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Welcome to my blog: Perils and Pearls
My heart's desire in this endeavor is to offer support and encouragement to the hearts' of women. That you would feel accompanied - not alone - as we travel together and find the jewels in our sometimes perilous journeys.
Making Room for Growth & New Life
Advent means an arrival or coming For this Christmas post, I just wanted to throw out something I have been pondering during this 2024...
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Dec 24, 20243 min read
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"Friday's Good Cuz Sunday's Coming"!
This song by Phil Wickham, (Sunday is Coming) says it so well! If you are not familiar with this song, go to my music page on my Perils...
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Mar 27, 20242 min read
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Passion: My Education of the Word
I was around thirty years old when it hit me...With a smirk on my face, I said to myself: “The title to my life story is surely going to...
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Mar 25, 20248 min read
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ChatGPT & I agree: An Attitude of Gratitude
I would venture to say we all know someone whose life perspective tends towards the ‘cup is half-empty’ viewpoint. Maybe that even...
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Sep 14, 20236 min read
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It Was a River Rescue to Remember
Ahh...This photo, taken several years ago, looks to be an image of summertime bliss, of serenity, pleasure, relaxation. And it is all of...
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Aug 22, 20234 min read
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A Top-Ten PTS: Sing My Way Through
A few posts ago, I shared an WSJ article about Personal Theme Songs (PTS). I have many; they change according to the season or situation...
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Aug 1, 20233 min read
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Singing Prayers: Singing Them Thru
My last post – Standing in the Gap – was about intercessory prayer. Specifically, as I have experienced it, it is praying as someone,...
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Jul 11, 20234 min read
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My Pace Was Interfering w/ My Peace
Our bodies are talking to us all the time. Are we listening? I wasn’t for a long, long time. Decades ago, He told me clearly, as I once...
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May 18, 20234 min read
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Recovery While Climbing
How to Rest Without Stopping Your Race For fifty-two years now, in the historic Western town of Durango, Colorado, thousands of cyclists...
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Apr 19, 20236 min read
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TMTD (Teach Me to Dance)
[In case you haven’t checked out the ‘so much more’ to be found in the menu of my blog site: Perils & Pearls -...
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Feb 9, 20235 min read
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Swept into the Sea
A journey starts with one single story. Here’s one of my earliest… [Prelude: I know I came into this world being wanted. I was the first...
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Feb 1, 20235 min read
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