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Mar.11.2010
Well the next few days will be all about the ski trip on Saturday and on Sunday it is children's church with the children's choir singing as well as the children's newsletter. Two of the young girls at church write the newsletter, give it to me and I type it for them. The pastor asked me some...
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Mar.10.2010
I woke up this morning hearing Taffi Dollar talking about Solomon in I Kings 11 and how he loved many women. Solomon was a king and he was a man that everyone admired, he was rich, he owned land, he was wise and people came to hear what he had to say. He had every material possession he ever...
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Mar.08.2010
There is so much going on in my life and it keeps me so excited. A lot of challenges to work through, so many ideas that I find I am exhausted with the thoughts flooding my brain and doing my workbook. I have discovered on pg. 23 of this book that I have themes!! What that means to me is that my...
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Mar.07.2010
Today is Sunday and it happens to be my favorite day of the week. I look forward to going to church and hanging out with like-minded folk. The singing, the smiles, the side kisses on the cheek, the handshakes, the whaz'ups from the kids and the good morning sister mother and deacon and brother...
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Mar.04.2010
I am now on Day 6 of my workbook written by my writing coach Teresa LeYung Ryan, Build Your Name, Beat the Game: Be Happily Published (http://WritingCoachTeresa.com). The goal is to thrive as an author and from my perspective to make yourself write and to think about what you are as a person. It...
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Mar.04.2010
This morning I woke up with my middle son on my mind. Wondering how I could communicate with him better. Feeling a little frustrated with him last night and understanding after sleep that I am the adult and I have to find a way to not make him feel uncomfortable in his own skin. He is indeed a...
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Mar.02.2010
I woke up this morning and put in a DVD of TD Jakes and his message was to "use what you got". Now that was perfect for my Tuesday. As you know Mondays are extremely long and tiring for me and last night was no different. I found myself blogging last night, and when I opened my eyes my...
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Feb.28.2010
I woke up this morning at 6ish a.m. and clearly saw a beautiful picture in my dream, that Charles Stanley had taken. He is a preacher that I watch on television on Sunday mornings who is not only an inspirational preacher he is a very talented photographer. It is a photo that he took inside a...
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Feb.28.2010
I submitted a 2000 word only edited version of the following aha moment for my 'Aha Moment' submission to Oprah's website. I thought best to post the entire epiphany which was more than 2000 words just for ya'll. http://www.oprah.com .
O.k. here goes. Tiger apologized on national television...
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Feb.27.2010
Finally I was able to upload a photo from the SF Writers Conference! I was the guest of my writing coach, mentor and friend Teresa LeYung Ryan writingcoachteresa@wordpress.com and Elisa Southard, the tagline queen and the woman in the pink helmet www.elisasouthard.com. I met Bob Quinlan www....
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Feb.21.2010
OK, here it goes. Tiger apologized on national television about how he cheated on his wife and his children. I ask why? I really do not care. I didn't watch the interview when it came on and I tried really, really hard not to watch anything about it or listen to anything about it. It was...
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Feb.12.2010
Dear Yolande,
I am your cycle and I really don't like you right now. My cylce is heaving because it is going to go away. It is having it's last hurrah. No more children and no more need to have a cycle. In a way it is letting me know I don't like this one bit. Well cycle I don't either.
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Feb.10.2010
Well Haiti is now further on the backburner. Some good meaning folks went over there and tried to take some Haitian children (orhpans?); never minding that at least one of the children said she had parents. They were bringing them to a better life.
Sarah Palin, while in an interview, had written...
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Feb.04.2010
Yesterday in getting ready to retire in 5 years I heard the title of my new poem. I am a writer who knows when the words are right. I know the very first time when the words moved me to write them and when I get that urge, I write and I know that the audience is gonna love it! I remember that I...
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All things are possible with God. ”
—My life and His Word (aka The Bible)
About Yolande
Yolande Barial is an inspirational and spiritual writer and poet. Her life-long journey is to encourage and empower all sisters, young and seasoned, to become on-purpose. She uses her unique voice to express the reality that all things are possible with God....
Yolande’s Favorite Books
The Bible, The Wisdom of Menopause, Any Book by Max Lucado, Any book by T.D. Jakes, One Day My Soul Just Opened Up, All books by Iyanla Vanzant