Inspiration
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Threshold
“Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view, That stand upon the threshold of the new.” Edmund Waller WordPress has a weekly photo challenge. I’ve decided to give it a try because taking pictures slows me down and helps me see every day beauty. This week’s theme: Threshold. Threshold moments are those moments when you come to the realization that everything is about to change. I remember standing alone in a hospital bathroom trying to figure out how to get the tiny gown around my huge belly while also wrapping my head around the fact that I was on the threshold of motherhood. Eighteen years later, I stood in the doorway of my…
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Life’s Worth Fighting For
Meet Garfield. A beautiful orange unaltered tomcat that decided to make my yard his occasional home. He’d show up for a week or two never letting anyone near him yet act as though our house had always been his. There were no females for him to pursue. It must have been the food he was after. I decided to keep trying to win his trust so that one day I could get him to a vet and have him neutered. Each time he would disappear I found myself worrying about him wondering if he would return. He always did. Little by little Garfield began letting me get closer to him…
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Do It Now
Do It Now “One day you will wake up and there won’t be anymore time to do the things you’ve always wanted. Do it now.” Paulo Coelho When Eric travels I indulge in watching movies he refuses to sit through. He calls them, “chick flicks.” They’re some of my favorite films because they remind me of the value of love and life. Last night when I turned on the television, HBO was already playing Trust The Man. It caught my attention because Billy Crudup’s character was a writer obsessed with his eventual death. His fear of dying clouds his view of enjoying life and recognizing what’s really important to him. Immediately, I needed to…
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When My Husband Came Home With a Surprise
When my husband came home with a surprise I learned a valuable lesson. Happy 400th post to me! I hadn’t paid much attention to anything more than was it Wednesday or Sunday, my usual posting days. 400! Immediately, I did the math to see how close I was to reaching my 10,000 hours. Have you read THE TIPPING POINT by Malcom Gladwell? 400 posts only puts me around 1,200-1,600 hours. Add six years of working on MYSTIC…yeah, I still have a way to go. September 15, 2008 was my first post. I thought I was mainly going to write about writing. It evolved into a blog about our family, my thoughts on…
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I love, love, love, this video!
I love, love, love, this video! If you’re a writer, teacher, parent, student or coach I highly recommend watching this video. It’s 13 minutes and twenty seconds of inspiration. Lessons To Remember Repetition, repetition, repetition. Persistence, persistence, persistence. How do we get good at anything? Practice. Whether it’s writing, athletics, teaching, parenting, or learning to be a successful student, we must be willing to fail and try again…and again, and again! Our thoughts influence our actions. Several months ago I joined a spin group at our gym. For the holidays our instructor bought us all wristbands that say: I Can And I Will. This has been her mantra especially when challenging…
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Living With Pain
Living With Pain For the first time in days I’m pain-free. My head feels as though I’ve had three glasses of wine and typing this post is tricky but I’m not in agony thanks to an over the counter allergy medication. Finally, I found something that works to ease the throbbing in my head. I don’t know exactly when my headaches began, perhaps a year or two ago. They appear without notice and wreak havoc on my life. I’ve learned to function with them most of the time. However, there are days like last Friday, when I must lay still in a silent, dark room waiting to be me again. Why haven’t I gone to the doctor?…
