Posts by Gina Conroy
A Goal Attained
Saturday I accomplished a life-long goal. My husband and I joined more than 30,000 of our closest friends (not!) and ran the Indianapolis mini-marathon. It was an amazing accomplishment to run 13.1 miles. Especially considering three months ago I’d taken a break from running. I don’t think I fully understand what I learned through this…
Read MoreGrace: A Blast From the Past
February 2006 Grace 3 years Old This evening after I read Grace a story I decided to tell her a princess fairytale. Grace, at 3 1/2 loves her Disney princesses so I started the fairytale off with Princess Grace who had a mean step-mother and two mean sisters. The mean step-mother made Princess Grace do…
Read MoreDrowning in Feelings
There are times in this life that all of us get immersed in a swirl of feelings that are ridiculously hard to sort out. They race around the track of our mind, darting in and out of our consciousness, making us feel out-of-whack and losing control. Maybe the precipitating cause was something done to us.…
Read MoreLearning to say no
by Ron Estrada No, it’s not another lecture on the evils of drug abuse. I’m referring to something most of us are afflicted with: the “I’ll do that!” syndrome. It’s common among Christians especially. When the Pastor or a member of the church stands up front and asks for help with the church fundraiser, your…
Read MoreGrace’s Dreams
Grace had her first dream with FEELINGS. She actually felt pain in her dreams! Here’s how she described the story. “Well, Timmy was playing with my farm in my room and I was with Timmy. I was looking inside the mirror and I got a loose tooth and I screamed because it hurted me, for…
Read MoreSpring into Summer Challenge Winner
Wow! I actually won something and what an honor it is to win this award because it’s for a specific blog post. You canread the post that won,and let me know your thoughts!
Read MoreMy great-grandchildren are great grandchildren OR Compounding the hyphen problem
Is the writer well known or is she a well-known writer? Both. Which explains why compound and hyphenated words can cause a headache when your head aches. The information here comes from Sleeping Dogs Don’t Lay by Richards Lederer and Dowis. In addition, this link from Writing for Business and Pleasure by Stephen Wilbers is…
Read MoreHomeschool Reflections
As this year of homeschooling comes to an end, I thought it would be fun and interesting to take a trip down memory lane. So I’ll be posting a series of homeschool posts from my past (old dead blog) every Thursday and reflecting on what I’ve written and if things have really changed. It should…
Read MoreDonkey Trails
Our stray donkey, Flash, has a pretty good life here at our Barn House. No, he doesn’t get to come inside! But he does have free roam of the pastures and woods on the property. He has plenty to eat and plenty of time to contemplate. You could say he’s a Contemplative Donkey, but that…
Read MoreDo You Want to Go Where Everybody Knows Your Name???
And they’re always glad I came!!! I’m making friends left and right! I’m telling you if you need a self-esteem boost, just join Shout Life, the Christian networking space. In just one day I’ve made of 34 “friends” and the requests keep coming, but don’t worry I’m not naive to know they all really want…
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