
Appreciation. It’s a pretty simple concept, right? Someone does something nice for you and you say “thank you”. But true appreciation is more than just words…it’s action! To simply say the words “Thank you” is great, but to show that you are grateful and appreciative means so much more.…
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Yesterday was the absolute most horrible “mommy” day I have had in a very long time. It seems like ever since summer vacation started my children have been morphed into something out of a Stephen King novel. Before we even had kids my husband and I agreed that…
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“Fortunate, indeed, is the man who takes exactly the right measure of himself and holds a just balance between what he can acquire and what he can use.” Peter Latham I”ve been taking some time to reflect recently. I”ve kinda had a lot going on and tend to get…
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Oh my goodness, what a heck of a day it’s been! Work has been kicking my rumpus lately…but in a good way. When you start a business with just an idea and a lot of “we really need money right now so you had better make this work” there is…
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The Road Not Taken by: Robert Frost Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, just as…
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I’ve spent the past few days in the 103 degree heat doing yard work at our “vacation” home. We don’t really have a vacation home…that was a joke. Regardless, spending this much time in the heat first makes me regret living in the South but also makes me grateful…
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Okay, so maybe it’s not on your calendar or Fox News or anything huge like that, but today I am deeming (in my own right) Offical Count Your Blessings Day! That’s right peeps…for the next 24 hours (give or take depending on when you’re reading this) I would love nothing…
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I”ve got it! I”ve got the answer to the question that we all ask ourselves when the shit hits the fan. You know what I”m talking about…those days when it seems like nothing you do is ever right, when you”re convinced the entire world is conspiring against you in order…
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Right now I”m exhausted. I have been working my VA job from my home office all day while thinking about how I am going to get the costumes made for my daughter”s Jungle Book performance in a few weeks. I”m talking costumes for the whole chorus…monkeys, elephants, bees, Kaa girls,…
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I can”t shake the words that I heard this past Sunday from our priest during his sermon. He started his sermon by mentioning how we have telescopes to help us see things far away and magnifying glasses to help us see things up close. Why is it we can”t see…
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