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Recently, my niece and her young son came to visit. I found myself fixated on him, not because he’s incredibly sweet, funny, smart and adorable (which he is), but more because of his carefree attitude. After his initial shyness wore…
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Category: Blog
Tags: blog, childcare, childhood, childlike, childlikefaith, children, faithasachild, humorhearthope, innocence, innocent, katmerrigan, kids, protectourkids, purity
This phrase is far more than the partial title of a famous song from Boyz II Men. It’s perhaps one of the most basic truths we encounter. Goodbyes can be rough. First, let me be clear, I’m not talking about…
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Category: Blog
Tags: blog, christianlife, comfort, comforter, dealingwithloss, death, depression, finalgoodbye, godlovesyou, goodbye, grief, grieving, humorhearthope, katmerrigan, losingsomeone, loss, mourn, mourning, sadness
I was recently reminded of elementary school gym class. (No, I wasn’t having a nightmare or some PTSD-like flashback, but I can see why you might think that.) As you may recall, the teacher would often choose two captains and…
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Category: Blog
Tags: acceptance, accepted, anxiety, blog, chooseme, chosen, christianlife, fearofrejection, fitin, fittingin, godandgodalone, godisforyou, godlovesyou, humorhearthope, included, katmerrigan, pickme, rejected, rejection
We’ve all probably heard the expression, “I’m my own worst enemy”. I’ve used it numerous times. In my case, it describes my tendency toward procrastination and self-sabotage. I don’t typically need any outside interference to block me from pursuing or…
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Category: Blog
Tags: blog, christianblog, christianlife, enemy, fightingtheenemy, humorhearthope, katmerrigan, knowyourvalue, knowyourworth, lookatyourself, self, selfesteem, selfevaluation, selfsabotage, selfworth, worstenemy, youhavevalue, youhaveworth
I begin this article with a confession. I have been butchering a common expression for most of my adult life. The correct phrase is to “ignore the elephant in the room”. As I’m sure you know, it means there’s some…
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Category: Blog
Tags: anxietyrelief, blog, confront, confrontation, confrontingproblems, dealingwithissues, difficult, elephant, elephantintheroom, facingissues, humorhearthope, ignore, ignoring, katmerrigan, problems, problemsolving, uncomfortable
My last name is Merrigan. Legend has it that when our ancestors lived in Ireland people referred to them as a merry gang. Over time it evolved into Merrigan. Not sure if any of that is true, but it does…
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Category: Blog
Tags: blog, christianlife, familyandfriends, familytime, happyholidays, holidaymemories, holidays, holidaytraditions, humorhearthope, imnotcrazyimachristian, katmerrigan, makingmemories, makingthemostofit, makingthemostoftheholidays, merry, merrychristmas, reasonfortheseason, seasonsgreetings, slowdown, stressrelief
It’s that time of year when we all eat, drink and spend more than usual. It’s this weird kind of sanctioned excess we’ve all agreed upon in society. Think about it. At no other time of year can you say,…
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Category: Blog
Tags: blog, christianlife, christmas, christmastime, giftideas, happyholidays, holidaygifts, holidayparties, holidays, holidayseason, holidayshopping, holidayspending, holidaystress, humorhearthope, imnotcrazyimachristian, katmerrigan, merrychristmas, overdoingit, overindulgence
When we’re kids the holidays can be a magical time. We’re excited for presents and all the festivities. Everywhere we go we see decorations and lights. We may be in Christmas plays or other holiday-themed concerts and such. I looked…
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Category: Blog
Tags: anxiety, anxietyrelief, blog, christianlife, christmas, christmastime, depression, happyholidays, holidayblues, holidaydepression, holidays, holidaysadness, holidayseason, humorhearthope, imnotcrazyimachristian, katmerrigan, melancholy, sadness, stressedout, stressrelief
What we’re really talking about is a wonderful day set aside on the fourth Thursday of November when no one diets. I mean, why else would they call it Thanksgiving? Erma Bombeck In my humble opinion, Erma Bombeck is a…
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Tags: blog, christianlife, ermabombeck, family, familydinner, givethanks, givingthanks, givingthankstogod, humorhearthope, imnotcrazyimachristian, katmerrigan, thankful, thanksgiving, thanksgivingdinner
I was in the right place at the right time. We’ve probably all heard or used that expression at least once. We use it to describe when everything seems to align and work out in our favor in a given…
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Category: Blog
Tags: achieve, besttime, blog, christianlife, divinetiming, goals, godstime, godstiming, godstimingisperfect, humorhearthope, imnotcrazyimachristian, katmerrigan, perfecttime, perfecttiming, plan, planning, plans, timing
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