Sep 14, 2023

Fit Together: A Journey to Health and Well-being

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Well, friends, let’s get right to it: we’ve changed! Our health has had an overhaul in the last seven months, with results that have surprised us. Granted, none of this change came by accident. For years, especially last year, we experienced difficult health symptoms that resounded through our lives like clanging alarm bells. Little by little, we changed how we live. We are in this for the long game—for the big picture of what matters most. Results came from old-fashioned…

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Sep 1, 2023

September Goals and a New Year

Golden in the garden,Golden in the glen,Golden, golden, goldenSeptember’s here again!– “September” by Annette Wynne Thank you for your kind words on my last post. I’m grateful for you, friends, and for your genuine words of encouragement in this last year—and always. August brought the hardest days of grief and, as I anticipated, an entrance into a new season on the anniversary of my Dad’s homecoming. A few highlights from August:—I got through this first year of grief, praise the…

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Aug 1, 2023

August Goals

God in His own right hand doth take each day—Each sun-filled day—each rare and radiant night.And drop it softly on the earth and say:“Touch earth with heaven’s own beauty and delight.”– “August” by Jean Blewett Thank you for your kind words on my last post here and here. I am grateful for your encouragement and the gift of sharing our lives with each other—the changes, challenges, and joys! July was full and abundant, like the garden right now. And, like…

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Jun 30, 2023

July Goals

When the scarlet cardinal tellsHer dream to the dragon fly,And the lazy breeze makes a nest in the trees,And murmurs a lullaby,It is July.– “July” by Susan Hartley Swett Today, as we turn the page to July, I also turn a page of my life. The end of June marks a year since I followed God’s lead to let go of Cultivate. In that process, and every day since, the Lord has grown me through and through. I am living…

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May 31, 2023

June Goals

Why was June made?—Can you guess?June was made for happiness!Even the treesKnow this, and the breezeThat loves to playOutside all day,And never is too bold or rough,Like March’s wind, but just a tiny blow’s enough;And all the fields knowThis is so—June was not made for wind and stress,June was made for happiness;Little happy daisy facesShow it in the meadow places,And they call out when I pass,“Stay and play here in the grass.”June was made for happy things,Boats and flowers, stars…

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