Tag: family
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October Journal Challenge: September Wins (3)
It has been a hard year. All the plans I had laid out got sidetracked, derailed, and long ago abandoned. With it, my motivation got stomped out too. I have never hidden my battle with depression either, and while I have mostly kept my head above water throughout this year, it has not been without…
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Day 7: Eight Days of Gratitude (Lion’s Gate Portal) – eleven places
What a sweet one… Eleven places – and not necessarily fancy places we’ve travelled. Special places to us. This warmed my heart and filled my mind. Unsure what I am talking about? You can catch the intro post here, but in short… The wellness studio I go to is running a free workshop this week,…
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Day 6: Eight Days of Gratitude (Lion’s Gate Portal) – eleven artists
Day six is exciting for me! Eleven artists for whom we are grateful. Now, specifically, when she was speaking on the challenge, she was listing musicians, but for me, personally, it is broader than that. Art is all encompassing, while music most certainly is an immense and vast part of my life, there are definitely…
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Day 4: Eight Days of Gratitude (Lion’s Gate Portal) – eleven things
I am caught up now! Today is eleven things you are grateful for that we maybe take for granted and this one was EASY. Things started flooding to me. Why? Maybe because I spent some time in my childhood without some of our modern conveniences… Sometimes, it is the simple things in life. Unsure what…
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Day 2: Eight Days of Gratitude (Lion’s Gate Portal) – eleven experiences
August 2 saw us swing to experiences. Ones that moved you – that had a profound impact on your life. They didn’t have to be large or divine in nature, something small (like a picnic with a friend or the first time your baby kicked you) but something you felt was significant to you. Evidently,…
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Day 1: Eight Days of Gratitude (Lion’s Gate Portal) – eleven people
The prompt for August 1 was to write about eleven people, past and present, for which you were grateful. People that you were grateful for but who also made a significant impact on your life. To share not only who they were but why you were grateful for them and to be specific in the…
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Welcome to my 51st Year!
Today, I turn (turned) 51. It is completely surreal, let me tell you. I remember 18. Heck, I remember turning 10. I remember many stops between 10 and now. For example, 30, we had moved into the house and I was alone. While there were family activities planned around the weekend, the actual day, I…
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Day 30: Best Things!
The best thing that happened in June! It has been a weird month. This writing has been amazing. Kid finishing his course was great. But hands down? Best thing was ‘pooling’ today with my sister & niece. What is pooling? Technically, it’s swimming, but less swimming, more floating, laughing, and having drinks! We had a…
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Day 28: Past Love
Things you love about your past. Now, when I first read this prompt (at the first of the month), my gut response was “Not a hell of a lot.” Now that I’ve had the month to mull it over, I do feel differently. ‘The past’ doesn’t just mean childhood or teenage years, my 20s, etc.…
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Day 27: Present love!
Things you love about the present. I love that I am working to take care of myself. Whether that is through taking classes on self-betterment, finding time to connect with people important to me, taking Lily for a walk, or eating a delicious meal. Finding and figuring out what is important to me is truly…
The Voices In My Head 