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Posted on May 23, 2020May 23, 2020

New Poetry: Life is Not Linear & Content at Home

Life is not Linear Are you now who you thought you’d be when you were eighteen?   Probably not.   Life is not Linear, a straight line where you travel…

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Posted on May 19, 2020

Slice of Life Tuesday: Making Graduation Week Happy Instead of Hard

Sunday was a gray, overcast day and as it went on, my mood soured. I attributed this change in my emotions to the weather until I went on an errand…

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Posted on June 22, 2019June 22, 2019

Wondering

It’s before 7 a.m. on a Saturday morning, the sun is shining and there is not a cloud to be seen as I look out the window beyond my desk.…

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Posted on August 14, 2018August 14, 2018

How does being an optimist, a pessimist or a realist effect your happiness?

What do you classify yourself as? Are you a pessimist, an optimist, or a realist? Part of my husband’s change in jobs last January was to get away from a…

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Posted on August 10, 2018August 10, 2018

Savoring the moments of piles on the floor and cluttered closets

Over the last two weeks, I have realized that I really need to do some closet cleaning. This feeling has been augmented by a couple of factors. One is that…

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Posted on July 13, 2018July 13, 2018

A Dose of Happiness

So my intention this week was to start going to the YMCA regularly – every day – five days in a row. It’s Friday. How did I do, you ask? …

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Posted on March 30, 2018March 30, 2018

Kindness Projects…Ideas for Making the World a Better Place

This year my boys were involved in some unusual learning projects in high school.  My soon to graduate senior took a business course called Building Wealth that was more of…

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