Notes on Gratitude
Three years ago, you died. Today, I should have gone to my local California beach for the third time to gather a few more shells to add to my collection. I should have stood at the ocean's edge…
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Thinking about getting a tattoo?
The number one recommendation I make to people thinking about getting a tattoo is this: Do your homework! Just like when you were in school. I started getting tattoos in my 20s. Back then, I…
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Just Finished, Up Next
Just Finished Women, Food and God, by Geneen Roth Six weeks ago, I walked into my local Weight Watchers center for what felt like the eight hundredth time. Months had passed since my last…
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Notes on Gratitude
“The joy of Being is the joy of being conscious.” A New Earth, Tolle p. 300 I wanted to write a little gratitude post today about my cats. I mean, look at these two. Aren’t…
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Notes on Gratitude
I am losing him. Each subsequent year, I forget a little more—the smell of his Old Spice, the shimmer off his salt and pepper hair, the way he’d lose his dentures and we’d have to…
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Things I Love, Notes on Gratitude
"Belonging doesn't require us to change who we are; it requires us to be who we are." (The Gifts of Imperfection, Brené Brown, p. 25.) The older I get and the more work I do,…
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Just Finished, Up Next
Just Finished If You Feel Too Much, Thoughts on Things Found and Lost and Hoped For, by Jamie Tworkowski. Jamie Tworkowski is the founder of the non-profit organization, To Write Love On Her Arms or…
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Your meme or mine?
The other day I was scrolling through my morning Facebook feed when I saw a meme that stopped my pointer finger in its track. The meme, posted by a friend of mine, read, “Sometimes the…
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Some Things That I Love, Notes on Gratitude
Part of my journey over the last couple of years has been to cultivate a practice of taking time to notice the little things, like this bunch of Gerber daisies at the supermarket. Today was…
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Some Things That I Love
Happy Memorial Day weekend. I hope everyone has a fun, safe, and joyous three days off (if you have a three day weekend.) Please take a moment to reflect on our brothers and sisters in…
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Welcome
“The most powerful words in the English language are, ‘Me, too.’” – Anne Lamott I have opinions about a whole bunch of stuff. I bet you do too. The problem is that sometimes I don’t know…
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The Gifts of Imperfection
I took this selfie in 2014 as I was about to embark on an e-course with Brené Brown based on her book, “The Gifts of Imperfection.” It was one of our first assignments. Contrary to…
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Some Things That I Love
“A miracle is not defined by an event. A miracle is defined by gratitude.” (Here If You Need Me, p. 181) After my mom died and three short weeks later my daughter got sick, I…
