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HALLOWEEN FUN!
“ Clothes make a statement. Costumes tell a story." – Mason Cooley Halloween is just a few days away. There are many different thoughts...
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Oct 27, 20244 min read


WHY SUNFLOWERS?
It has been a couple of years since I published my blog about why sunflowers are so important to me. I was going to rerun the blog, but I...
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Sep 21, 20246 min read


A LOOK BACK
“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” - Søren Kierkegaard. Very soon, it will be fall. Fall is my...
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Sep 9, 20244 min read


I’M BORED!!! (Not)
"If you're lonely when you're alone, you're in bad company." - Jean-Paul Sartre. How often have we heard the phrase “I’m bored?” As a...
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Sep 2, 20243 min read


MY CANCER SCARE
“ Cancer is a word, not a sentence. ” - John Diamond (British Journalist) The word cancer can be very scary. It is referred to in many...
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Aug 24, 20243 min read


GOD'S WAITING ROOM!!
"Waiting for something makes it more gratifying when it finally happens." - Doug Coupland How many of you like to wait? Waiting is part...
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Aug 17, 20244 min read


SCHOOL DAYS!
"Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself." – John Dewey The first day of school is a day that many children...
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Aug 14, 20245 min read


EMBARRASSING MOMENTS!!
Emma Watson: "I feel like I've been given a lot of embarrassing moments. But I'm actually quite comfortable with them, so they don't...
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Aug 4, 20244 min read


GETTING TO KNOW ONESELF!!
Maya Angelou: "We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty." How...
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Jul 29, 20243 min read


CHANGE IS A GIVEN
Heraclitus: "The only constant in life is change." Life continually changes!! Anyone who knows me knows that I don't do well with change....
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Jul 7, 20244 min read


LIVING WITH PAIN
C.S. Lewis: "Pain insists upon being attended to. God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our consciences, but shouts in our...
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Jun 2, 20244 min read


CULTIVATE A RESILIENT AND OPTIMISTIC MINDSET!
Haruki Murakami: "When you come out of the storm, you won't be the same person who walked in. That's what this storm's all about." As...
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May 26, 20243 min read


THE RIPPLE EFFECT OF KINDNESS: How small acts can change the world.
Oscar Wilde: "The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention." The above quote is accurate. I can't count the...
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Apr 26, 20243 min read


YOUR MENTAL HEALTH IS IMPORTANT!
Robin Williams: "I think the saddest people always try their hardest to make people happy because they know what it's like to feel...
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Apr 7, 20244 min read


JOURNEY TO AUTHENTICITY
"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." - Oscar Wilde. Many of us go through life on autopilot. We follow a schedule, do what is...
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Mar 20, 20244 min read


EMBRACE YOUR INNER ARTIST
"Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up." -Pablo Picasso Growing up, I loved to color until I...
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Mar 12, 20244 min read


MY BODY IS AGING!!
MY BODY IS AGING!! "Aging is not 'lost youth' but a new stage of opportunity and strength.” - Betty Friedan. Getting older is not easy!!!...
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Mar 3, 20244 min read


CREATING A ROAD MAP FOR SUCCESS
"Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome." - Oprah Winfrey. Success is different for...
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Feb 23, 20243 min read


THE ART OF NETWORKING
"Networking is marketing. Marketing yourself, marketing your uniqueness, marketing what you stand for." - Christine Comaford-Lynch,...
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Feb 17, 20244 min read


EMBRACING CHANGE!
"If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude." - Maya Angelou Life is full of change. Do you...
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Feb 12, 20244 min read

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