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Lessons Learned from Dad
9 minute read) Some Lessons I Learned from Dad (in no particular order) 1. A good story is worth telling more than once. Even as a child I remember asking him to retell the same stories. “Tell the one about me standing in my crib with the big bandaid over my eye.” Or “How about →
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You Got this!
When was the last time you gave something everything you had? With nothing left in your reserve of energy? It has been a long time since I have been at that point but I remember the feeling clearly. The extreme exertion calling on every part of my body and mind. No training or preparation rehearses →
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Puzzle Answers & A Big Announcement
As promised, here are the answers to the family matching puzzle a few days ago: But “DON’T TOUCH THAT DIAL,” as they used to say before commercials. After reading through the correct answers you will find an important announcement about a family that was left out of the whole blog post on families. One tv →
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Our Obsession With Succession (and other family shows) *Plus a little trivia game
(8 minute read PLUS a bonus matching game that may take longer) Last week we watched the finale of Succession. Five years ago the first episode of this dark comedy, family drama series created by Jesse Armstrong aired on television’s HBO. My family was obsessed with Succession. We had lengthy discussions of the fictional Roy →
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It Only Takes 2 Minutes For A Sunny Afternoon to Change
(5 minute read) Calm breezes with clucking chickens poking around the fresh cut grassy pastures can swiftly move into dark skies and winds so strong they lift the birds off their feet. It is true what they say about incoming wet weather, it is almost exactly two minutes from the first whipping winds that a →
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“How about we just enjoy being with one another”
(5 minute read) Merry Christmas, Happy New Years, Happy Valentine’s Day, Happy St. Patrick’s Day, Happy Birthday and Happy Easter! Phew! We covered off on all of them this past weekend. We had some catching up to do. It had been several months since we were all together, November in fact, to celebrate Thanksgiving. Covid →
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When Is the Last Time You Left Your Comfort Zone?
Get comfortable under a warm blanket on the sofa with a cup of tea, then take the next 12 minutes to read about how important it is for you to get out of your comfort zone. I am no authority on this topic, and yet I am very familiar with it. I crave my soft →
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A New Burst of Inspiration
This past October weekend I did something kind of scary, and it had nothing to do with haunted houses or vampire bats flying on a full moon. I got my courage up to step forward in my pursuit of becoming a writer. If you have been reading my blog you may already consider me to →
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Moving out of the suburbs
“Home is the nicest word there is.” ~Laura Ingalls Wilder Hanging on the wall in our guest bathroom is this simple quote painted in white on a rustic wood canvas. It captures the essence of my life. I have spent a lot of energy nesting and striving to create the environment my family can affectionately →
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My return to the grizzlybearma blog
“I’m Baaaaack!” said with long drawn out two syllables. I return to grizzlybearma.com with slight apprehension mixed with an eagerness of much to share. My hesitation to jump back into blogging is that I know the time commitment it adds to my already busy life these days. But that is just the reason I need →
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