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Five Minute Friday: Purpose

Date: March 3, 2017
Author: Jennifer Mullen
Categories: Five Minute Friday, Home Organization
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One of the things I missed most during my 18 month hiatus from blogging is the practice of Five Minute Fridays…and the community there!

I have met some of my best online friends there.

Kate provides the clan with a one word prompt, and we all set our timers to write for five minutes flat.  It is a challenging assignment, especially for those who are grammatically cranky or the poor spellers like me.

I am very out of practice so please bare with me.  This won’t be a Pulitzer Prize Piece, but I need to practice my craft…

The word this week is PURPOSE

Ready…set…go!

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Six Tips for Establishing Christmas Traditions

Date: December 8, 2014
Author: Jennifer Mullen
Categories: Christmas, Family Fun
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Last week I had the opportunity to speak at my old MOPS group. It has been a year and a half since I was involved with this group.  It warmed my heart to see so many new faces.  Many of the women whom I was in MOPS with have transitioned to a new season of life like I have.  To see the group strong and growing is so wonderful!

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Popcorn on My Breath

Date: April 9, 2014
Author: Jennifer Mullen
Categories: Chit Chat, Giveaways, Women Living In Faith, Words of Encouragement
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Last week I told you about my new favorite book Surprised By Motherhood: Everything I never expected about being a mom by Lisa-Jo Baker.

In the book she talks about losing her mother at the age of 18.  She reflects on different parts of her childhood as she tries to “piece together scraps” and parent her own children through memories.

One memory was of her mom showing up late to pick her up from school.  She said that she could “smell the popcorn on her breath” and that she knew that her mother had been to the movies.  Lisa went on to say:

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So Glad You Came!

Date: October 16, 2013
Author: Jennifer Mullen
Categories: Chit Chat
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Good morning, Friend!

Seeing as this is our first cup of coffee together, we should get to know each other!

Number one thing you should now about me is that like it or not I live from one cup of coffee to another.  I really need an IV drip of it. I used to blame my need for coffee on my kids, but now that they sleep through the night (for the most part) I can only say that I typically burn the candle at both ends.  (Make no mistake…I love my life!)

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