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Cloudy with a Chance of Deep Breaths
I hate it when people accuse me of lolly-gagging, when I’m quite clearly dilly-dallying. Every so often I will search, “what is the most searched question today/this week/of the moment?” In the past the results have been usually tech, politics, health, etc related. Today, I was surprised to find that “how do I change a tire?” and “how do I tie a tie?” to be some of the top questions. It gave me pause and it gave me a hope for humanity all at once- still trying to figure out which I have more of – pause or hope, but at least I have both! First, it gave me pause.…
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Portals of Discovery
Excuse my absence last week. I am currently in a chapter of “what the world/is there a name for what’s going on” health journey, not too unfamiliar to me. But I have had to run a get labs and such, which has gotten my days all in a tangle. I am okay, nothing crazy, just a little wobbly and tired. One more thing before I move onto what I want to write today: my online store. My goals keep changing, because reality keeps changing. BUT since moving, I have a small craft area and it’s almost ready! Hopefully this Friday I can start actually putting everything together and eventually taking…
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My Story Isn’t Your Story, Your Story Isn’t Mine
“Before the IDEA, children like my son were stigmatized, stereotyped, and institutionalized.” Senator Maggie Hassan Oh what deep grief, abundance of lessons, and remarkable joys come with pain and struggle. What is life if we cannot allow our story to become part of the greater story of helping each other place one foot in front of the other? Senator Hassan has passion, conviction, and pain- if you have been in the special education ebbs and flows of the past 40-50 years, like my family has, you find yourself talking to the tv, shouting “Amen! Preach it!” I am not bringing this to your attention today for any political reasons. To…
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I’ve Been Here Before
My parents and I are currently going back and watching the West Wing TV show (1999-2006), many, many relevant lessons and applications for our world today, but more than that, I would like to share a quote from the series… “This guy is walking down the street when he falls in a hole. The walls are so steep he can’t get out. A doctor passes by and the guy shouts up, ‘Hey you, can you help me out?’ The doctor writes a prescription, throws it down in the hole and moves on. Then a priest comes along and the guy shouts us, ‘Father, I’m down in this hole can you…
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Heart to See
“It is not enough to photograph the obviously picturesque.” Dorothea Lange Pictures. I can never take too many. Although I am overwhelmed by the magnitude of how many we have at the moment in our downsize/move, I am incredibly grateful to have many. The picture today I visit many days. The love between cousins, the comfort of loving arms, security… peace… so much in one picture. One of my ventures after high school was acquiring a career certificate in photography. Remember this was 2006. The program I decided to go with required that you use only 35mm camera, nothing digital, nothing automatic. I had been playing around with photography for…
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Willing to Be Wrong
Being Wrong or Being Right. Right or Left. For or Against. One side or the other. “You must pick” is the posture of most Americans at the moment. But if we truly searched our mind, heart, and soul, would they actually agree with what the world is telling us we must do? I’ll admit there are some things I can be optimistic about, but most things I am skeptical about at first, before I can get my hands on some good facts, or at least some credible information. Arguing and bickering are one of my biggest pet peeves. Along with yelling or raising your voice. I believe in a good…
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The Gift of Release
Release: verb: to set free from restraint, confinement, or servitude. Noun: relief or deliverance from sorrow, suffering, or trouble. Synonyms: set free, let go, turn loose, dismiss… If you have ever battled chronic pain or illness, or a pain or illness that has lasted for an extended period of time, then you will understand what I am going to describe today. If you have not, then I will do my best to give you a picture as close as I can. It’s no secret that I have migraines, and that I always will. They are triggered by things that I can control, and more of things I cannot. I am…
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Generation to Generation
When a generation tolerates a sin, the next will celebrate it, and the generation after them won’t even know it is a sin. Unknown I have been sitting with this quote for a few weeks now. So I invite you to sit with it for a little bit before continuing… Every generation is marked with their “successes” and “failures.” Every generation is labeled these days and tagged with the “tech inventions” of the day. And I am not saying this is all bad, but hear me out, because it does become nauseating at some point. I am a Millennial/Gen Y, born between 1980-1996. My generation is tagged as the Information…
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Are we at recess or in the white house?
I am jumping right in this week, because I don’t mess around when it comes to something that hits close to home. And neither does this community or their advocates when we have been disrespected. What am I speaking of? Well, Trump decided he needed to make comments on Governor Newsom’s very honest and real truth that he shared, that he has dyslexia. His comment I will not repeat here, because it disgusts me. What I will address is why the comment that not only our President made, but many others assume and feel the need to express, is so completely disgraceful and honestly reflects on the intelligence of the…
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Words, Put the S before the W & you get Sword
Words. How to choose them. How to use them, or not use them. Defining them. Interpreting their meaning within the context of what is being said. These are all ponderings I have had this week. Let me start with a story. If you are new here, welcome, you are reading a post written by someone who has no college degree or special english/writing training. Therefore, perfect grammar is not one of the goals of this blog, but being real is. This being said, let me take you back to my high school days. I have a significant comprehension learning disability, so since I was homeschooled in high school, I was…
