• Blogging Challenge (Catch-Up) February 3: “The Five Love Languages”–Words Of Affirmation

    By Ruth on February 7, 2021
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    As I continue to delve into The Five Love Languages, I am happy to jump to the love language that has been consistently strong my entire life (and it’s now my strongest), Words Of Affirmation. While this one has sometimes taken a backseat to others, there is nothing that fills my emotional cup more quickly than hearing or reading words that […]
  • Blogging Challenge February 2: “The 5 Love Languages”–Physical Touch

    By Ruth on February 2, 2021
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    As I continue this week to talk about The Five Love Languages, I want to mention each one and how it has impacted me personally in my relationships.   I figured I would begin with the one where I got 0%! Physical Touch! I have a very long history with this one, and I will be honest, that “0%” absolutely stumped […]
  • Blogging Challenge February 1: “The Five Love Languages” By Gary Chapman

    By Ruth on February 1, 2021
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    Welcome to a new month! I am participating in a blog challenge this month, and it centers around various aspects of love and relationships. If you are not familiar with the book The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman, I invite you to check out the website here. There are five love languages, and most of us operate in one or […]
  • February Challenges

    By Ruth on January 31, 2021
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    We are now entering the month of February in the year 2021, and I’m so excited to continue with all my challenges on the blog and elsewhere. Remember I said I would be doing a year-long gratitude challenge? Yes! I will be recording three things for which I am grateful every night! I will probably be posting these on social […]
  • Blogging Challenge January 31: Before/After Photos

    By Ruth on January 31, 2021
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    And just like that, January 2021 comes to a close! Remember how I looked back at the beginning of the month?   I cannot say I’ve lost weight, but I can tell in these photos the differences! I’m excited to see how the months progress!! One month down. Eleven more to go!!
  • Blogging Challenge January 30: Goals Progress

    By Ruth on January 31, 2021
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    As I wrap up my January 2021 blogging challenge, I thought it would be nice to look back at the four goals I posted at the beginning of the month and see what happened with them. Again, I don’t make New Year’s Resolutions, but let’s see what happened. These were my goals: I maintained my weight at 135 pounds or […]
  • Blogging Challenge January 29: My Vegetarian Journey

    By Ruth on January 30, 2021
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    This has totally shocked me over the past few months, and I wanted to explain how this came about. For most of my life, I was consumed with protein. I was constantly worried that my blood sugar would drop (though I had no medical conditions), and I made it a point to eat lots of protein. I wasn’t into vegetables […]
  • Blogging Challenge (Catch-Up) January 28: My Morning Routine

    By Ruth on January 29, 2021
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    The cool thing about blogging challenges is that you can adjust them to your needs, and that is precisely what I’m doing. I was one who NEVER believed in morning routines. I have done my Bible study, prayer, exercise, and everything else in the evening throughout my life. In fact, the mornings were the best times to “waste time” watching […]
  • Blogging Challenge (Catch-Up) January 27: Taking Care of Your Feet

    By Ruth on January 28, 2021
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    I don’t think I ever really liked my feet. They are small, wide, and for most of my life, they were split and cracked. Especially the heels. I literally tried every kind of cream imaginable and regularly tried to file off the dead skin at various times throughout my life. An exciting thing happened last year when I started drinking […]
  • Blogging Challenge (Catch-Up) January 26: Flexibility

    By Ruth on January 28, 2021
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    For as long as I can remember, flexibility has never been a “strong suit” of mine. I’ve struggled with balance, rhythm (in my body especially), and strength. While I’ve done little things over the years to try to correct these, nothing really “stuck…” UNTIL NOW! First of all, not to “beat a dead horse,” but my rebounder has totally revolutionized […]