I love to decorate certain rooms in my home to reflect various days, holidays or seasons. I decorate for Thanksgiving, Christmas, Valentine’s Day, St. Patrick’s Day and yes, Easter. I tend to go all out despite the fact that my two grown sons moved out years ago and my grandchildren recently moved to Florida. But I still decorate.

I gazed at my kitchen counters, island and table lined with grass, Easter decorations, and of course candy. Easter hand towels, wash cloths and pot holders hang from cabinets and door knobs. Easter wreaths adorn the front and back doors. Easter baskets for my grandchildren add to the landscape. My family room coffee table completes the setting.

I also love to dye eggs…72 eggs. My mom dyed 72 for my sisters and brother, and I continued the tradition. My sons Branden and Ryan and I dyed 72 eggs while they were growing up. My two granddaughters Noah and Mathai dyed 72 eggs together. My children asked why I still dye so many.  Tradition maybe, or maybe I just like to dye eggs.

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I recently saw the movie Wonder starring Julie Roberts, Owen Wilson, and Jacob Tremblay. Wonder tells the inspiring and heartfelt story of a little boy named August Pullman (played by Tremblay) who suffers from Treacher Collins syndrome, a rare genetic disorder caused by an anomaly in DNA characterized by facial deformities of the ears, eyes, cheekbones, and chin.

Julia Roberts and Owen Wilson play the parents who love their son fiercely and desire desperately to protect him. August’s mom homeschooled him because he underwent multiple facial surgeries. But as he approaches middle school age, his parents decide to enroll him in private school. He enters the fifth grade attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time. Initially, he gets ostracized by nearly all the student body, but later on one of his classmates befriends him. His parents’ hearts ache for his anguish and rejoice in his successes as he navigates his way in the world of the 5th grade.

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As Super Bowl season draws near, many wonder what the game plan will be for each team to win. The coaches wrestle with decisions on what plays to run, when to run them, etc. Many variables drive their decision-making process to develop the winning game plan.

Life is filled with decisions we must make daily. What to wear, what to eat, where to go, what to say, how to say it and numerous other decisions consume our day and our lives. Because making choices constantly occurs, we often neglect to think about what drives our decision-making process.

People base their choices on what seems right for them, peer pressure, (commonly known as “keeping up with the Joneses”), convenience, and many other reasons. Because of the multitude and complexity of certain decisions, some people find themselves hiring a coach to help with their game plan for life.

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“Hacked” … a word most of us dread hearing because of the implications. Well, it happened to me… my computer and the CUTE Collections’ website got hacked. Yes, I guess even CUTE people get hacked, but because we are CUTE, because we are Covered, we can get back up and “Recover” from what the world and the enemy sends us.

I must admit that I got frustrated and discouraged. I felt like throwing in the towel and shutting the website down. I over-reacted. I’m glad I allow people in my life to wake me up and keep me from being distracted by the hacks of the world. The purpose of the hacker was to shut my computer down, to prevent me from doing what I needed to do to run the ministry, and hold me hostage. I needed help against the hacker to fix the problem.

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