]

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Welcome to the VERY FIRST episode of The Contentment Series Podcast! Eeee! I’m so excited, and also pretty nervous. I admittedly had a moment this week while listening to the audio that made me allllmost toss the whole thing out and quit the entire series right then and there. My main thought? ‘Why would anyone […]

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They couldn’t kiss without giggling. I’d like to think it was because I was being hilarious, but as we continued their engagement session, I began to realize that is EXACTLY who they are together. They even thumb-wrestled at one point, and I was the one who started giggling. This couple is amazing, but I’m really […]

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We Bought A House!

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After a long day of loading and unloading two trailer loads of our things into our new home, I stand in the living room in a daze. The past several months have been quite a ride.  We searched for a place to live for 9 months – we looked at a few places to rent […]

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I want my daughter to know she is beautiful. Period. The way she looks should have nothing to do with how she measures her worth.  You know who is responsible for cultivating this mindset in her? Me. The way I, her role model, talk to and about MYSELF. She watches my every move, and wants […]

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She was his friend’s sister. He was her brother’s friend. They had a lot of friends in common in their hometown of Hollidaysburg, PA, and a friendship blossomed into romance. They moved to McLean, Virginia for her teaching job and his job in finance. One cold December evening, they went to dinner in downtown Washington, […]

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I can’t stop grinning. WANNA KNOW WHY???? Because this series is leveling up. I’m taking it up a notch and starting The Contentment Series Podcast!!! Eeeee! Truly, this podcast has been in the works for a long time, almost since the start of the series itself. But it is happening and it is coming at […]

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Maybe you have kids, or maybe you don’t.  But it doesn’t take too much effort for anyone to imagine the unpredictability of children.  I’ve only been a dad for 4 years, but the things my kids do never ceases to surprise me – and oftentimes flat out crack me up. I could tell you about […]

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Around New Year’s Day, nearly everyone comes up with resolutions or goals as they begin again with a clean slate.  Goal setting is a hopeful thing because it enables us to improve ourselves.  But, sometimes we lose focus and our goals fizzle out.  We’ve all been there – we’re at the gym 3 days a […]

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