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How I Experience Emotional Rest

How I Experience Emotional Rest


I'm linking up with Bonnie for another Fait h Barista Jam .  The topic for this month is restoring soul rest.  What a timely topic this is for me.  Wouldn't it be nice if we could take a vacation from our problems? Greg and I laugh each time we watch the movie "What About Bob?" with Bill Murray. If you've never seen this movie, it's worth renting.  Laughter is good for emotional rest you know.   I'd like to take that vacation and stay in this beautiful ocean front setting, wouldn't you?  I'm sure I'd get lots of em…
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Debbie Petras
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You Are More

You Are More


Four years ago I began blogging.  I hadn't even realized it until Beth of I'm Heading Towards My Destiny wrote a post celebrating her four year blogoversary.  I checked the archives of Heart Choices and realized that my first post was on March 16, 2007 . Some of my early posts were about beauty .  I was concerned as I saw young girls trying to look like the models in the magazines.  I had seen a short video produced by Dove. So many unrealistic expectations on women, including me!  Now that I have turned 58, it's much harder to keep up the o…
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Debbie Petras
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Friday Photo Flashback ~ Lake Powell

Friday Photo Flashback ~ Lake Powell


I'm on spring break and I finally began cleaning out my garage.  This has been on my to-do list for some time.  In one of the boxes, I found an old photo album dating back to 1985.  Greg and I were married at the end of 1984 so this was our first year of marriage.  I knew I had to link up with Alicia of More Than Words for Friday Photo Flashback. Greg's sister Amy and a friend had invited us to fly up to Lake Powell in a small prop plane.  We got to spend a week on a rented houseboat.  What a fun time we had together! Lake Powell is a huge lake…
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Debbie Petras
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