Month: November 2019
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This time on this Earth
I know this much is true: I feel grateful every, single day for all of you in my life. I am grateful for this life; no matter how hard it has been at times; I am truly grateful. I am grateful my lungs take in air, my heart pumps my blood and those things allow…
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Beauty and the Grief
I love pretty things. I do. As a little girl, I loved dressing up. I loved make-up. Playing with my Grandma Dodie’s lipstick. When I was three my Papa and Dodie bought me a new dress with pink ruffled undies. They took me out to dinner. I ordered a Shirley Temple and proceed to show…
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Kindness and Your Place in the World
Tomorrow is World Kindness Day. I have a crush on this day. As I sit here and type, I am thinking of ways I can be kind tomorrow and perhaps incorporate acts of kindness into my life beyond tomorrow. I have been the recipient of many acts of kindness and it has made all the…
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Zombies vs. Calavera- Perhaps this is what’s wrong in our culture
Happy Dia de los Muertos! Or Day of the Dead for those of us who did not do well in high school Spanish 🙂 I love this holiday. Celebrated all throughout Latin America-celebrating our dead, a celebration of love and respect for our family members who are no longer with us. What a cool day.…
Samsmom: Life, Joy, Loss and Loving your Mitochondria 