Category: Memories
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Day 25: Birthday!
Your favourite birthday or celebration. I like birthdays. I like throwing birthday parties. Specifically, children’s birthday parties. When my son was small, starting with his first birthday, I started planning and throwing fairly elaborate parties. Handmade invitations, decorations, cakes. His first was Pocoyo. Second – Mega Blocks. Third – dinosaurs. Fourth – race cars. Fifth…
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Day 24: Happy Memories
Happy memories from your favourite get together! Over the years, there have been some good get togethers. With friends, with family, so picking some memories wasn’t hard – filtering through them and picking one set was difficult. Many years ago, my Dad & Step Mom used to plan a family camping trip to a nearby…
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Day 23: By your side
The people who were by your side during difficult times. While there is a wider network I can turn to, I think everyone has a couple key people they rely on. These are my people. My sister. I would not exist if I didn’t have her in my life, plain and simple. She was my…
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Day 21: Impossible
Something you’ve overcome that once felt impossible. I have some health challenges. Generally, I don’t speak about them too often. Not ‘publicly’ at any rate. Privately, amongst my family, I will sometimes complain, generally about pain, but that’s often because I suffer from chronic pain and it is very plain to see when I’ve gone…
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Day 20: Life experience
A unique positive life experience you’ve had. This may seem a little weird at first, but stick with me… I’ve mentioned before I was married when I just weeks before I turned 23, divorced at 24. I mentioned my (ex) mother-in-law was quite the pickle of a lady who, for the most part, despised me.…
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Day 18: Chances
A chance you got that not everyone gets. There are many things in life that one gets a ‘chance’ to do! A trip, a job, an education… But what did I get a chance to do that not everyone does. For me? This meant my education. Why? Because of my husband. There are a lot…
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Day 14: An Impossible Goal
A goal you reached that once felt impossible. Attending post secondary school. As a high-school drop-out with sub-par grades, I honestly once felt attending any kind of post secondary education was well beyond my ability. I spent most of my high school career believing I was far too stupid to ever get beyond “Do you…
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Day 13: Surprises
The sweetest surprise someone planned for you. I love surprises. Like a lot. I have always liked to plan surprises, the problems is, not many people I know like surprises! So, I plan small ones. Dates, gifts, anything I think might make people smile. Surprises are my thing, not so much that of those around…
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Day 7: Decisions
A past decision you’re thankful for. Changing jobs. In 2010, I was moderately unhappy in my job. Moreover, I was overworked and underpaid. The backstory… I had come back from maternity leave and told my job had been given to my replacement. Instead, I was being promoted! Better money and I’d be doing the I…
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Day 6: What I’m proud of
Something I’ve done that I’m proud of. Again, there are a few things but what rises to the top of my mind is my involvement with a research grant application. Technically, it was two applications. The first was for preparatory funding for an NSERC/SSHRC Sustainable Agriculture research initiative. If awarded, we could get up to…
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