Tag: gratitude
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August 6 One Word: Success
When I saw this word on the list, I thought “Oh great,” <insert eye roll>. Defining success for someone is hard when you’re not sure yourself. Do you cover financial success? Job? Life? Marriage? What kind of success do you look at and how do you talk about it? And then it fell in my…
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August 5 One Word: Joy
Joy. It isn’t something I’ve felt a lot of lately. There are several reasons as to why… And I am trying to find my joy again but I know there are a few things I probably need to deal with first. What has brought me joy? Well, I just ate a couple of really good…
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August 4 One Word: Change
Have you ever wondered why everyone seems to dislike change so much? I am sure if I checked, there have been studies done on it. Maybe it is hardwired into us from our days as cavemen, maybe it is as simple as change has a tendency to bring about things that are unpleasant. Change can…
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Happy 18th to my favourite TroubleMaker
My son is celebrating his 18th birthday today. On this day, 18 years ago, at this time (11ishpm), my husband had gone home for the night, and I was alone with our son. I had been fighting a terrible cold! When we arrived that morning at the hospital, I had gone in to be induced…
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What you feel when you look up at the sky
I grew up in the country. Away from the city lights. Away from the light pollution. Where the sky rolls on for miles and the stars shine brightly at night. Constellations were easily seen and the Northern Lights were a pretty routine occurrence. The sky never made me feel small. Except for when we were…
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Fictional character that inspired me growing up
Hands down, Laura Ingalls Wilder. While one could argue, she was indeed not fictional, as she was a real person, most of the stories we all know Laura for best, were fictionalized accounts of her life. While I read all the books (in the school library, repeatedly) and all seven volumes sit on my personal…
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What I am taking with me into 2026
Well, besides doing everything at the last minute, and I am not sure I actually want to take that with me, there are other things I want to take with me into 2026. Like writing with more frequency. I write because I like writing, but I am very glad I have been making time to…
The Voices In My Head 