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Category Archives: Family
Lessons in Gratitude Day 757
I am grateful this evening for family traditions. During my time vacationing with family this week I was amazed that before each meal we held hands and said the same grace over our food as we did when I was … Continue reading
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Lessons in Gratitude Day 756
Tonight I am grateful for many things: first for a safe return for me and my sister and her kids from our vacation “down south” in North Carolina. The traffic was a bit heavier upon our return, so the drive … Continue reading
Lessons in Gratitude Day 755
Today was the last full day of this phase of my vacation. I spent it exactly the way it should have been spent: a couple of hours on the beach enjoying the breeze, the sounds of the ocean, conversations with … Continue reading
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Lessons in Gratitude Day 750
It has been a long week of the kinds of ups and downs and side-to-sides that can only come with another wild ride on Mephistopheles the mechanical bull. At least this wasn’t one of those high octane rides when it’s … Continue reading
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Lessons in Gratitude Day 747
Tonight was a good one to spin the wheel and see what happened. It landed on a blog from July 19, 2011, a very early blog (Day 20). It is helpful to me to go back and read blogs from … Continue reading
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Lessons in Gratitude Day 732
Tonight is a good night to spin the RNG wheel and let my previous words speak for me. It is only Monday and I am already ready for the weekend. I am going on strike today (again) and unlike the … Continue reading
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Lessons in Gratitude Day 728
Tonight I am grateful for the random thoughts that are coursing through my mind right now. I decided that I would take a lighter approach to the blog this evening. I got tired of seeing myself write about how tired … Continue reading
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Lessons in Gratitude Day 725
The following is a guest blog from my daughter Michal. She writes about desire for justice, and how her grandparents’ legacies live on. ______________________________ A few nights ago I changed my Facebook “profile picture” and desktop screensaver to a photo … Continue reading
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Lessons in Gratitude Day 724
Tonight I am grateful for traveling mercies. My sister Sandy and I have returned safely from a family reunion from my father’s side of the family. It was a long weekend and a long trek of over 1200 miles and … Continue reading
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Lessons in Gratitude Day 723
Today has been another long, good, but exhausting day with my extended family. It has taken me a while to follow the threads of various cousins’ lives to determine how they are woven in with mine into the tapestry that … Continue reading
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