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Jul 13
4 min

Committed to My Calling

Dear Mama, We were not designed to walk through life alone. Beauty, victories, pain, and losses are just a few of the fibers intertwin...

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Jeanna McNeil

Feb 20
1 min

Please Don't Be Offended

Dear Mama, Please don’t be offended if I don’t ask to hold your baby when I come visit...

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Jeanna McNeil

Jan 21
2 min

You Were Created to Shine

"And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same."

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All of the Little Things You Do...Matter

Jeanna McNeil

Dec 13, 2019
2 min

All of the Little Things You Do...Matter

Dear Mama, This is just a quick reminder that wherever you are in life, whatever it is that you are doing - all of the little, sometimes ...

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Jeanna McNeil

Nov 17, 2019
2 min

You Are Not A Failure

Dear Mama, We don’t have to see the whole picture to trust that it’s beautiful.

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Jeanna McNeil

Sep 23, 2019
2 min

Your Mountaintop is Coming

Though the valleys and the in-betweens can often seem like a place of regression, they can also be a place of rest and reflection.

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Jeanna McNeil

Jun 6, 2019
4 min

What Do You Want?

Dear Mama, I'd like to ask you a few questions today: What do you want? What is holding you back? What do you believe?

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Jeanna McNeil

May 30, 2019
4 min

Wherever Your Path Takes You

Dear Mama, I can't promise everything will go according to plan, that it will all look like what you have envisioned. In fact, I dare say...

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