Mother. Writer. Aging Rebel. Eternal Optimist
From the monthly archives:
“When you’re happy for no reason, you’re unconditionally happy. It’s not that your life always looks perfect - it’s just that however it looks, you’ll still be happy.”
- Marci Shimoff, Author of Happy for No Reason: 7 Steps to Being Happy from the Inside Out
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Hi guys, I haven’t been online or posting due to a [...]
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Chris Austria of WatDawat is a teacher, blogger, husband and father to five children. A man who dreamed of becoming a professional tennis player, but instead found his calling in the classroom. A man who believes in the value of education so much that he left a higher paying position so he could work for [...]
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Hi guys, I know my posting is slow at the moment. I’ve been in birthday celebrations for a few days now, hanging out with friends and family, getting lots of great gifts, traveling into the city and having a few drinks and some laughs.
This photo of Bunny was taken with an Aboriginal dancer who was [...]
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This week I’m 37 years old and while I’m not doing cartwheels about it, I wouldn’t say I’m exactly depressed either. I’m still relatively young, I’m healthy, have a wonderful family and generally a lot to be grateful for.
If I sound like I’m giving myself a pep talk, well maybe I am, but there’s nothing [...]
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I know what everyone’s saying about me. I’m not stupid.
They think I am because I’m beautiful and I don’t have a job. But brains and beauty are not mutually exclusive, and I don’t have a job because I’m smart enough to know that with my looks I don’t need one.
Don’t hold it against me. It’s [...]
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“You can kiss your family and friends good-bye and put miles between you, but at the same time you carry them with you in your heart, your mind, your stomach, because you do not just live in a world but a world lives in you.”
- Frederick Buechner, Minister and Author
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I love this [...]
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Heroes for Healing is a group writing project created by Jenny Mannion that will feature over 30 spiritual teachers who have inspired and helped others, despite opposition and their work facing “criticism and nay-sayers”.
When I first heard of Jenny’s project, I immediately thought of one person. A woman who I see as the mother of [...]
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