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  • February 9, 2024
    Stop the blur
    In the past, to document life I have participated in a project for scrapbookers called stop the blur. It is a way to record the little moments of life and stop the blur of time. With the years unraveling like pages caught in a breeze, a new day, week, or season begins and before we know it, another decade has passed. 
    The older I get, the more I can feel the pulse of time accelerating....

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  • December 29, 2023
    Found this blog post from 2008 - thought it would be good for the New Year...
    This is something I’ve been wanting to write for some time — a Handbook for Life. Now, is there any handbook that can be a guide to every single person? Of course not. This is just a list of tips that I think will help many people in life — some of them common-sense tips that we often forget about. Consider this...

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  • August 1, 2021
    Foreboding joy 
    Ever since the death of my son, whenever I feel joy, it is quickly followed by fear. The unease spirals into worry that nudges my thoughts towards the darkness lurking around the corner. Years later I learned the term foreboding joy, described by Brene Brown, it is a dress rehearsal for tragedy; preparing for the worst even when things are at their best. And I know exactly when...

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  • July 11, 2021
    A beautiful day begins with a beautiful mindset 
    A mindful list to stay present throughout the day: 
    Take a breath - I always find that paying attention to my breathing helps with my awareness. It is such a simple thing. To step outdoors and take a deep breath, and notice the scents of the season. That is why breath work is so important in activities like yoga. It helps you get in tune with your...

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  • July 4, 2021
     
    Week 2:
    What we pay attention to grows
    Drenched in sorrow while the storms of grief tug at my heart. Even after twenty-five years, losing my five-year old son, Ryan, still pulls me under. Sometimes a moment of joy can trigger a tsunami of tears. Melancholy sneaks in, and I step outdoors to a place of quiet where the pungent musk of the earth encourages grace in this squall of sorrow. Grasping...

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  • June 27, 2021
     
    Search for a beautiful heart. Not necessarily a beautiful face. Beautiful people are not always good. But good people are always beautiful.
    Uncovering grace
    Week: 1
    I have spent so much of my life striving for more, as if I was missing something. Making goals, setting intentions, building lists to be stronger, better, more of what, I did not know? And now, with another birthday to be grateful...

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  • February 9, 2020
    Do small things with great love ~ Mother Theresa 
    Instructions for life: Week 7-  Kindness begins when we understanding we all struggle
    February theme: Do small things with great love
    Everything we do matters, each small act of taking care of someone matters. Each phone call or text to a friend to lift them up, it matters. Each kindness to a stranger can change their day, it matters. Send...

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  • January 12, 2020
    We spend January 1st walking through our lives, room-by-room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to be patched. Maybe this year, to balance the list, we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives… not looking for flaws, but for potential.
    Instructions for life: Week 3 - Make a plan and take small steps
    January theme: Resolve to ♥
    Ready...Set... goal...
    Whether its a 30 day goal...

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  • January 5, 2020
     We spend January 1st walking through our lives, room-by-room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to be patched. Maybe this year, to balance the list, we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives… not looking for flaws, but for potential.
     Instructions for life: Week 2
    January theme: Resolve to (the power of habits)
    The reason for setting small goals is to create the habit first,...

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  • January 1, 2020
    We spend January 1st walking through our lives, room-by-room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to be patched. Maybe this year, to balance the list, we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives, not looking for flaws, but  for potential.
    Instructions for life: Week One
    Theme: Resolve to
    Every year we resolve for things to be different, raising my hand too. We create lists, goals...

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