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A Little Monday Inspiration – Spring Is Coming….I Promise.

Are you wondering if Spring will ever arrive? Need a reminder that Spring is on its way? This video will remind you of the beauty of spring and the joy that flowers can bring. She turned to the sunlight And shook her yellow head, And whispered to her neighbor: “Winter is dead”. A. A. Milne…
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A Little Monday Inspiration

Photo taken at Lake Vermillion, Minnesota by Stacie Gorkow You have to decide what your highest priorities are  and have the courage  – pleasantly, smilingly, nonapologetically –  to say no to other things.  And the way to do that is to have bigger “yes” burning inside. –Stephen Covey, author, educator, and businessman I have started…
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A Winter Poem

A relative sent me this poem in her Christmas card  and I knew that I had to share it with you this winter. This was one of our trees a year ago today, March 7, 2013 White Fields By James Stephens In the winter time we go Walking in the fields of snow; Where there…
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A Little Monday Inspiration – LOVE

Since February is the month of LOVE, I wanted to share my favorite quotes on LOVE from the Bible every Monday. May you feel God’s LOVE today! 1 Peter 4:8 Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. 
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A Little Monday Inspiration – LOVE

Since February is the month of LOVE, I wanted to share my favorite quotes on LOVE from the Bible every Monday. May you feel God’s LOVE today! 1 Corinthians 13:13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. 
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A Little Monday Inspiration – LOVE

Since February is the month of LOVE, I wanted to share my favorite quotes on LOVE from the Bible every Monday. May you feel God’s LOVE today! Romans 12:9-10 Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves. 
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A Little Monday Inspiration – LOVE

Since February is the month of LOVE, I wanted to share my favorite quotes on LOVE from the Bible every Monday. May you feel God’s LOVE today! John 15:12 My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.
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A Little Monday Inspiration

I haven’t posted one of these for awhile.  I hope this gets your week off to a great start! It’s supposed to be hard.  If it wasn’t hard, everyone would do it.  The hard is what makes it great! Tom Hanks in A League of Their Own This quote can apply to so many things…
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Merry Christmas – A Little Monday Inspiration

I was introduced to this poem at the beginning of December and I haven’t been able to get it out of my mind. I don’t know the author of this poem (if you do let me know), but I think it perfectly sums up the meaning of Christmas.  Be sure to keep Christmas in your…
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Memory Verse of the Week

In this season of giving and abundance, please remember those who are less fortunate.  Find a family, an organization, a church, or an angel tree at a business and bless someone.  You could even do some of those wonderful random acts of kindness.  Walk in to a homeless shelter and hand out gifts, pay for…
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Stacie's bookshelf: read-in-2023

The Lazy Genius Kitchen: Have What You Need, Use What You Have, and Enjoy It Like Never Before
Your Table Is Ready: Tales of a New York City Maître D'
The Royal Governess: A Novel of Queen Elizabeth II's Childhood
Food Fight
Spare
Foster
This Time Tomorrow
To Bless the Space Between Us: A Book of Blessings
Kiss Me in the Coral Lounge: Intimate Confessions from a Happy Marriage
Save What's Left
Remarkably Bright Creatures
The Galveston Diet: The Doctor-Developed, Patient-Proven Plan to Burn Fat and Tame Your Hormonal Symptoms
Golden Hills
The Girl with the Louding Voice
The Favor
Small Things Like These
This Is How I Lied
Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital
Audrey L and Audrey W: Best Friends-ish: Book 1
Audrey L and Audrey W: True Creative Talents: Book 2
Chasing Giants: In Search of the World's Largest Freshwater Fish
The Puzzler: One Man's Quest to Solve the Most Baffling Puzzles Ever, from Crosswords to Jigsaws to the Meaning of Life
In Conclusion, Don't Worry About It
It Is Well With My Soul: My Story
Have I Told You This Already?: Stories I Don’t Want to Forget to Remember
Book Lovers
A Girl Called Samson
Finn and the Feline Frenemy
The Levee
The Golden Spoon
Only the Beautiful
Live Wire: Long-Winded Short Stories
The Sisters Sweet
Fish in a Tree
This Tender Land
Intermittent Fasting Transformation: The 45-Day Program for Women to Lose Stubborn Weight, Improve Hormonal Health, and Slow Aging
The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise
Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice from Dear Sugar
Ben Y and the Ghost in the Machine
The Great Gilly Hopkins
BenBee and the Teacher Griefer
We Should Not Be Friends: The Story of a Friendship
Blue Highways: A Journey into America
Beyond the Point
The Family
Hamnet
The Bookstore Sisters
And Finally: Matters of Life and Death
The Cactus
Black Cake
Ban This Book
Passing
I'm Glad My Mom Died
These Precious Days: Essays
Evidence of the Affair
The Night Travelers
Out of the Corner
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
One Day in December

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