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Category Archives: Gratitude
Lessons in Gratitude Day 834
Sometimes I am baffled by life. I am occasionally baffled by the things I say and do, by the world around me. It has been a very long week in some ways and yet I am amazed (and relieved) that … Continue reading
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Lessons in Gratitude Day 833
“I relied upon the moon and Saint Christopher” ~Mary Chapin Carpenter I am finally sitting in front of my computer writing my blog on a very chilly October evening. I got home from after 11 p.m. tonight. We hosted an … Continue reading
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Lessons in Gratitude Day 831
“Sometimes I wonder if I’m ever gonna make it home again.” ~Carole King I’ve spent a lot of time over the course of my life thinking about home. I think that’s partly because I’ve been unconvinced that I’ve actually ever … Continue reading
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Lessons in Gratitude Day 830
Tonight is a good night to spin the wheel of the Random Number Generator. I was up at 5:30, got onto campus by 7:45, and participated in non-stop meetings from 8:15 through 3 p.m. I mean I stopped once to … Continue reading
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Lessons in Gratitude Day 829
I am grateful this evening for all the lessons that have come my way over all these months that I’ve written this blog. Sometimes they have been bold and in-your face, but most of the time have been subtle and … Continue reading
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Lessons in Gratitude Day 828
Tonight I celebrate my daughter’s birth 23 years ago. I have written about her many times in the two and a half years since I first started writing this blog, including a post on her 21st birthday two years ago. … Continue reading
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Lessons in Gratitude Day 827
I can’t help it. I am so grateful that it’s Friday I can hardly stand it. I don’t mean to be a broken record about it, but these days I am ready to collapse when I get home on Friday … Continue reading
Lessons in Gratitude Day 826
Tonight I am grateful once again for members of “Team Terry/Marquita” who continue to show up for me in so many ways. My sister Ruth, who for the second Thursday in a row came over to my house to let … Continue reading
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Lessons in Gratitude Day 825
I do a lot of thinking in the morning: the 40-minute commute to work provides me with one of the quietest times I have in any given day, behind my morning journal writing time and other rare snatches of quiet. … Continue reading
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Lessons in Gratitude Day 824
“Mama said there’ll be days like this…” Good ol’ Mama. The truth is I don’t remember my mother warning me I’d have days like this, but as I think about it, I reckon she probably did. There was nothing terrible … Continue reading
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