Tag: March
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Family, Travel & Writing
Whatever it is, it really doesn’t matter. My visits are brief and I love just spending time with family–holding them dear, giving them love through time and attention, making the most of all the moments.
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Beyond the Basics: Challenging Myself to a “Mindset Upgrade”
Being nearly 50 has sparked a shift within me, moving beyond the “basics” of self-help toward a necessary fine-tuning. It’s no longer just about managing moods, but about upgrading my tools to cultivate true compassion—softening the defensive shell I’ve worn for years to finally let a deeper kindness take root.
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Basking in Spring
Spring has sprung. The sun is shining with a blue sky that holds big puffy clouds as they float above. Birds of unknown varieties and quantities sing their songs as some, like the swallows, nestle into their homes making room for the coming babies. The lizards and bugs have also come out to play. The…
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On the Edge…
The other day, I messaged with a writing adoptee friend as part of our regular check-ins with each other. She replied back that my list of goals and activities for the next two weeks made her exhausted reading it, to which I laughed. For me, it didn’t feel like much. When one lives with a…
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Still Catching Up
The week has flown by. I suppose not arriving home until Monday helps with that, but also it’s been a flurry of catching up on things. Now that it is Friday, I feel as if I’m approaching being caught up even though my body is not sure. Physically, I’m a bit out of whack. My…
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Family Time
Family. Such a loaded and complicated word. So much is wrapped up in this two-syllable (or three if you enunciate it fully) word. When you’re an adopted person, this word has even more implications and nuances. We are told that we are lucky because our family “chose” us. Or, as in my case, I feel…
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Happy Easter 2024
Well, I have been a little delinquent here. There’s no real reason other than being busy with a visit to France and spring fever distractions – more happening to me rather than by me. So, this is a just a brief Hello to check in and wish any readers here a very Happy Easter! Will…
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Moody
The mood swings are real today and it’s not yet 10 am. 🫤 I didn’t post on Friday either because I couldn’t quite figure out what to write about or how to formulate my thoughts. So, this may just be a random post of ups and downs, ins and outs. A friend is going in…
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Kindness and Respect
I’m in a bit of a post-travels slump. The weather isn’t helping as it is pouring rain as I type this now. It has been a little chilly, though not overly so, but the rain 🌧️🌧️ and thunderstorms ⛈️⛈️ and wind 💨💨 have not been inspiring. 😟 Although it is likely to sound spoiled of…
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Remaining Australia and Home
Well, the remaining six days of Australia were full of more adventure. I’ll try to do a short sum up here and then later prepare another post on the whole trip. AdelaideWe were mostly here to see P!NK in concert. During the planning of our trip, we knew that we wanted to see the city,…
