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Finding time to sort through the everyday
A collection of writings, explorations, musings, and more. The place where I wonder, ponder, and begin to figure out my life. Yes, it has taken me nearly 50 years to figure out that I am not beholden to anyone’s ideals or intentions, but it is better now, than never.
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The most important thing to me right (right now)
During my yoga teacher training this weekend, we were learning about how to do chanting and mantras. Our facilitator share one with us, which is one I am familiar with from other courses, and while we meditating to it, she said ‘send healing out to your community, who ever that it’ and I was unable…
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How we bring colour into our home
Following a similar thread as yesterday, I wanted to share some of the colour around our home during the dark, cold, and snowy days. This year, we have some new friends – a few friends from my Mom’s collections, including the “f**king” elves… Names such because my sister was forever putting the elves in compromising…
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Ways to bring a little more light into your home
I am a little late today, but I had to wait until it was dark to write tonight’s post. Today, I wanted to share ways I (we) bring a little more light into our house in the dark days of winter. As we approach the day of the year that gives us the fewest hours…
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Courage to know when to stop
Today, I was to write about one way I’ve shown courage over the past year. I had three different examples from my life that I felt illustrated how I’d shown courage in 2025. However, after a couple of very long and somewhat stressful days, I have decided my courage is going to come from knowing…
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One way I surprised myself this year…
As I recently said in a text to someone, “I am an emotional basketball.” Now, what I meant was basketcase, but autocorrect knew better, apparently. What does this mean? I have big emotions, many of them, all at once. They spill over, generally in the form of tears, often sobs, and I lose all ability…
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Three positive things in 2025
I am, or I try to be, a positive person. Glass half full kind of outlook. It can be easy to lose sight of that sometimes. Even with the gratitude practices and positive affirmations, when things don’t seem to being going the way you feel they should, it is hard to not be discouraged. But,…
The Voices In My Head 