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Upd

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mm

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to s

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a m

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com

forta

ble

and

inde

pend

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ife.

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ver

the

past

twel

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my

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cont

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mp

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it a

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on s

now

and

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- to

nam

e bu

t a fe

w n

ew

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exci

ting

skill

s.

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y ha

s com

plet

ed h

er fi

rst p

ara t

riath

lon

and

fulfi

lled

our b

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st

drea

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f w

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to s

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r fi r

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into

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rful

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has

mad

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re

she i

s inc

lude

d an

d ab

le to

acce

ss ev

eryt

hing

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has

mad

e lot

s of f

riend

s. H

er st

amin

a is

incr

easi

ng e

very

wee

k.

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my i

s get

ting s

trong

er. S

he is

doin

g mor

e and

mor

e ind

epen

dent

ly.

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is st

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p bi

gger

step

s, ta

king

big

ger r

isks

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sing

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r whe

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pro

gres

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dibl

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SD

R is

n’t a

mira

cle

cure

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my’

s C

ereb

ral P

alsy

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ns th

at

she

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face

s ch

alle

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eve

ryda

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ut s

he is

lear

ning

to o

verc

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them

th

roug

h ha

rd w

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dete

rmin

atio

n. W

e ar

e so

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ly p

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of h

er.

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e w

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.

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yea

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man

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mak

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them

ver

y ha

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pro

perly

- th

ese

I pul

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as fa

r as I

can

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is m

onth

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fi rs

t tim

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man

y ye

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of d

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had

a la

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an o

ut o

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top

fron

t bed

room

win

dow

afte

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had

star

ted

the

next

row

and

she

sta

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shou

ting

abus

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me

for n

ot c

ompl

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curin

g he

r ga

te!

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olog

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and

exp

lain

ed m

y ha

nds

wer

e fr

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as

stru

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ates

and

her

s jus

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ldn’

t shu

t, bu

t she

con

tinue

d sh

outin

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use

at m

e, a

lot o

f whi

ch I

coul

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unde

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OK

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on’t

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thro

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your

doo

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mor

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hus a

void

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any

prob

lem

in fu

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post

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alon

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coul

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ear h

er sh

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r if s

he g

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this

nas

ty,

abus

e to

pos

tmen

as

wel

l as

they

nev

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lose

gat

es!

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ind

gent

lem

an in

the

next

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w le

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e a

pen

so I

coul

d no

te d

own

her h

ouse

num

ber i

n th

is p

artic

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road

as

he

was

hor

rifi e

d at

her

atti

tude

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any

peop

le c

hat t

o m

e as

I do

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hous

es a

long

va

rious

clo

ses;

this

mak

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e jo

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wor

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me

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seen

for a

whi

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wha

t cou

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reve

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om o

ff erin

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do

this

impo

rtant

job

each

mon

th.

It ha

s ce

rtain

ly m

ade

me

thin

k w

heth

er I

wan

t to

cont

inue

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haps

this

nas

ty la

dy sh

ould

vol

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er h

erse

lf an

d se

e ho

w h

ard

it is

! In

the

past

I ha

ve sl

ippe

d do

wn

woo

den

step

s, ev

en fa

llen

on le

aves

as w

ell a

s hav

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clot

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torn

by

gard

en p

lant

s an

d be

ing

cove

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in c

obw

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e ar

e ce

rtain

ho

uses

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nnot

ven

ture

into

for t

hese

reas

ons;

it n

ever

put

me

off b

efor

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mea

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com

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abou

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coup

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ho h

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book

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luxu

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2-w

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sum

mer

hol

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fi nd

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ther

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s be

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mix

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ents

who

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told

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owne

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book

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Dea

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Oka

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t’s a

ll sa

y a

big

wel

com

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201

9! C

hris

tmas

and

New

Yea

r cel

ebra

tions

are

don

e an

d du

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for a

noth

er y

ear a

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take

dow

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sel a

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acco

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w p

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n an

d se

rious

ly c

onsi

der m

y N

ew Y

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reso

lutio

ns. A

ctua

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few

yea

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go I

mad

e th

e on

e an

d on

ly re

solu

tion

that

I’ve

man

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to k

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and

that

’s N

OT

to m

ake

any

mor

e N

ew Y

ear’s

re

solu

tions

.

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doe

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mea

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say

I don

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ve h

opes

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ns a

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ream

s for

the

com

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year

, with

out

them

life

cou

ld b

e re

ally

dul

l. So

wha

t are

you

r hop

es fo

r the

com

ing

year

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rhap

s you

’re

look

ing

forw

ard

to a

fam

ily w

eddi

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r a b

irth;

or m

aybe

that

hol

iday

of a

life

time

in th

e su

mm

er; p

erha

ps a

car

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hang

e or

a m

ove

of h

ome.

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haps

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year

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rosp

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look

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dodg

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nanc

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or il

l hea

lth.

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es a

nd p

lans

are

impo

rtant

to u

s as t

hey

prov

ide

som

ethi

ng to

han

g on

to w

hen

times

are

to

ugh.

Hop

e fo

r som

ethi

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ette

r lyi

ng ju

st a

roun

d th

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nnin

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r a b

right

er fu

ture

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e au

thor

of t

he L

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r to

the

Heb

rew

s in

the

Bib

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rites

“w

ho h

opes

for w

hat t

hey

alre

ady

have

?”

Bef

ore

I bec

ame

a C

hris

tian

I use

d to

dre

am o

f car

eer a

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nanc

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ucce

ss in

the

belie

f tha

t it

wou

ld b

ring

an e

nd to

all

of m

y lif

e’s w

orrie

s and

anx

ietie

s. I u

sed

to b

elie

ve th

at if

I w

orke

d ha

rd e

noug

h fo

r the

fam

ily, t

he k

ids w

ould

gro

w u

p w

ithou

t suff

erin

g an

y of

the

stor

ms o

f lif

e th

at I’

d ha

d to

sail

thro

ugh.

Unr

ealis

tic o

r wha

t? B

ut it

’s w

hat w

e sp

end

a lo

t of o

ur ti

me

doin

g fo

r our

selv

es a

nd th

ose

we

love

– is

n’t i

t?

In th

e B

ible

I re

ad th

is: “

I kno

w th

e pl

ans I

hav

e fo

r you

, pla

ns to

pro

sper

you

not

to h

arm

yo

u.”

One

of t

he fi

rst t

hing

s I d

isco

vere

d w

hen

I bec

ame

a C

hris

tian

was

the

truth

of t

hose

w

ords

and

that

God

has

the

mos

t am

azin

g pl

an fo

r my

life.

God

doe

sn’t

prom

ise

to ta

ke a

way

th

e st

ress

es a

nd st

rain

s of d

aily

livi

ng b

ut w

hat H

e do

es p

rom

ise

is th

at w

hate

ver h

appe

ns

He’

ll be

ther

e rig

ht in

the

thic

k of

it w

ith u

s (ha

ve y

ou e

ver r

ead

that

wel

l kno

wn

vers

e ‘F

ootp

rints

’?) a

nd H

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omis

es to

fulfi

l tha

t lon

ging

that

is d

eep

with

in o

ur h

earts

. Wha

teve

r yo

ur h

opes

and

pla

ns fo

r the

com

ing

year

I’ll

be p

rayi

ng th

at y

ou m

ay d

isco

ver t

he e

tern

al

hope

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mes

sage

of C

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and

fulfi

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at E

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Pau

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May

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God

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ou w

ith a

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n H

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o th

at y

ou m

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verfl

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hop

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pow

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f the

Hol

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irit.”

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haps

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mig

ht c

onsi

der m

akin

g it

a N

ew

Year

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solu

tion

to d

isco

ver G

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pla

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r you

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I wis

h yo

u al

l a h

appy

and

pea

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