The only time you will be bothered by someone being selfish is when you are being selfish yourselfsource unknown I heard a speaker say this once. It rocked my world As I thought it through I realized that in my life it was true! The only time I am really annoyed with someone else being… Continue reading Selfish
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Seasons
Where we live life moves through seasons and each season has it's unique properties. We have just come through spring and settled into summer. This summer has been hotter than any I have experienced before! Summer is often a time of rest and refreshment but the heat is draining for me. What makes it bearable… Continue reading Seasons
Drama
What causes drama in your life? Teenagers are kind of known for their drama. It seems they can create mountains out of seeming molehills just about anywhere! DramaA way of relating to the world in which a person consistently overreacts to or greatly exaggerates the importance of benign events.The Urban Dictionary One of our latest… Continue reading Drama
Heat
It has been incredibly hot this past week. There have been records broken all over the province and we got to be a part of it! It is the longest stretch of hot weather I have ever experienced in my lifetime. Considering I don't like anything above 25 degrees Celsius, having it be over 35… Continue reading Heat
Growth
Everything right now is bursting at the seams with life. Growing so incredibly fast you can almost sit and watch it. The lawn needs to be mowed, the weeds need to be picked, and the flowers are blooming! It's so green outside it almost hurts the eyes! I enjoy the abundance! The flowers are beautiful… Continue reading Growth
Change and Transition
The end of the school year is coming. Summer lies ahead! It has been a year of so many changes as we adapted to online school and then in-person school in cohorts, and never knew what the next week would bring. Change is often hard for people. We thrive in the familiar because we don't… Continue reading Change and Transition
The Sun Will Shine Again
The sun came out this morning! It has been a gray and rainy week. We were all starting to feel it. The news is looking more positive as far as the pandemic goes... but when you look beyond that the world is still a messed up place. The week has felt like a constant battle… Continue reading The Sun Will Shine Again
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The number stands out now. It has it's own identity. The sight of shoes lined up row by row to represent children lost adds a level of realism. How long were they mapping and determining the magnitude of this mass grave. How have the people working on this site been processing this. Here. On home… Continue reading 215
A New Day
What do you worry about? We were joking around the campfire last weekend about my cousins tendency to worry about things that have never happened... like her son sleeping in and missing his work shift. Her comment was that when she worries about it then it never happens, so it's not a bad strategy! We… Continue reading A New Day
Practice
Have you ever had an uncomfortable situation or conversation ahead of you and had your mind whirl with the 873 ways things could go? Do you find yourself having many conversations in your head before actually having them in person? Have you ever approached a situation mentally rehearsing how you were going to respond? Turns… Continue reading Practice
Misinformation
I opened my weather app this morning and it said it was raining. I looked out the window at a blue sky and sunshine. Just one example of when the information presented doesn't line up with what your 5 senses are telling you. It happens all the time. Sometimes it is blatantly obvious which is… Continue reading Misinformation
Teenage Brain
If I live to be 100 and raise 50 teenagers I will still never understand the working of the teenage brain! A mass of contradictions, completely void of connecting consequences to actions, and yet a precise grasp of loopholes that baffle you. We sit at the supper table discussing the new food before us. Enchiladas.… Continue reading Teenage Brain
Loyalty
What defines loyalty to you? I can't think of a better example than the dogs I have known and loved. My dog is always glad to see me... no matter how long I've been gone. My dog is always happy to go with me... no matter where I am going. My dog is happy to… Continue reading Loyalty
Words
The nature of a blog is that I communicate in words. Words are a vehicle through which I convey thoughts, feelings and ideas that hope to provoke thought, inspire or inform. Words aren't the same for everyone. My head is full of them all the time. They are tools to express a rich thought life… Continue reading Words
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About 2 years ago I was toying with the idea of writing a blog... I've always wanted to write and I thought a weekly blog might be a way to try it out! So I committed to write a blog post and have it up by Friday every week for a year. I knew if… Continue reading 100
