Lately I have been giving some thought to the idea of dating. And, the more I think about it the more I realize that the dating world is a hell of a lot more complex than I imagined. Whatever happened to the simple “Boy Meets Girl” “First comes love, then comes marriage” ideal of yesteryear? So many different things happen in modern relationships and today I want to talk about a type of relationship that has been getting a lot of buzz in the media in the past few years —

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Jackson is 34 years old and has been married to his college sweetheart, Marie, for 9 years. The couple has two children- 8 year old Jackson Jr and 6 year old Sophia. Marie stays home with the kids while Jackson works 50 hour workweeks as the district manager for a shipping company. He has been working for the same company for 12 years and has worked hard to get to the position he is at now.

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After having the book and journal sitting on my bookshelf for several years, I decided to finally go through the Purpose Driven Life study. It’s a 40 day bible study intended to help you realize your God-given purpose in life.

Today’s chapter was all about how we are not here by chance. Nor are we who we are by chance. God created us — specifically and purposefully. Every single detail about us (whether we like it or not) was intended.

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Four years ago, I was in a place that many people find themselves – I was an unemployed college graduate. After months of filling out applications, I realized a sad truth – my college degrees were pretty much the equivalent of a high school diploma. To get a good job in my field, I would have to get my master’s. Well, after being in school for two decades, I was kind of tired of school,

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Are you a busy Mompreneur? Of course you are . . . the combination of the two words Mom + Entrepreneur = Busy, Busy, Busy! A mompreneur’s typical day begins with waking up sleepy kid(s) for school (or kid(s) waking up a sleepy mom). Once awake, a mom schedule instantaneously proceeds into the juggling of many hats that are worn throughout the day such as: the family chauffer, home chef, housekeeper, homework assistant, homeschool teacher,

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