Monthly Archives: July 2012

Lessons in Gratitude Day 373

Posted on July 21, 2012 by mtchamblee

Today has been a good day, but then it often is when I spend it with family. I am grateful for the opportunity I’ve been afforded this weekend to visit with two of my three sisters and their families. I … Continue reading →

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Lessons in Gratitude Day 372

Posted on July 20, 2012 by mtchamblee

I’m grateful this evening for hanging out with my sister Ruth and her family. After a lovely late supper, we retired to the family where I was treated to watching the television show, “Wipeout.” I haven’t laughed this hard in … Continue reading →

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Lessons in Gratitude Day 371

Posted on July 19, 2012 by mtchamblee

I am getting ready to travel. I am not really a relaxed, easy traveler, particularly when it involves flying across the country (though I am by no means a white knuckle traveler either.) But when you live at one edge … Continue reading →

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Lessons in Gratitude Day 370

Posted on July 18, 2012 by mtchamblee

I am grateful. It has been a tiring day–I have walked through a fairly busy mid-week, mid-July day and am mildly exhausted. It has been a happy day–after nearly a year my son has been able to regain something he’d lost … Continue reading →

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Lessons in Gratitude Day 369

Posted on July 17, 2012 by mtchamblee

Tonight I confess that I am having a hard time sitting still long enough to write. What I’d really like, after having had a few late nights over the past few days, is to go to bed. But I have … Continue reading →

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Lessons in Gratitude Day 368

Posted on July 16, 2012 by mtchamblee

Whew, another long, good day. I am starting this blog over an hour later than usual, which has happened the past few nights. While this is not a pattern I want to consistently repeat, it is what it is and … Continue reading →

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Lessons in Gratitude Day 367

Posted on July 15, 2012 by mtchamblee

Sometimes I have so many things going on at the same time that I can hardly get anything done. I bounce around like ricochet rabbit from one thing to the next. It can be a little tiring and a bit … Continue reading →

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Lessons in Gratitude Day 366/1

Posted on July 14, 2012 by mtchamblee

I am grateful for a new day. This morning when I woke (before the alarm as usual) the first words I wrote in my journal were, “Woke this morning–thank you God, lol. I am grateful to be alive, relatively well/able … Continue reading →

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Lessons in Gratitude, Day 365

Posted on July 13, 2012 by mtchamblee

I made it! I really wasn’t trying to, didn’t set out to do it, but here I am–on the 365th day of expressing gratitude. I posted the first Lessons in Gratitude blog on June 30, 2011, writing for 227 straight … Continue reading →

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Lessons in Gratitude Day 364

Posted on July 12, 2012 by mtchamblee

Last night I slept with both my windows wide open because even after sunset it was still stuffy and hot in my room. This morning, I paid for it. I was awakened at 5:27 a.m. by the familiar and annoyingly … Continue reading →

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