My daughter introduced me to the card game called, “Exploding Kittens.” Yes, that is a real game. I played it for the first time in Virginia Beach while visiting my college best friend and her family. We went out to eat and they showed me a long tradition of theirs, take a deck of cardsContinue reading “Boundaries”
Category Archives: Charla’s Thoughts
Adulting in the Spiritual Life
Do you remember when you became an adult? For most, it happens on the sly. All of the sudden you turn 26 and you can’t be on your parents’ health insurance. What?! You have the sinking realization that you really are on your own. You can also eat Oreos for dinner. So, there is anContinue reading “Adulting in the Spiritual Life”
Jackson and how he saved me
This is the face that makes me smile. His name is Jackson. He came to live with us over fall break in 2019. He was 17 weeks old – a rescue pup. His owners wanted to breed toy Australian Shepherds, but they failed. Jackson and his brother were rescued after the other pup in theContinue reading “Jackson and how he saved me”
Fairy Houses and Happily Ever After
My daughter, Elizabeth, discovered a treat at the Will Rogers Garden, 3400 NW 36th St, OKC. Her dad and I had been to this park several times before she was born. It was just a few miles from our first home in the central part of the state. Once Elizabeth was born, parks with swingsContinue reading “Fairy Houses and Happily Ever After”
Questions
Want to have a great conversation? Get curious. Through the years, I’ve found questions to be an amazing tool to help move conversations deeper. When you first meet someone, pay attention to where you are and how you encounter your conversation partner. A great question to begin is, “So…when you are not (fill in theContinue reading “Questions”
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