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Author Archives: mtchamblee
Lessons in Gratitude Day 771
My son and I got into a shouting match a couple of days ago–I mean a good ol’ holler near the top of your voice kind of argument. I was sitting here in my bedroom and he was sitting in … Continue reading
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Lessons in Gratitude Day 770
I have been thinking a lot about forgiveness. A lot. It isn’t so much that I have been recently aggrieved by someone and needing to exercise my forgiveness muscles. It’s more that from time to time I become aware that … Continue reading
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Lessons In Gratitude Day 769
Tonight’s Lesson in Gratitude is from Guest Blogger Michal “MJ” Jones. It has been a whirlwind of a summer. I returned to Seattle a little over a week ago, directly from Institute of the Musical Arts. Prior to IMA, I … Continue reading
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Lessons in Gratitude Day 768
Mama said there’ll be days like this. So the old song says. I’ve used this line many times over the course of the past 767 days. Sometimes I was writing about really difficult, challenging days, but most of the time … Continue reading
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Lessons in Gratitude Day 767
I am grateful this evening for the gifts God has given me, or to put it in less spiritual terms, the abilities I was born with and have developed over the course of my life. I was likely born with … Continue reading
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Lessons in Gratitude Day 766
Tonight I celebrate the birth of my son who incarnated on the planet 25 years ago today (August 18). I am grateful for his life, for who he is, for the many things he’s taught me–directly and indirectly–since he was … Continue reading
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Lessons in Gratitude Day 765
Tonight the Muses have once again deserted me. I would have been happy for any of them to show up to accompany me as I sought to write about gratitude. There were nine of them–Muses that is. Who knew? When … Continue reading
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Lessons in Gratitude Day 764
Tonight I decided to spin the wheel and pick a post. I was out late and ended up answering my phone and talked to my son for nearly an hour when I should have been writing this blog. That’s two … Continue reading
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Lessons in Gratitude Day 763
Today is a good day to lay low. Last night I couldn’t seem to wind down toward sleep until midnight and I was on day four of my new earlier waking regimen, having decided that I need more time in … Continue reading
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Lessons in Gratitude Day 762
Today I am grateful for the many messages I receive and lessons I am taught over the course of any given day, which then of course adds up to the millions of messages received and lessons learned over the course … Continue reading
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