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Embrace the Interest...
I’m hurting… There’s not an easier or better work for what I feel but pain… I just miss my dad… And it hasn’t hit me this hard in several...
Amanda Winder
May 2, 20152 min read
The Possibility of Now...
Separated from the South… From all that I know… And sometimes I wonder if I am doing this thing called life the “right way”… And though...
Amanda Winder
Apr 29, 20153 min read
Don't Be Bored...
I’m learning something about myself… And this is what I see… Actually what I feel… I feel like I’m on top of the current place in life...
Amanda Winder
Apr 24, 20152 min read
And There's More Grace...
The church…. It knows exactly how to push my buttons… I mean exactly… Now… I respect the truth… And I respect God… And I love both of...
Amanda Winder
Apr 20, 20152 min read
Purposeless...
Lately I’ve come to realize something about myself… I’ve never felt like I had a purpose… Ever… Growing up I feel like my purpose was...
Amanda Winder
Apr 19, 20152 min read
Pause... And Celebrate
Something I’m really bad about is celebrating the moment…. You know… The victories of life… Whether small or big, I feel like I spend too...
Amanda Winder
Apr 16, 20152 min read
And the Grace Continues...
What would my life be like if I wasn’t constantly learning on a moment to moment basis… Constantly making mistake after mistake… The kind...
Amanda Winder
Apr 14, 20153 min read
Graceful Heart....
It’s Easter…. Last Easter I was with my dad… My entire family actually… Not knowing that it’s the last easter… The last holiday we would...
Amanda Winder
Apr 5, 20152 min read
Just for Me...
Aside from maybe one other person… I am generally the hardest on myself… But that isn’t how it is for everyone?… I give myself such a...
Amanda Winder
Mar 31, 20152 min read
Potential in the Good...
"Love is not boastful"… Love is not prideful… That’s what that means to me… And it means it in the most obvious and clear way possible…...
Amanda Winder
Mar 23, 20152 min read
Just Tears and Love...
Sometimes pain isn’t evident until you have something to provoke it…. You feel fine and life is just moving along… And then something...
Amanda Winder
Mar 17, 20152 min read
Genuine Decisions
It’s funny to me… How I’m so wired to think I’ll find where I’m supposed to be based on what I know…. Based on where I’ve been before…...
Amanda Winder
Mar 8, 20152 min read
Too Young
It’s sad to think about mom being alone… It’s sad to hear her talk about selling our home… It’s sad to hear her say she’s going to...
Amanda Winder
Mar 7, 20151 min read
Moments...
A year ago I decided to focus my life on living in the moment…. But as I began to live in the moment…. Well I got caught up in the fact...
Amanda Winder
Mar 2, 20153 min read
Stone Wall of Defense
Ignore it… Ignore it happened and allow the world to go on around you… That’s how I’ve been handling the death of my father lately…...
Amanda Winder
Feb 26, 20152 min read
What's Wrong with Boring?...
I have a confession to make… And it’s the truth about me… I am boring… And I think I’ve been boring most of my life… And then I have to...
Amanda Winder
Feb 20, 20152 min read
Just Celebrate...
There comes a time in the life of most… When you’re basically proud… Because you did something on your own… And I’ve lost 100 pounds on...
Amanda Winder
Feb 14, 20152 min read
Food for Thought
I think it’s time to talk about some of the things I feel ashamed for… The things that make me human… The things that I believe in my...
Amanda Winder
Feb 4, 20153 min read
Recognize the Value
Sometimes it takes a phone call… A single conversation… One that has nothing to do with me… And within it… Well my I realize my value a...
Amanda Winder
Jan 29, 20151 min read
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