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simple like a strawberry: 10 months in Louisville (basement dwelling 101)

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Wednesday, March 4, 2015. 10 months in Louisville (basement dwelling 101). The day is quickly approaching when I'm going to look back on the past ten months and miss them like crazy. That's just one thoughtful/kind thing I've pulled out of the hat stuffed full of thoughtful/kind things the landlords have done for me for 10 months. The landlords thank me for living here pretty regularly. Is the only logical response. Since May 2014, my sister and her family have let me live in their house for free. I am m...

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simple like a strawberry: I'm alive! And I'll never get tired of saying it

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Sunday, August 24, 2014. And I'll never get tired of saying it. This morning I woke up. I looked in the mirror and saw my scarred face, funny shaped lips, fake teeth, and I smiled. This morning I woke up. August 25, 2012 almost ended my life, but it didn't. And today, August 25, 2014, I'm celebrating God's mercy. My pastor, my parents, orphans in India, missionaries in Thailand, and loved ones and strangers in the USA were talking to God for me. They were asking Him to help me. He gave me what He paid for.

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simple like a strawberry: I'm seriously unimpressive but I can make God proud

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Wednesday, April 8, 2015. I'm seriously unimpressive but I can make God proud. When I was going into 7th grade, one of my classmates was killed in a dirt bike wreck. In an effort to bring some comfort to his parents, I made a video for them. My sisters drove me around to my classmates' homes and I filmed them sharing their fondest memories of Jonathan. One night, when I was in the middle of this surprisingly huge and time-consuming video project, my oldest sister came to my bedroom. I began to cry. My 7t...

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simple like a strawberry: I got fired

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Thursday, May 22, 2014. I got fired and got a new job,. All within an hour. Yesterday was a full day. I had trained two days at this super classy restaurant that was way more serious of a job than I had wanted, but was going to give it my all. I was learning what things like "foie gras" and "sauce perigueux" meant. I'm kind of a farmer, and we don't call our food by french words on the farm. The manager asks to talk to me, and says a lot of words that can be paraphrased into the following;. Hi I'm Abbie ...

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simple like a strawberry: naked on my deathbed

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Sunday, February 8, 2015. Naked on my deathbed. I came into this world naked. I entered with no money in my bank account, no food in my fridge, no treasures to my name. I want to go out of this world the exact same way. I don't want to die surrounded by all the stuff I've worked for years to collect. I don't want to have any of anything. Left, because I want to have given it all away. I want to have given all of me. For 27 years, time has been flying by me. None of it is going to last. Maybe it looks lik...

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simple like a strawberry: the most important moment of all

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Monday, March 23, 2015. The most important moment of all. The longest I've ever gone without seeing my parents (my best friends) was a few months in 2013. I was in Thailand, they were in the U.S. I know a few months without seeing your parents isn't that long, especially considering that I'm sort of an adult, but I'm also still sort of a little girl, so a few months was actually quite a long time. I really missed my parents. Hugging them in the airport was about as happy a moment as moments come. He want...

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simple like a strawberry: why I take care of my body

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Thursday, February 12, 2015. Why I take care of my body. In front of Whole Foods the other day I saw a sign that said this,. Treat your body like it belongs to someone you love.". Whole Foods is onto something here. If your body belongs to someone you're crazy about, wouldn't you want to take care of it for them? Make it as healthy as it could be? If you're a Christian, then your body does. Belong to Someone you love. You really do belong to Jesus. Every part of you! He thought every part. I've not maste...

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simple like a strawberry: 3 things I've learned from being in the bottom of a pit

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Monday, April 27, 2015. 3 things I've learned from being in the bottom of a pit. I've spent a lot of time in the bottom of a pit. Life is full of pits, and we all know what it's like to be in one. The ones I fall into vary in size, appearance, and allure. But they all stink, they're all dark, and they all try to keep me in. You're married and find yourself with a crush on a co-worker, you're a Christian and find yourself doubting God's very existence,. You're in debt up to your eyeballs,. He takes the ti...

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simple like a strawberry: I used to be prettier.

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Tuesday, April 15, 2014. I used to be prettier. On August 25, 2012, I flew off a motorbike and collided headfirst with a metal pole. That pole took my front teeth, ripped a hole in my bottom lip, cut my eyebrow to the bone, and did some other un-seen damage to my skull and memory. The seen damage is what I want to address right now. I give you my word, I'm not fishing for a compliment,. Nor do I want you to feel sorry for me. There's truly nothing to feel sorry for. I think that's a funny sentence. But a...