A Grateful Heart
"To be grateful is to recognize the Love of God in everything He has given us - and He has given us everything. Every breath we draw is a gift of His love, every moment of existence is a grace, for it brings with it ...
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What if We Could Live Our Lives in Reverse?
"Aging is an extraordinary process where you become the person you always should have been." -David Bowie A weird idea came to me while on my morning walk. What if God birthed us into the world, not as infants but as eighty- year olds–intellectually vibrant, ...
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When Home Staging gets Personal
What if you suddenly walked out of your home, never to return? What would your loved ones find? I speak often these days to baby boomer clients about all their stuff, and what in the world to do with it? We were endowed with rare ...
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Hurricanes and Other Storms
I started writing a blog post last week, but somehow I couldn't get excited about describing emotional trauma caused by mountains of clutter in a home I'd visited. While I was writing, something happened—Hurricane Matthew. I kept imagining mothers in Haiti hovering over their babies ...
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A Family Gathering and Our Favorite Bread Recipe
I was new at marrying off my children, so I picked the brains of my experienced friends. My long-time friend, Renee, had already celebrated the weddings of her three daughters; her family expanded in no time at all with in-laws and grandkids. She called the ...
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Why Hospitality is a Good Idea
When I was a single mom, a long time ago, my two children and I shared a home with my friend Nancy and her twins. Next door to us lived an elderly man and his wife. The husband was so friendly, always with a huge ...
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Tips for Staging your Home
One of the most gratifying things I've done in the last thirteen years is to stage homes for the real estate market. A staged home has been proven to sell faster and at a higher price than one not staged. http://realestateagentu.com/11-incredible-home-staging-statistics/ During a consultation I ...
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How to Stage your Home When You’re Staying Put
I love helping folks stage their homes when they are selling. Staging makes an enormous difference. I also enjoy helping clients stage to stay. If you are living in your home— as opposed to marketing to prospective buyers— your home should tell your story. I ...
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Why You Should Get to Know Your Neighbors
After residing in the same place for nearly thirty years our neighborhood feels like a big family under one roof. Carolyn's in the office, Susan and Kathleen are in the dining room and I'm in the kitchen. The others are scattered around the house and ...
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Why Making a Packing List is a Good Idea
Once upon a time back in the 1980's, there was a bright handsome young man who held a degree in chemical engineering. His career at a Paper Mill required involvement in various professional organizations that supported his job and company. For quite a few years ...
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The Making of a Friend
Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, "What! You too? I thought I was the only one."C. S. Lewis As an introvert, I have a tendency to go it alone. Looking back I realize I trudged through lots of very ...
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