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The Valuable Lost...
Last week I lost five things… On four separate occasions… And I don’t ever loose things… Especially what’s of value to me… So I decided...
Amanda Winder
Jan 11, 20162 min read
Reflection...
Sometimes… Sometimes moving forward with life… Moving onward with the present moment… Moving towards greatness… Moving towards your...
Amanda Winder
Jan 9, 20161 min read
Curve Ball...
When we live… When we just live… Moment by moment… A lot of times curve balls come out of nowhere… Or so it seems… And right now… Well a...
Amanda Winder
Jan 5, 20161 min read
The Follow...
The follow… It’s my life… It’s my choice… It’s who I am… The woman I continue to become is based around the follow… Not God… Not Jesus…...
Amanda Winder
Dec 23, 20151 min read
Still... In the Now...
What happens when you look at something and think, “I know in my heart that was supposed to become something more than it is?”… That’s...
Amanda Winder
Dec 22, 20151 min read
An Open Letter to My Father...
I feel like there’s so much to say… But at the same time I feel like there’s nothing to say… Because death still sucks… A lot… But then I...
Amanda Winder
Dec 18, 20152 min read
This Season...
What happens when you reach a point in life… A place that is signaling transition… But you can’t exactly put your finger on that...
Amanda Winder
Dec 13, 20152 min read
Grief = Gladness...
The loss of someone is hard… It’s never easy to look around and realize my dad’s presence is missing from family holidays and traditions…...
Amanda Winder
Nov 27, 20152 min read
Show Me How...
As a child… Growing up… I was given one of the greatest friends I’ll ever have… Long before I actually had a relationship with him… He...
Amanda Winder
Nov 24, 20153 min read
Under the Tent...
I was raised under a tent… A tent that brings life… A tent that brings comfort… A tent that showed me who my best friend would be for the...
Amanda Winder
Nov 19, 20152 min read
Grace... That's Thoughtful...
Sometimes… Sometimes life surprises you… And I say this because I feel surprised… Yet it’s almost like I knew it deep down all a long…...
Amanda Winder
Nov 3, 20151 min read
Being Qualified... Again...
All of life… I feel and believe… Has defining times of learning… Crafting and preparation of our gifts, skills and talents… Some refer to...
Amanda Winder
Oct 26, 20152 min read
Continuing to Become Self...
Some moments in life ask more than I thought they would… It’s almost like everything is moving a long at this amazing pace… I’m over here...
Amanda Winder
Oct 25, 20151 min read
If I Was a Rich Girl...
About 5 years ago a friend made comment…. We were walking through a shopping mall on Spring Break… And for some reason we were singing...
Amanda Winder
Oct 18, 20152 min read
Maturing... For Life...
In the quest for who we are… I believe… If we step back long enough… Examine the mountains that we’ve climbed.. Well we might just see...
Amanda Winder
Oct 13, 20152 min read
Break Up...
There’s a place in my heart that still feels pain… Most of the time the pain is faint… I can barely feel it because of the abundance of...
Amanda Winder
Oct 5, 20151 min read
The Rain...
In so many ways…. In so many ways it seems as though nature always has something impactful to teach me… And it always comes when I need...
Amanda Winder
Sep 30, 20152 min read
Destiny...
Some say “get up and chase your destiny everyday”… Others say, ” destiny will come to you”… I believe both are true… That we have to be...
Amanda Winder
Sep 25, 20152 min read
The Unraveling...
And then sometimes life presents itself to you in a way that you never dreamed possible but always hoped for deep within…. And the...
Amanda Winder
Sep 19, 20152 min read
Make Us or Break Us...
For there are things in this world that make us who we are… And we couldn’t be our present selves without the past… Where would I be...
Amanda Winder
Sep 3, 20151 min read
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