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On Growing Positive Relationships and Getting Rid of the Negative Ones

I’ve always been pretty good at picking friends. The fact that I still have close friends from elementary school and … More

Friendship, growth, relationships, respect

St. Patrick’s Day Parade, Our Style

That’s me, my mom, and sister as we celebrated St. Patrick’s Day with my mom at her memory care facility, … More

Alzheimer's, Brookdale Peachtree, health, Irish soda bread, losing weight, memory, memory care, Mother, parade, relationships, St. Patrick's Day, Statesville

Love Without Limits? Nope!

I was walking around TJ Maxx the other day, after not finding anything I was actually looking to buy, when … More

limits, love, relationships, Valentine's Day

How my blog began

It’s been ten years. Ten years since I started a little Facebook exercise that led to this blog and so … More

blogging, encouragement, family, Life, memories, relationships, start a blog

Catch Up Time

I hope you all have had amazing holidays and are ready to round out the year well. It’s a crazy … More

Christmas, family, Friendship, hot air balloons, Life, relationships, travel

Statistics Coming To Life

As a writer, often I read and comment on the work of other writers. Recently I commented on an impassioned … More

coronavirus, COVID, Covid-19, death, grief, Life, relationships, Sadness

Love Month – February 24

I love people who fully engage in life. Have you spent time with passionless people? Are you one yourself? It’s … More

engage, fully engage in life, love, Love month, passion, relationships

Love Month – February 21

I love those who don’t treat a caution sign as a stop sign. If you have purpose, you go forward. … More

caution, Ilove, Life, love, Lovemonth, relationships, signs, stop

Love Month – February 19

I love people who count their riches. It’s not about the money. Money is worthless in itself. It’s not even … More

Friendship, I love, Life, love, relationships, the loving

Love Month – February 16

I love aunts and uncles. My Uncle Bill died yesterday and it was a reminder of the influence he and … More

aunts and uncles, family, I love, love, Love month, memories, relationships

Love Month – February 14

I love a good love story. When I’m sitting with a table of couples that I don’t know well (or … More

Life, love, Love month, love stories, relationships, Valentine's Day

Love Month – February 5

I love inclusion. Often in this world it seems like we want to separate into “us” and “them”. It makes … More

inclusion, Life, love, Love month, relationships

Love Month – February 3

I love a sunrise. I wake up before sunrise most mornings, but I seldom see it. I’m usually catatonic, drinking … More

Life, love, Love month, new beginnings, relationships, sunrise

Love Month – February 1

“I love friends who encourage you to grow yourself.”

blogging, encouragement, February, friends, Friendship, Life, love, love exercise, Love month, relationships, writing

A Little Love Story

We all can use them, can’t we? I wrote this about some friends in honor of their 20th anniversary. They’d … More

love, malt vinegar, relationships, the little things

Vacation – Wales

I’m on vacation in Newport, Wales. My mom is from here and so I am seeing family, and even meeting … More

adventure, blogging, cwtches, Day of Remembrance, death, family, Life, memorial service, Newport, parade, relationships, Sunday dinner, travel, travel blogger, Wales

The Caterpillar and the Butterfly

I was walking to my car last night with my friend Doug and he pointed out this caterpillar. It was … More

#Bethe1To, #bethe1toask, anxiety, blogging, butterfly, caterpillar, depression, mental health, purpose, relationships, suicide, World Suicide Prevention Day

Focus on the Nice

I love this. Maybe we should not only talk to kids this way, but also other adults. Does anyone else … More

affirmation, breathing life, criticism, encouragement, Friendship, good words, joy stealers, kindness, living differently, opinions, parenting, positive, relationships, soul crushers

Jobless – Part 13

Because I’m out of work, I’m missing open enrollment season in the benefits industry this year. I’m able to look … More

company culture, discouraged, I have your back, job applications, job hunting, job loss, jobless, Life, office environment, relationships, resume, unemployed, unemployment, work-life balance

Reading the Diary

I spend a lot of time in my car, and have become an avid listener of audiobooks. For some unknown … More

assumptions, Bread, Diary, embarrassing ourselves, kindness, mind-reading, miscommunication, people, relationships, wrong assumptions

Einstein and Me

“The woman who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd. The woman who walks alone is … More

adventure, being alone, challenge, Einstein, following the crowd, Life, quotes, relationships, wandering

The Birthday

I usually hate being the center of attention. Birthday attention particularly makes me want to squirm. Not that I don’t … More

adventure, balloon glows, birthday, birthday cake, Friendship, jobless, Paris, pasture surfing, ranch life, relationships, Silly string, thankful, travel, TX

The Jerks

I’m really tired of you……you joy stealers. Especially you who try to manipulate those I care about and make them … More

hatefulness, jerks, joy stealers, relationships, religion, victims

When They’re "Just Not That Into You"

Prologue – There are some things in my life that are incredibly difficult to write about, but these days I … More

he's just not that in to you, moving on, relationships, single life

Locked Out

The great news is that finally I got rid of my wretched Blackberry work phone and moved to an iPhone … More

communication, iPhone 6, reboot, relationships

The Smile Underneath

I was talking on the phone at work to this lady about Medicare supplements when she said her husband had … More

affirmation, positive living, relationships, smiles, unconditional love

Behind the Charm and the Beauty

Day 31 in Proverbs Proverbs 31:8-9 “But you must defend those who are helpless and have no hope.  Be fair … More

beauty, charm, marriage, men, Proverbs 31, relationships, respect, women

Drinking From Your Own Well

Day 5 in Proverbs Proverbs 5:15-16 “You should be faithful to your wife, just as you take water from your … More

love languages, marriage, Proverbs 5, relationships, well

It’s Not Just About The Vaginas…

Some friends of mine are putting on a great production of “The Vagina Monologues” this weekend, to raise money for … More

abuse, love, relationships, Vagina Monologues

What “He” Said…..

So I had a little run-in this week with someone that calls himself a “street preacher.”   Really, all I said … More

childless, Christian, evangelism, Faith, family, Friendship, Life, opinions, relationships, single, travel, unemployment, work

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