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Cozy Bedroom

How do I make my bed look cozy without throw pillows? We have a king-size bed, and without pillows, it looks like a big, flat box in the middle of the room. Don’t underestimate nice linens. I think a bedroom … Continue reading

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Light

Let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven. Matthew 5:16 Positively Purging-I welcome your feedbacks in the comments and your likes and passing the real life wisdom on to … Continue reading

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Ask Me

The hardest part, she says, isn’t even the superficial circumstances of a character. It’s discovering what they strive for and what holds them back. She quotes a famous passage from Merton’s novel My Argument With the Gestapo: “If you want to identify … Continue reading

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Connecting

Stay in contact with people — life has a funny way of intertwining your past. Positively Purging-I welcome your feedbacks in the comments and your likes and passing the real life wisdom on to others as I embark on this … Continue reading

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Jingling Us Out of Trouble

My sister, mother and I were driving with “Gam,” our surrogate grandmother, when our 1990 Accord conked out at an intersection in Santa Ana. Seven years old, I sat crying in the back seat, thinking, “We’re going to die right … Continue reading

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