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Go Ma Go
When you encourage others, you in the process are encouraged because you're making a commitment and difference in that person's life....

Stephanie Valentine
Mar 12, 20164 min read
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Every day is Valentine’s Day
Mothers are the people who love us for no good reason. And those of us who are mothers know it's the most exquisite love of all. - Maggie...

Stephanie Valentine
Feb 22, 20163 min read
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Benefiting From a Mother's Love
Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do... but how much love we put in that action. Mother Teresa Some days we would check...

Stephanie Valentine
Feb 4, 20164 min read
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The Kindness of Strangers
Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you....

Stephanie Valentine
Jan 22, 20163 min read
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The End of a Thing
Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof; and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit. Ecclesiastes 7:8...

Stephanie Valentine
Jan 8, 20162 min read
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That One Christmas
Christmas is the spirit of giving without a thought of getting. It is happiness because we see joy in people. It is forgetting self and...

Stephanie Valentine
Dec 25, 20152 min read
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Warm Christmas
Christmas, my child, is love in action. Every time we love, every time we give, it's Christmas. Dale Evans Our first Christmas in...

Stephanie Valentine
Dec 23, 20153 min read
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When I Think of a Jewel or a Tool…
Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another above yourselves. – Romans 12:10 My final Movember dedication is for my...

Stephanie Valentine
Dec 7, 20153 min read
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And an Uncle as a Bonus
My father had no known siblings and my mother had one sister. I have written a post about my precious aunt earlier this year “Happy...

Stephanie Valentine
Nov 27, 20153 min read
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Water, Lemon, and Lemonade
Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along. - Paramahansa Yogananda My first...

Stephanie Valentine
Nov 6, 20153 min read
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Snowsuits and Sunglasses
Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage. - Lao Tzu Have you ever tried something...

Stephanie Valentine
Oct 31, 20154 min read
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Room for More
I think when you work really hard and you help others, God helps you get what you want. Gina Rodriguez This may sound like the most...

Stephanie Valentine
Oct 26, 20154 min read
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There is Nothing Like Family
A life-long blessing for children is to fill them with warm memories of times together. Happy memories become treasures in the heart to...

Stephanie Valentine
Oct 13, 20154 min read
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Jab, Hook, Cross, Uppercut
Many of you know that I really enjoy kickboxing. This intense exercise isolates different muscles, based on the type of punch you throw....

Stephanie Valentine
Sep 29, 20153 min read
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And Then There Were Three
Children learn more from what you are, than what you teach. - W. E. B. Du Bois Do you ever have those moments in your life when you think...

Stephanie Valentine
Sep 24, 20154 min read
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In the Beginning
“This is the day the Lord has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it." Psalm 118:24 (NLT) While the realization of raising 3 sons was...

Stephanie Valentine
Sep 5, 20154 min read
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Things I Learned... Part II
A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit saps a person’s strength. Proverbs 17:22 Humor – What would we do without laughter...

Stephanie Valentine
Aug 28, 20152 min read
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Things I Learned From my Guys Part I
Learn to get in touch with the silence within yourself, and know that everything in life has purpose. There are no mistakes, no...

Stephanie Valentine
Aug 24, 20153 min read
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A Friend Loves at All Times
...and a brother is there for times of trouble. Proverbs 17:17 A friend is one who overlooks your broken fence and admires the flowers in...

Stephanie Valentine
Aug 11, 20152 min read
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Armed with Confidence
If you don’t have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over? – John Wooden, basketball coach My sons played several...

Stephanie Valentine
Jul 14, 20154 min read
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