Story Breaks (sharing my own random stories)

While sharing stories can be good business, historically important, and enriching to families, it is also nourishing to the soul and just plain fun! This category includes miscellaneous stories in a variety of formats that offer a break from my usual instructional posts.

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[Story Break] Forgetfulness
—a beautiful poem by Billy Collins

by Melanie Jongsma, Wordsmith February 22, 2012 Story Breaks (sharing my own random stories)
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One of the companies I write for is launching new Memory Support programs at four of their Illinois locations. I’ve been doing a lot of research for this project, a lot of reading and a lot of writing. So I guess you could say that memory is on my mind. That may be the reason [...]

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What are your New Year’s resolutions for 2012?

by Melanie Jongsma, Wordsmith January 4, 2012 Faith (sharing our part in God's story)

It’s not too late for New Year’s resolutions—and if you’ve already broken the ones you made three days ago, it’s ok to start fresh today! A study by Richard Wiseman, PhD, shows that these five tips give people a better chance of success: Break larger goals into smaller steps. Reward yourself for each step you [...]

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[Story Break]
Guess the Christmas Carol – 4

by Melanie Jongsma, Wordsmith December 21, 2011 Story Breaks (sharing my own random stories)
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Last chance! This is our last entry in the Guess the Christmas Carol series—can you tell what Christmas carol is represented by the photo above? (If you don’t get this one, you are probably a Scrooge!) Hurry up and email your guess to LifelinesPublishing@gmail.com, for your last chance at Christmas fame and glory. Last week Last week’s [...]

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[Story Break]
Guess the Christmas Carol – 3

by Melanie Jongsma, Wordsmith December 14, 2011 Story Breaks (sharing my own random stories)
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This week’s game Can you tell what Christmas carol is represented by the photo above? Don’t put your guess in the comments! Email your guess to LifelinesPublishing@gmail.com, for your chance at fame and glory. Last week’s answer Last week’s Christmas carol was “Emmanuel.” (Get it? It was a series of manuals, with the E one emphasized!) [...]

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[Story Break]
Guess the Christmas Carol – 2

by Melanie Jongsma, Wordsmith December 7, 2011 Story Breaks (sharing my own random stories)
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This week’s carol Can you tell what Christmas carol is represented by the photo above? Email your guess to LifelinesPublishing@gmail.com. (Don’t put your guess in the comments—you’ll ruin it for everyone!) Last week’s answer Last week’s Christmas carol was Deck the Halls. (Get it? It was a picture of Halls cough drops on my deck!) Here’s [...]

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