gratitude

  • I used to send out these little observations as day brighteners, I called them Joy Bubbles. And I loved it when someone would reply and tell me the joy bubble had, indeed, brightened their day, because when their day was brightened mine was too. It made me happy. Is that weird? No. And here’s some…

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  • Good Grief

    “Oh, good grief!” When I was younger my mom (and Charlie Brown) would say this a lot, it expressed much frustration and possibly the end of any kind of patience. In other words, it was not a good thing to hear these words. Now, I think of those words: “good grief” and have a new…

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  • Talking to Strangers

    Repost from an old blog: 2013 So, it’s hot out. I mean melt the candles, burn the soles of your feet, let’s go to the State Fair hot. We decided to go to the mall instead, you know the one–the big one, the Mall of America. Dang right, ‘Merica’s Mall!   I loathe it. Okay,…

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  • Worthwhile Life

    In order to have a worthwhile life I’m pretty sure you might have to have a belief in your own worth first. And just how does one go about that? Especially if you are like me, and you spent years saying, OUT LOUD, every Sunday, “Lord, I am not worthy to receive you, but only…

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