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Christine Yount Jones

Stop Comparison With Other Dieters

We must stop comparison to have hearts full of joy and gratitude. But comparison is a companion to vanity. From our childhoods, we’ve heard this line and it’s insidious. “Mirror, mirror on the wall, Who’s the fairest of them all.” Comparison gets us nowhere. Comparison…

Shadow Family…Life in Our Step Family

Our step family is a shadow of what once was. It is a specter of what could be. It is a reminder of broken shards of the families that could have been. Our step family is holidays with half our hearts. It is reunions with absent guests. Our step family…

Death Is My Traveling Companion

Death is my traveling companion. We prepare for a dream trip to France and these items are on my list of things to accomplish before we board our first flight. The drapes are at the alteration shop by the UPS store in the shopping center with the Subway, I tell…