Thursday Thirteen #5
Thirteen Quotes that Inspire Me
Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old [...]
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She Was Becoming Herself
“She was becoming herself and daily casting aside that fictitious self which we assume like a garment with which to appear before the world.”
— Kate Chopin
Tags: my bad ass self
When Life Hands You Lemons
When you believe that the best thing to do when life is throwing lemons at you is make lemonade, it’s amazing how thirsty people show up in your life.
Yesterday was a tough day, and nothing about what made it tough has improved. But some amazing things have happened that I might not have noticed if [...]
Tags: connections, friends, gratitude, Making A Difference
Counting to 1000 Because 10 Doesn’t Cut It
Ok, first let me warn you – this is not going to be a warm, fuzzy post. Any of you who have young children, and by young I mean kids who still openly love you and have yet to realize how uncool you really are, may want to skip this post altogether. I don’t [...]
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Weekly Winners #4: Callie and Afro
Meet our cat, Callie. She is my constant companion. Wither I goest…for real. When I’m not around, she’ll make do with someone else, but if I’m home, she’s always within 3 feet of me at all times. Yes, that means she often follows me to the bathroom. She waits for me while I’m in the [...]
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PhotoHunt: Old-fashioned
Here is Second Son, splitting wood the ‘old-fashioned’ way with an axe. We have a splitter that we normally use, but every now and then, we both get a yen to go old school with it.
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