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In my writing classes, we talk about writing with flair, but lately I've been interested in what it means to live with flair. Can I find a way to make every day impressive and meaningful? Just as a sentence turns into something beautiful with the right verb and punctuation, can I learn to revise my day and punctuate it with flair?

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Live with Flair · 5h ago

Well Worth the Waiting

Do you remember exactly two years ago my huge gardening mistake? I put my strawberry plants in the ground, and I bragged about all the glorious berries I'd have that summer. Remember how the older, wiser folks told me that I had to pinch off every blossom and not, under any circumstances, let that

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Live with Flair · 23h ago

Finally Accepting God's Boundary Lines for Your Life

All week, I've considered how beautiful it is to finally surrender to the limits of your own life. You stop resisting. You stop wishing for a different life. You stop living in an imaginary future. Instead, you look at all the perfect boundary lines in your life. You thank God for the places He

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Live with Flair · 2d ago

I Refuse

A stranger comments to me this morning at the gym that I'm just so positive. After a few minutes of conversation, she couldn't believe that I would find good and hope and joy even in a hard day. I just smiled and moved on, but I wanted to tell her this: Complaining is easy. It's boring and unori

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Live with Flair · 2d ago

A Better Purpose

I notice that my glorious peonies no longer hold the same beauty today. They seem too big for themselves. They collapse onto the grass and dirt. Even when coaxed by a cage to stand tall and firm, they outgrow it and fall. I'm standing in front of this bush, and I think about the weight of sel

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Live with Flair · 4d ago

I'm Not Gonna Wait Around All Day For It

I place the fresh nectar in the feeder for my hummingbirds, and I decide to position myself in the backyard to take the perfect photo of a glorious hummingbird. I wait. I wait some more. Normally, the hummingbirds arrive immediately after I hang the feeder. I wait. I know they're coming.

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Live with Flair · 4d ago

Blogging as a Spiritual Discipline

As I read Peter Scazzero's Emotionally Healthy Spirituality, I begin to ask myself why blogging has been so very good for me emotionally and spiritually. Scazzero explains that in contemplative spirituality, folks develop a "balanced, harmonious rhythm of life that enables [them] to be aware of th

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Live with Flair · 6d ago

Only on the Sabbath

After all these years, I'm still learning about Sabbath. As I pray about ways to keep the Sabbath (especially with young children), I begin to consider special things I could do to set the day apart. Sure, we attend church, go on family hikes, or spend the afternoon in the garden together. I even

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Live with Flair · 6d ago

Praising the One Who Passes the Ball: How Real Leaders Make Others Win

On the soccer field today, I'm amazed at my daughter's passing skills. She's been working so hard to pass the ball. The parents cheer from the sidelines not just for the one who makes the goal, but also for the one who passes to the shooter. I just love it! Last month, my husband told me abo

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Live with Flair · 1w ago

Let Me Make Myself Clear

Every year, our giant peony bush produces the most gorgeous bright pink blooms. And every year, I wonder why in the world the woman who planted this garden--the homeowner--put a peony bush against the back of the house where not a single soul can see these blooms. The bush sits next to the gar

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Live with Flair · 1W ago

You Shall Surely Wilt: The Dangers of Serving on Empty

I learn the hard way that I'm cutting lilac blooms all wrong. I look at my vase and frown. What happened to my lilacs? They wither within a few days when I bring them indoors. A lilac cutting, taken incorrectly, will last (at best) two days in a vase of water. But if you know what you'r

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