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How Am I Creative?

I’m giving this a little thought. People have said to me: “Oh you’re so creative”. It didn’t always sound like a compliment. There were a few years when I lived in a community that said it as a bit of a ‘backhanded’ compliment. At the time, I started cringing when I heard it. Not anymore.Continue reading “How Am I Creative?”

Biggest Influencer

Who are the biggest influences in your life? This is a good prompt question for me today. What seems to be a running theme in my life lately, is that I personally have the greatest influence in my own life. If I want to change anything about myself, it really comes down to me. IfContinue reading “Biggest Influencer”

Character

The answer is yes. I am a good judge of character. I give everyone a lot of grace at first meeting. I know we have all suffered differently and live around and from where we came from. Even after someone has shown me, I still have a lot of compassion. But I have learned toContinue reading “Character”

The MOST Happy

Happness is something I’m becoming a student of. My own happiness that is. I have learned a lot about the importance of knowing my own personal energy boosters. It doesn’t take much. My morning coffee makes me very happy. Grandkids. Anything involving them, one FaceTime call… Friends. Yoga. Music. A good joke. One witty person.Continue reading “The MOST Happy”

Fun

The last fun thing I did was going to Chester for a birthday date. I love this cool town. It’s all decked out for the holidays and looks completely Halmark movie magical. (they actually filmed one there). It’s the town that was bought up by an artist and restored, one building at a time. WeContinue reading “Fun”

What I Pictured

I would say no. My life is not. I’m still trying to wrap my head around where I am. But I wonder Did I ever stop and try to picture my future life last year? Because last year at this time we were driving back and forth to two different hospitals. Our eighty seven yearContinue reading “What I Pictured”

Parade

My favorite little town has a Holiday parade every year. It’s my own real life version of Stars Hollow (from the Gilmore Girls which if you’ve never heard of it, is a show that was inspired by it’s creator’s trip to CT. It seems to be trending all these years later, as are Harlmark movies.Continue reading “Parade”

Skills? Lessons?

Yes. Probably. I hope so. This span of my life has been interesting. I’ve stretched and shrunk and spent chunks of time in less than ideal conditions. It’s been more fish-out-of- water time for me than time spent fitting in. I’ve also had some really surprisingly wonderful experiences along the way. I’m learning how toContinue reading “Skills? Lessons?”

First Day

Tell us about your first day at something — school, work, as a parent, etc. Heres one. First day, first grade. On my first day of first grade I fearlessly got out of the car and walked up to the doors alone. For whatever reason, I was arriving after the kids were already in classroomsContinue reading “First Day”

Darkness

Looking for solstice ideas on Pinterest, I came across this reference to a story about a raven who tricked a guy who was hiding all the light in the world. (I looked it up, it’s a native Canadian legend myth story). According to the lore from north western indigenous people, the raven executed a complicatedContinue reading “Darkness”