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Category Archives: inspiration
Talking in Color
Posted in affirmation, aging, comfort, encouragement, family, generations, gratitude, home, inspiration, kindness, peace of mind, solace, synesthesia
Tagged #affirmation, #encouragement, #family, #familylove, #generations, #gettingolder, #gratitude, #home, #inspiration, #shygirl, synesthesia
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small wonder
Posted in affirmation, beauty, comfort, encouragement, gratitude, home, inspiration, wonder
Tagged #affirmation, #encouragement, #gratitude, #home, #inspiration, #shygirl, wonder
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Shortcuts to Happiness
There are shortcuts to happiness, and dancing is one of them. Continue reading
Posted in affirmation, dancing, encouragement, gratitude, happiness, inspiration
Tagged #encouragement, #family, #gratitude, #inspiration, dancing, happiness
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Mom Says Goodbye to Her Old House
Posted in aging, comfort, encouragement, family, generations, gratitude, home, inspiration, old age, peace of mind, solace
Tagged #family, #familylove, #generations, #gettingolder, #gratitude, #home, #innerpeace
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Mom and I Get Ready to Watch The Final Season of Downton Abbey
Posted in comfort, comfort food, family, inspiration, recipes
Tagged #comfortzone, #cooking, #downtonabbey, #encouragement, #family, #generations, #gratitude, #home, #sharing
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Here’s the Thing
Posted in affirmation, comfort food, comfort zone, encouragement, family, gratitude, home, inspiration, old age, solace
Tagged #affirmation, #comfortzone, #cooking, #encouragement, #family, #familylove, #generations, #gratitude, #home, #inspiration, #sharing
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Living in the Vast Maybe
Nothing in this world is certain. And I think we need a name for that. Continue reading
Posted in affirmation, comfort, encouragement, inspiration, peace of mind, solace, stress
Tagged #affirmation, #encouragement, #inspiration, #peaceofmind, #stress
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3 Days Away
Posted in comfort zone, gratitude, inspiration, peace of mind, solace, travel, vacation
Tagged #comfortzone, #encouragement, #gratitude, #inspiration, #peaceofmind, #travel, #vacation
6 Comments
Sunday Afternoon, Mid-November
This morning it rained, and the afternoon was gray and mild. The past week the weather’s been up and down. For a few days, it felt like the middle of winter. Then it backtracked to early fall. November’s like that … Continue reading
Posted in aging, family, gratitude, home, inspiration, kindness
Tagged #family, #familylove, #generations, #gettingolder, #gratitude, #home, #inspiration, #kindness, #shygirl
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