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The DISCIPLINE of taking care of myself.
On Monday I woke up and gave myself permission to take a vacation. I'm not traveling. I'm just resting. Almost a year ago when I...

Risel Furtado
Jul 7, 20201 min read
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A Time For Everything
Ecclesiastes 3:6 says there's a time to keep and a time to throw away. We're almost complete in the unpacking. I've found myself thinking...

Risel Furtado
Jul 4, 20201 min read
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1....It is finished!
What a chapter of my life, now closed. The closing of the sale went very smoothly. I know that God is preparing me for something else....

Risel Furtado
Jun 30, 20201 min read
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2......We did it in record time!
This move was like a whirlwind. In less than 2 hours, including driving, we were finished. We'll return to clean up the former home in a...

Risel Furtado
Jun 29, 20201 min read
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3.....A Grounded and Peaceful Day
Thank you for your encouragement. Some of you reached out to me after yesterday's post. I needed that cheering on and it helped to lift...

Risel Furtado
Jun 29, 20202 min read
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4....It was an emotional day
I woke up sad this morning. I remembered the excitement and happiness I had when I first arrived here. I couldn't believe where I was...

Risel Furtado
Jun 28, 20201 min read
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The Countdown Begins....5!
Five days are left before the closing of the house. Boxes are everywhere. I have the last minute things to pack. Out of an entire...

Risel Furtado
Jun 26, 20201 min read
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Write the Vision!
Habakkuk 2:2 (AMP) says "Write the vision and engrave it plainly on tablets so that the one who reads it will run." Yesterday I found...

Risel Furtado
Jun 19, 20201 min read
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There's always ice cream.....
Everything is just zooming by these days. I feel like I am in a Corvette without brakes. Somehow in the midst of the chaos where I just...

Risel Furtado
Jun 17, 20201 min read
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Finding Peace In The Chaos
Two more weeks to go before we move. Last week we kicked things up a notch. We started to go through bins and boxes of items that we've...

Risel Furtado
Jun 15, 20202 min read
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Innovative Ways To Live
We know where we are going to! We're heading into a loft studio. Downsizing from a house to a loft is opening opportunities for...

Risel Furtado
Jun 10, 20202 min read
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Letting Go.
We're a week into June and it's been a busy week. Packing up has been more joyful than I imagined it would be. I found some real gems of...

Risel Furtado
Jun 6, 20201 min read
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The Countdown Begins!
Thirty days or less and counting before we move. I took the rest of last week off to recover from a very action packed May. What happens...

Risel Furtado
Jun 1, 20201 min read
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S-O-L-D!!!!
KA-BAM!!!! At the blink of an eye everything happened! We listed our home on Friday and it was sold conditionally on Saturday. This...

Risel Furtado
May 29, 20201 min read
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Fit at 50!
I remember when I was in my 20's I had a burning desire to be fit at 50. I'm not 50, yet I think about that desire often and the journey...

Risel Furtado
May 27, 20202 min read
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The One Who Leads The Way
This experience of moving on is very profound, especially as I pray over everything. Prayer is like a 24/7 experience for me. When I...

Risel Furtado
May 21, 20201 min read
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Take Care of Yourselves
Today is push day, meaning, it's the day before the home stager arrives and the big clean-up happens. I'm taking an early morning break...

Risel Furtado
May 18, 20202 min read
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The Road Less Traveled
Yesterday I needed inspiration. When I moved from one place to another which was already arranged, moving was easy, almost mindless. I...

Risel Furtado
May 15, 20202 min read
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The Gifts That Keep On Giving
In Luke 6:38 Jesus said "Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over will it be...

Risel Furtado
May 14, 20202 min read
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I Might As Well Dance!
What a week! It started with so much joy over the decision to move on and then the reality hit. I hit a wall. When I started to speak...

Risel Furtado
May 13, 20201 min read
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