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By marketingimage | October 9, 2016

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Happy, Happy, Happy!

By Natalie Atwell | August 24, 2016

No, this blog has nothing to do with Duck Dynasty but I do love the catch phrase…. Lately, I’ve been encouraged to pray for and seek wisdom. My word of wisdom this week has been how to be happy. I’m generally a happy, silly person, but life is hard and I see so many people…

The power of confession

By Natalie Atwell | August 10, 2016

No I haven’t switched to Catholicism, although in other denominations of the Christian faith, I think we can learn from this practice… This week I was reminded of something from my oldest son. He woke me up one evening to tell me he had been lying to me. He was crying and said that he…

Putting Courage In others…

By Natalie Atwell | July 27, 2016

This is the definition of encouragement. Are you putting courage in others? Recently, I had a friend talk to me about trying to find a new mattress. She and her husband went to 6 or 7 mattress stores. Some were in the same chain…This of course made me wonder why there are so many Mattress…

For those who hate Father’s Day, etc.

By Natalie Atwell | June 8, 2016

This time of year and other times such as Mother’s Day, Valentines, etc. are not exactly exciting for everyone. I read a story once about a prison doing a Mother’s Day project and the lines were so long for those inmates wanting to send their mothers cards. The project was such a success that they…

Davidson college grads do not…

By Natalie Atwell | May 3, 2016

…talk about bodily functions or simply pass gas and make a big deal about it. This I know after a conversation with my boss. Her husband is a Davidson grad. My response was, “I wish my husband would have graduated from Davidson”. I’ve asked him to up our 529 plans for the kids in hopes that…

Prom or allergy season?

By Natalie Atwell | April 19, 2016

As a teenager, I was excited and nervous about prom season. As an adult, I’m dealing with allergy season. My how life seems to change, yet in Ecclesiastes 1:9, the Bible tells us, “What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun. I was going to…

Have you ever?

By Natalie Atwell | March 8, 2016

I realize I may be strange and have done some rather weird things that most of you haven’t, but at least I try to find humor in life.. Try it, you may like it.. A few weeks ago, it was a rough morning getting out of the door with two boys and I spilled my…

No thank you Super Bowl commercial!

By Natalie Atwell | February 23, 2016

Thanks to the Super Bowl commercial about leaving the water faucet on…my husband has a new method in trying to get me to turn the water off while I’m brushing my teeth. He gently reminds me that people in the world are in need of the water I’m wasting. I realize this is an issue…

Have you ever felt awkward at a wake/funeral?

By Natalie Atwell | January 28, 2016

I recently attend a wake for someone that I didn’t have a relationship with, but I went out of respect for someone I love deeply. Sometimes, it is nice to support someone even if you don’t support the people they are related to… Here’s how I dealt with the awkwardness: -I looked for humorous things…