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In the Midst of Hardship
Amidst all the preparations for the oh-so-special Thanksgiving meal, I had a few thoughts that I wanted to share with you. For some people, the holidays can be very painful. The last few years have been particularly hard for me and my family, especially around the holiday season. Sometimes it seems like I’m faking it. I smile, I laugh, I eat turkey and dressing and play games. How can I let myself enjoy it all when deep down there is so much pain? I feel as if I’m waving away the pain, acting as though it never happened. But I have come to realize that enjoying the times I have…
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Sunbeams
Hello everyone, this is Mattie! I just wanted to share a quote with you that I’ve had hanging up on my bookshelf for a few years. It’s from The Twits by Roald Dahl. “If a person has ugly thoughts, it begins to show on the face. And when that person has ugly thoughts every day, every week, every year, the face gets uglier and uglier until you can hardly bear to look at it. A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly, You can have a wonky nose and a crooked mouth and a double chin and stick-out-teeth, but if you have good thoughts it will shine out of…
