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CONTENTMENT Archives - Cindy DeBoer https://cindydeboer.com/tag/contentment/ Thu, 25 Nov 2021 04:34:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 https://i0.wp.com/cindydeboer.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/cindydeboericon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 CONTENTMENT Archives - Cindy DeBoer https://cindydeboer.com/tag/contentment/ 32 32 184530663 Thanksgiving Eve Sucks https://cindydeboer.com/2021/11/25/thanksgiving-eve-sucks/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=thanksgiving-eve-sucks https://cindydeboer.com/2021/11/25/thanksgiving-eve-sucks/#comments Thu, 25 Nov 2021 04:34:08 +0000 https://cindydeboer.com/?p=4245 Sometimes holidays conjure up more pain and despair than joy and celebration. That’s true for me, anyway, on the day before Thanksgiving. It was 2013 and with the table set, the turkey stuffed, and pies complete, my husband and I spent the day before Thanksgiving driving to Ann Arbor to meet with a pulmonology specialist. […]

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]]> https://cindydeboer.com/2021/11/25/thanksgiving-eve-sucks/feed/ 33 4245 Lessons from the brain dead https://cindydeboer.com/2019/07/18/lessons-from-the-brain-dead/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lessons-from-the-brain-dead https://cindydeboer.com/2019/07/18/lessons-from-the-brain-dead/#comments Thu, 18 Jul 2019 19:19:10 +0000 https://cindydeboer.com/?p=1464 I was absent from one of the most transformative events in my life. It happened to my husband while in Guatemala but left an indelible print on me and I’ve never been the same since. Back in the day when we believed visiting Guatemala regularly would bring lasting change to the country, we often included […]

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]]> https://cindydeboer.com/2019/07/18/lessons-from-the-brain-dead/feed/ 14 1464 On Dying Slowly https://cindydeboer.com/2019/04/25/on-dying-slowly/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=on-dying-slowly https://cindydeboer.com/2019/04/25/on-dying-slowly/#comments Thu, 25 Apr 2019 15:44:28 +0000 https://cindydeboer.com/?p=1146 One of the lowest, crappiest things well-intentioned people say to you when they find out you have a terminal illness is this: “Well, you know, we’re all dying really.” Of course we are. Nobody believes these bodies will last forever. But sometimes it just stinks to be me because someone gave me a TIME LINE. […]

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]]> https://cindydeboer.com/2019/04/25/on-dying-slowly/feed/ 12 1146 The Tale of Two Porches https://cindydeboer.com/2019/03/28/the-tale-of-two-porches/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-tale-of-two-porches https://cindydeboer.com/2019/03/28/the-tale-of-two-porches/#comments Thu, 28 Mar 2019 13:49:56 +0000 https://cindydeboer.com/?p=1058 The Impressive White Wrap-Around Porch: I was thrilled when I was dreamed into life. Every component of the home knows there are two of us that carry the most weight and significance: the kitchen table – where our people gather to share, grow, and learn to love; and the front porch – where our people […]

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]]> https://cindydeboer.com/2019/03/28/the-tale-of-two-porches/feed/ 4 1058 The Worst Houseguest Ever (and how to get rid of her) https://cindydeboer.com/2019/03/14/the-worst-houseguest-ever-and-how-to-get-rid-of-her/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-worst-houseguest-ever-and-how-to-get-rid-of-her https://cindydeboer.com/2019/03/14/the-worst-houseguest-ever-and-how-to-get-rid-of-her/#comments Thu, 14 Mar 2019 18:19:26 +0000 https://cindydeboer.com/?p=1024 We’ve had the worst houseguest all winter. In fact, I’ve never despised anyone more. It’s bad enough she showed up unannounced – but now she hangs out in the WORST possible places, and REFUSES to leave! I’ve been downright rude to her and I’m always telling everyone how much I hate her, even when she […]

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]]> https://cindydeboer.com/2019/03/14/the-worst-houseguest-ever-and-how-to-get-rid-of-her/feed/ 11 1024 The 5.7 Billion Dollar Question (the one nobody is asking…) https://cindydeboer.com/2019/01/18/the-5-7-billion-dollar-question-the-one-nobody-is-asking/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-5-7-billion-dollar-question-the-one-nobody-is-asking https://cindydeboer.com/2019/01/18/the-5-7-billion-dollar-question-the-one-nobody-is-asking/#comments Fri, 18 Jan 2019 13:49:50 +0000 https://cindydeboer.com/?p=909 When we were young – perhaps our early thirties – we had an excess of money and were picking up steam to make considerably more. Our trajectory was secure. We owned all the pretty things, had a solid retirement account, the kids’ college tuition neatly tucked away, and, should we have died, our offspring would […]

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]]> https://cindydeboer.com/2019/01/18/the-5-7-billion-dollar-question-the-one-nobody-is-asking/feed/ 6 909 Wiser Why's https://cindydeboer.com/2014/02/25/wiser-whys-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wiser-whys-2 https://cindydeboer.com/2014/02/25/wiser-whys-2/#comments Tue, 25 Feb 2014 23:35:00 +0000 http://cindykdeboer.wordpress.com/2014/02/25/wiser-whys-2 I am told that when life just doesn’t make sense at all it’s okay to ask God, “Why?” When maybe a single phone call, lab results, a fire, or a funeral, leave you suddenly questioning who is God, really, and if He’s truly good and concerned about what’s going on down here or if He’s […]

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