Change of Pace
For some time now, I have been aware that I needed to create a change of pace for myself. Over the last three years, I have sent a weekly...
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Brandi Diamond
- Aug 1
- 2 min
Back to School
For so many of my friends in the South, today marks the first day of school. Whether for those who are professional teachers, or those...
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Brandi Diamond
- Jul 25
- 2 min
Solitude
Due to the IT global outage this past week, my plans certainly were changed, and my guess is this is true for many of you as well....
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Brandi Diamond
- Jul 18
- 1 min
Breathe
A friend once said to me, "It feels like a lot because it is a lot." That was back in 2020, at the start of the pandemic. I was feeling a...
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Brandi Diamond
- Jul 11
- 2 min
Travel
As the summer continues along, I love seeing what people are doing as the travel or staycation. This is a good thing to like about social...
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Brandi Diamond
- Jun 20
- 2 min
Longing for Rain
It is hot. Classic Atlanta hot summer. And I find myself longing for rain. Here's a little reflection from another day, a summer day of...
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Brandi Diamond
- Jun 13
- 2 min
Beach Days
This week I am so happy to have my two kids at the beach. It has been awhile since all four of us have been together. With Taylor and...
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Brandi Diamond
- Jun 6
- 2 min
Beautiful and Terrible
Lately I have reflected on some recent events and found them to be beautiful, wonderful, terrible, and stressful, all mixed up into one....
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Brandi Diamond
- May 30
- 2 min
Green Bean Moments
Some years ago a friend of mine told a story of one of the congregants in her church where she served as pastor. The congregant was a...
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Brandi Diamond
- May 23
- 2 min
I Don't Know
In college, my favorite professor always taught us that when public speaking, you should never try to cover if you don't know the answer....
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Brandi Diamond
- May 16
- 2 min
Enter the Wilderness
May is full of chaos - how does it sound to enter the wilderness right now? Can you imagine the peace and quiet, the tranquility, the...
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Brandi Diamond
- May 9
- 2 min
Next Chapter
This morning we are in Boulder, celebrating the graduation of our daughter Bailey from the University of Colorado. What a moment! How we...
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Brandi Diamond
- May 2
- 1 min
Pay Attention
It is so hard to pay attention right now, and yet there's so much that requires our attention. Juggling the plates, walking the tightrope...
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Brandi Diamond
- Apr 25
- 1 min
What a pain...
Last week I tweaked something in my back that led to acute hip pain that I have been managing every single day, every single hour. There...
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Brandi Diamond
- Apr 18
- 1 min
Unconscious
In days when we are most busy we need to slow down, take a pause, be present. There is a strong tendency to be unconscious, to be numb,...
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Brandi Diamond
- Apr 11
- 2 min
not a lot going on at the moment...
In April 2020, Taylor Swift posted a simple photo on Instagram with the caption, “Not a lot going on at the moment.” Many fans related,...
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Brandi Diamond
- Apr 4
- 2 min
Start Spreading the News
When my son Taylor started college at NYU as a freshman in the fall of 2018, we drove to the airport for move in weekend with Frank...
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Brandi Diamond
- Mar 28
- 3 min
Unexpected Views
Sometimes life just doesn't look the way we were expecting. I recently visited an important place in my life where I haven't been in many...
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Brandi Diamond
- Mar 21
- 3 min
Yes
We are in the midst of days where there are a lot of volunteers asks. Fall may seem like a long time away - we haven't even really gotten...
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Brandi Diamond
- Mar 14
- 2 min
Hard Days
When my kids were small, I loved being the room mom in their classes. One of the tricks I learned early on was to ask the teacher what...
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