Category: about
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Why I Love Softball and Growling at People
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Growing up, we all have our favorite activities. I started tee-ball as a little kid, and transitioned to playing softball, which I did all the way through high school. I would spend hours using a softball swing trainer to improve my game daily. I must say that spring time was…
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A Blog-aversary and Other Celebrations!
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This week marks the one year anniversary of Welcoming Spirit! Oh my! And to think that the one year day was actually the same day I was offered a new job… wow. I’ve got a houseful of college friends coming over tonight, but in the next week, in celebration of…
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The Lessons Taught by an Aunt and Uncle
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A couple of weekends ago, my sister, her husband and I went back to summer camp. My sister and I had attended Kennolyn as campers, went through the Camper in Leadership Training program, and went on to be counselors and Directors ourselves. Camp was a life changing event. We learned…
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About the Real Me
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My buddy Jess Gonacha made a really lovely post this morning about the real her. She and a friend had been talking about how many people feel the pressure to appear perfect in the blogging world. So, to give a little perspective on things, she and a friend posted pictures…
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Ta-dah! A New Layout!
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I’d been wishing for a new layout for some time for the blog. I’d searched and searched for something a little less pink, a little more “universal,” and finally found a dreamy layout at Our Blogger Templates, and went with the one titled “Spain.” This let me upload my own…
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About Me
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Hi there! My name is Paula Jenkins and this blog is my little home for sharing what inspires me. My posts focus on: leading retreats and spirituality crafts and DIY decorating gluten free living updates on our nine month old son (his nickname is Zoom) Starting in 2004, I began leading retreats…
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This Pretty Much Sums it Up
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Drawn by my boss on the department white board. True enough to real life that it made me laugh, but I do know that my co-worker Jane will be disappointed. She kept yelling “make me the trapezoid!”
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It Has Been a Whirlwind
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Sometimes you just need a moment to catch your breath. That would aptly describe my last few days; from being busy time-wise, and from being busy from heart and spirit – it has been a whirlwind. At work, we had a group of colleagues in from out of town last…
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It is Not My Grief to Own
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Early this morning, I got an email from a dear friend. A friend I met at my first year at UCSB, who I have lived with twice. Once in college, and once probably ten years later, after we were working in the big, real, world. Since college, there have been…