Category: modern life
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curve ball 🌻
The perfect storm: In 1993, I was grieving a septuple whammy from life. bam! finding out, through a bizarre series of coincidences that my closely-related offender was currently abusing my little cousin bam! Going with my best friend\mentor to the county police near my home with this gut-wrenching knowledge, finding out that I could only report […]
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Things to love 🌻
Getting ready for work in a dark quiet house Young love 💘 Old married couples 💘 Newly painted rooms Hardwood floors Spring breezes Waiting for vegetables to grow Grandma hugs Avon catalogs Lipstick samples Sub sandwiches with all the veggies Baby chicks at Wilco Cold coke with ice Getting a ☕ Electric kettles Baking 🍞
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Weird but happy
I know this sounds un-progressive and un-emancipated, (doesn’t it?) I am grateful to the women’s movement, but I think it has swung too far Gone the way of the labor union, you know? out of balance. I’ve seen it hurt a lot of women and children. missing their kids and fighting their husbands about chores […]
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Controlfreak
My notes of two years ago: Self control has always been an issue. I think I was too busy surviving my Vietnam childhood to learn some things. Also I think I made a few vows that went something like: when I grow up nobody’s going to boss me around You guys: Those choices, though made […]
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My patch
Or is your valley less defined—a hard to describe cloud of doom that descends on your best thoughts, turning life into a shadowy mist of confusion? If so, God is offering to walk with you through this valley. He does not lead you to the valley, but He promises to lead you THROUGH it. This […]
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Paradigm shift
(Holy one ☝Help me say this the way You did this morning. I am not the only one who can’t get over something I did.) (#12th step, dears.) I was squirming on my couch over parenting stuff, as per usual as I woke up… Bllrring! God helped me see it differently this morning. I’m gonna […]
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Charging cords, check books and church
I want to ROCK the 🌎 but i have zip power. At least that’s how I felt this morning when I woke up from a helpful dream (which I wanted to write about) but found ALL THREE of my devices deader than a doornail. So INCREDIBLY FRUSTRATing! One of those devices is the only […]
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Stress cure
Lavender bath salts Watching horses. So effortlessly graceful and free My dog’s friendly ears Sub sandwiches with all the veggies. Except jalapeno. Macaroni and cheese (what a good idea Mr President.) Crockpot supper after a hard day Garfield and Dilbert New shoes Green sparkly eye liner date night…A good flic with lots of popcorn and […]
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Reboot my heart.
Amelia Peabody novels baking lasagna eating lasagna Depression Era cake recipe crunchy granola bars Crunchy gravel under my tennies Crunchy peanutbutter Falling water Little sparkly bits in a handful of sand Birthday candles Stove popped corn with honey and cinnamon butter Cups of fragrant steaming tea New book. Old sweats. Easy chair. Thankful.
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Psalm77 Encouraging self talk.
“I don’t have to think just whatever falls into my head. ” joyce meyer I will remember the works of the Lord ; Surely I will remember Your wonders of old. I will also meditate on all Your work, And talk of Your deeds. Your way, O God, is in the sanctuary; Who is so […]
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