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A Little Progress Goes a Long Way
Hello everyone! Mattie writing today.I wanted to share a little about something I’ve been doing recently. For the past few months, I have been trying hard to turn two things I want to do into habits. The first is writing. While it may seem strange because I write on this blog, writing has never really been my thing. Sometimes I enjoy it, other times it seems like pulling teeth would be easier than trying to put my thoughts on a page. But ever since I participated in NaNoWriMo with Amelia last year, it made me realize I wanted to write, or at least wanted to want to write. Even though I failed miserably…
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Remembering Who We Are
Hey, everyone! It’s Amelia writing today. I’ve recently been thinking a lot about identity. The world seems to have a lot of thoughts on identity these days. Wikipedia says, “Identities are strongly associated with self-image…, self-esteem, and individuality”. Our identities seem to be these very personal ideas of ourselves that capture our lives, our occupations, our thoughts, and our core beings. Our identities shape who we are, and ultimately are what drive us to do what we do in our lives. If I identify as a Christian, then everything that I am and live for should mirror those principles. If I identify myself as anything, then I will look like…
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The Art of Letter-Writing
Hello! Amelia here 🙂 I am very far from an expert on pen-palling, and I would still call myself a beginner in the craft, but today I am going to be sharing about the art of pen-palling in hopes of enlightening you on the subject. I have two penpals, and both of them would be much better people to ask about the subject of letter-writing, but I have learned some things after the nine and a half months of pen-palling that I have done and I think some of it would be worth sharing with you. I knew very little about my first penpal before we started writing, but after…
