Category: life
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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder…
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.  What one person sees as beautiful someone else sees differently. Life has the same way of making one person feel one way and someone else another. When I was twenty something beauty to me was significantly different from what I now see as beautiful. …
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Cancer
Optimists have a way of finding good in everything. Looking at life as though the glass is half full is a way of appreciating the small things and trying not to be overwhelmed by the bad. There are times however, when the bad seems to overtake even an optimist. Cancer…
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Happiness comes from within
We are on a never-ending quest for happiness.  It is what life is about. Living in a way that brings us joy and accomplishments should make us happy, yet to many it does not. What exactly is happiness?    Is it a big house, a fancy car or is it something more? We…
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Rain
Into everyone’s life rain will fall, for it is only with the rain can beautiful flowers and trees flourish. Rain washes away the dirt and soot left from unsettled earth and rain quenches not only one’s thirst but one’s soul. Do not curse the rain, be thankful for it!
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Happy Valentine’s Day!
Love is the basis of life. With it, you have everything, without it you have nothing. Whether it’s the love of a child, parent or friend, love is what makes us feel special. A connection to another human being that allows us to look past faults and flaws and appreciate that person…
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Never too old…
My daughters, although they are six years apart, have birthdays that fall within a 10 day span. This time of year is busy not only for Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas but to celebrate both girls birthdays. This year Alicia turned 16, which is a milestone in itself, but so is…
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Happy Birthday Dad!
Today is September 7, my dad’s 84th birthday. I am so lucky that he is still with us to celebrate this day. My dad is a really special man. A WWII veteran, he grew up in an era when men had dignity and class. They took care of their families…
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September is National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month!
September is National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. I am sure most people do not know this, but I do. I tell everyone I can since I want the world to recognize that gold in September stands for kids with cancer. We all know about ‘think pink’ and the major marketing effort…
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The ‘Devolution’ of the United States
The role of parents to teach, guide and nurture their children is an ongoing process and never a perfect art. There is no book of instructions that comes with a newborn baby so we are left to our own devices to raise our children.  The way we were brought up is the basis for what we…
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Happy Birthday Stephen!
Today is my son Stephen’s 19th birthday a day I remember as a very special day.  It was the day I gave birth to my little boy for whom I had such great aspirations and dreams. Life has a funny way of not turning out the way you planned however, as I have not had the…
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