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When Excellence Becomes Exhaustion
Breaking free from the voice that says you’re never enough. Tomorrow is the 4th of July—Independence Day. A day we celebrate freedom, courage, and the bold act of declaring something different for our future. And this year, I’ve been thinking a lot about what it means to break free—not from a country or a regime…
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🎮 That Time a Brown Recluse Turned Me Into a Sims-Addicted Life Coach
When I was 24, I got bitten by a brown recluse spider. I didn’t see it happen. Just noticed a weird red spot on my leg—burning, with a tiny brown dot in the middle. I figured it was nothing, but my family pushed me to get it checked out. So I went to the doctor,…
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The People Who Hurts Us Can’t Always Heal Us
I’ve been spending a lot of time in counseling lately, and I’m not embarrassed about it. In fact, I think the whole world should be in counseling—if you’ve never tried it, consider this your sign! One of the things I’ve been working through is the idea of closure. Ugh. Closure. Just the word makes me…
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When “I Take Full Responsibility” Rings Hollow
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about General Eisenhower’s quiet, never-used speech on D-Day—the one he drafted in case the Normandy invasion failed. Accountability in its purest form. Eisenhower didn’t just say the right words—he wrote them down privately and carried them in his wallet, prepared to face the consequences of his decisions. It…
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Juneteenth Matters – Especially if we love Freedom
A lot of businesses (including my own) announced on social media that they are closed for the Juneteenth holiday. Many of those posts had quite a bit of “engagement” … people responding with the laughing emoji and comments about how ridiculous it is. Some called it political. And honestly, that makes me sad. I’m a…
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Why I Spent an Hour Writing a Father’s Day Post
I wrote a Father’s Day post this year that probably took me way too long to finish. It wasn’t long or flashy—I didn’t write a tribute worthy of a Hallmark card or a sweeping memoir about fatherhood. But still, I spent about an hour writing and rewriting it. Because for me, almost everything I post…
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My Favorite Books of 2024
Better late than never 🙂 It’s already almost halfway through 2025, and I didn’t even realize I hadn’t posted my favorite books from last year until a friend pointed it out to me. So here I am, catching up—because it’s never too late to celebrate great stories! Every year, my reading goals look a little…
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“The Eyes of the World Are Upon You”
It’s been a minute! These last few months have been full of transitions and celebrations in the Hofer house. We’ve been busy launching our youngest son from high school into adulthood—an adventure that has taken up most of the time I usually use to reflect and write. There are a lot of ideas bouncing around…
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The Unintentional Lessons of Motherhood
Finding Strength in Struggles Does anyone ever feel adequately equipped to be a parent? I never have. And if you do, your kids will likely humble you at some point. You think parenting will get easier as your kids grow up, but I think it actually gets harder. Discipline gets harder. Communication gets harder. And…
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The Challenge of Letting Go
Embracing the Wisdom of “Let Them” In a world where it seems like we can’t agree on anything, one truth that I think is universally accepted is that nothing matters more than relationships. The poem “Let Them” by Cassie Phillips keeps showing up in my Facebook feed. Every time I see it, I read it.…
Richelle Hofer 