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Continue reading →: You Cannot Heal While You Keep Giving Other People Control of Your Life
One of the hardest lessons I’ve had to learn about healing is that there comes a point when I have to stop looking at what everyone else did and start looking at what I am going to do with what happened to me. That doesn’t mean what happened wasn’t significant.…
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Continue reading →: What I Have Learned About Rebuilding A Life
There are some things you don’t learn because someone teaches them to you. You learn them because life takes something from you that you never imagined losing. You learn them because the life you thought you were going to live doesn’t turn out to be the life you actually have.…
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Continue reading →: Back To School After 50!
Anyone else decided they want more from themselves than they have previously expected? After being out of school for well over 30 years, I’ve decided to take the plunge. I’m starting with a certification program provided through my workplace, but who knows what I’ll do after that. I figured I’d…
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Continue reading →: About
About Simple Fun and Cheap. I know that there are lots of thrifty living sites and books out there, but I have actually picked up a few ideas along the way myself and this blog is my way of sharing those ideas with friends and family. I always enjoy reading…
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Continue reading →: Jesus Came to Save the World
I’ve been thinking a lot about ministry lately (more than usual I suppose) and I am beginning to see a trend around me that basically seems to make the whole concept of the modern day church seem rather pointless; ineffectual to say the least; and certainly not at all what…
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Continue reading →: Warning! Your Balance May Appear Larger!
Bank Fraud. Plain and simple if you ask me. That’s what it is. Yesterday, I stopped at an ATM machine to get a balance inquiry and was told that I had over a thousand dollars. I innocently believed that since I keep extra money on hand routinely for things like…
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Continue reading →: Is God the Lord, Or Am I?
As I am writing a rough outline of the events of my life, one central theme continues to arise from the pages: “I knew it was a mistake. I did it anyway.” In so many of the events of my life, these words apply. Perhaps more because of this than…
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Continue reading →: Life in Lessthanayearville
Tomorrow marks nine months since you left us. It has been almost literally a roller coaster of horrible emotions and days of resolve. I have felt everything from utterly invincible to the most desperate sense of defeat. Nothing has ever challenged my soul more than the sometimes daily decision just…
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Continue reading →: Some Things I’ve Learned This Past Year
Well, today is my 39th birthday, and I just wouldn’t be me if I didn’t do SOME pontificating. So, here I will chronicle some of the important things I’ve learned in the last year of my life — which of course was generally a barn-burner!!! One thing I’ve learned and…
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Continue reading →: Great Frugal Blog!
The Frugal Housewife blog This lady is AWESOME! She brings us the timely reminder that our attitudes have a great deal to do with our happiness level. I could not agree with her more! Let’s face it, sometimes life throws us a curve ball. No one knows that better than…
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Kellie Alexander 