Monthly Archives: December 2013

Lessons in Gratitude Day 881

Posted on December 11, 2013 by mtchamblee

I know I have been more tired than I am tonight. I can’t say “Oh my god, I can’t remember when I was this tired,” because the truth is I can remember times I’ve been much more tired. So I’m not … Continue reading →

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Lessons in Gratitude Day 880

Posted on December 10, 2013 by mtchamblee

Today was a snow day. Yesterday was an odd weather day–delayed opening and work and power outages wreaked havoc on the campus and surrounding area. This morning the winter storm they meteorologists had predicted showed up right on time, exactly … Continue reading →

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Lessons in Gratitude Day 879

Posted on December 9, 2013 by mtchamblee

Greetings and Thanks To each other as people To the Earth mother of all, greetings and thanks To all the waters, waterfalls, and rain, rivers and oceans, greetings and thanks To all the fish life, greetings and thanks The grains … Continue reading →

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Lessons in Gratitude Day 878

Posted on December 8, 2013 by mtchamblee

Another Sunday evening. It has been a nasty day, weather-wise. First snow, then sleet, then freezing rain, and now just plain old rain. All of this has happened in the span of about 12 hours. For the most part I … Continue reading →

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Lessons in Gratitude Day 877

Posted on December 7, 2013 by mtchamblee

A little while ago I told my sister Ruth that I couldn’t think of anything that I was grateful for. What I more correctly should have said was that I wasn’t sure what I was going to write about being … Continue reading →

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Lessons in Gratitude Day 876

Posted on December 7, 2013 by mtchamblee

I’m grateful to be at the end of another day, another week. This has been one more long, exhausting, week. At the point at which I first started dictating tonight’s blog I’d been stuck in traffic for an hour and … Continue reading →

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Lessons in Gratitude Day 875

Posted on December 5, 2013 by mtchamblee

As I was headed out of my office this evening, one of my coworkers told me that Nelson Mandela had died today, December 5, 2013. And as my breath caught in my chest and the lump formed in my throat, … Continue reading →

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Lessons in Gratitude Day 874

Posted on December 4, 2013 by mtchamblee

Tonight’s Lesson in Gratitude is being offered by my son, Jared Emmanuel. I am grateful to him for sharing this reflection in his unique style and voice. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thank god for you, little computer clock. Eleven thirty at night meant … Continue reading →

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Lessons in Gratitude Day 873

Posted on December 3, 2013 by mtchamblee

Some days are simply too much–too overwhelming with too many meetings and not enough time to do more than throw down one set of files and papers and pick up another to rush off to the next meeting. I am … Continue reading →

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Lessons in Gratitude Day 872

Posted on December 2, 2013 by mtchamblee

Tonight it took me a long time to get to writing my blog. There is a sadness that has been slowly creeping up on me and tonight it’s gotten that much closer. I don’t know exactly what it is about, … Continue reading →

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