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Reacting to the Noise...
If the journey of life is really, truly about the process… About the ups and downs we feel emotionally, then I am right on time… Because...
Amanda Winder
Jan 24, 20172 min read
I Don't Know...
I don’t know… I don’t know where life is taking me… And, in my opinion, none of us truly do… But, aside from not knowing where life is...
Amanda Winder
Jan 17, 20172 min read
The Process Continues...
I’m gonna be really honest… I don’t like to lose… Losing is … Well it’s losing… It means so many things at one time… And, other than...
Amanda Winder
Jan 10, 20172 min read
Consider the Stars...
Have you ever looked at the nighttime sky before and thought, “Those stars… They’re so bright!.. So beautiful!.. So perfect!..” If so,...
Amanda Winder
Dec 27, 20162 min read
My Story of Scoliosis...
It was somewhere around two years ago… I was standing in the kitchen of my employer’s home in Beverly Hills… As the eldest child of my...
Amanda Winder
Dec 14, 20163 min read
High Tide...
Do you ever have moments… Really days… That sometimes feel like they’ve morphed into weeks… And weeks that seem like they’ve evolved into...
Amanda Winder
Dec 7, 20162 min read
God and Life... Interchangeable
Lately I’ve had this evolving thought… I believe God and Life are interchangeable… That one cannot do without the other… And that one of...
Amanda Winder
Dec 2, 20162 min read
Amanda's Plan... Gone Wrong...
What happens when the story doesn’t add up the way we planned?… When life takes a turn… And then another turn… And then one more turn…...
Amanda Winder
Nov 28, 20162 min read
Maintaining Life, with the Lows...
What happens when you continue to feel your world, life as you once knew it, shaken?… Shaking… Because that’s exactly what mine continues...
Amanda Winder
Nov 22, 20162 min read
Valley of Life...
What happens when you find someone in a valley of life?… And not only are they in a valley, they’ve decided to sit down and stay awhile...
Amanda Winder
Nov 17, 20162 min read
Working with God...
Often times, for me, life doesn’t make sense… Of course, when I look back, it makes sense… I can see all of the dots connected, and I...
Amanda Winder
Nov 9, 20163 min read
Quality of Life...
The day after my grandmother died, a comment was made to my sister… “Well, you know Bridget, it’s really about the quality of life”… If...
Amanda Winder
Oct 25, 20163 min read
Mom-Mom...
Not knowing yesterday morning what was in store, I ended my journal entry with the statement that He is “always good”… Fitting for...
Amanda Winder
Oct 19, 20163 min read
Authentic Identity...
For many of us, I believe, identity is like a foreign language... We are in this great, big world searching for meaning, significance...
Amanda Winder
Oct 7, 20163 min read
Ok, now what?...
Feeling confused is one of my least favorite things about the journey of life… Feeling depressed is equally awful… Feeling purposeless,...
Amanda Winder
Oct 5, 20162 min read
Unshaken Identity...
Identity… It seems to be a reoccurring theme in my life lately… Who am I?… Where is my foundation rooted?… Why is it rooted there?… Are...
Amanda Winder
Sep 20, 20162 min read
Walking with Healing...
The environment I grew up in was one where healing was a common thing…. Probably from the age of two, I was taught that healing is real…...
Amanda Winder
Sep 15, 20163 min read
When Do I Get My Mom Back?...
Can I ask a really real question for a moment?… Life… Can you pause yourself for a moment and answer a question for me?… When does my...
Amanda Winder
Sep 14, 20161 min read
Life of Wants...
I want… I want… I want… I live my life by a system of wants… They surround me each and every day… They fill my conscious and subconscious...
Amanda Winder
Sep 11, 20162 min read
Life, the process...
Life… A journey… A process… A continual climbing of mountains and walks through valleys, with a lot of highs and lows… I believe every...
Amanda Winder
Sep 9, 20162 min read
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