Ann V. posted this on her blog a few months back, and it is something I plan to spend some time thinking on. Won’t you join me?
A Question:
~from Mary Oliver’s Summer Day from a Poem a Day for American High Schools :
“Tell me, what is it you plan to do
with your one wild [...]
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661. Fresh spring breeze and warm sunshine
662. Toddler legs flying as fast as they can, exploring every corner of the back yard. Back and forth. Back and forth. Head down, topped with an oversized knitted hat from grandma, charging into the breeze. Rosy cheeks. Slightly drippy nose. [...]
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646. Good spiritual conversation
647. New friends
648. Sunshine
649. Hope
650. Sounds of contented playing
651. Water to quench thirst
652. Peaceful white noise hiss of the monitor
653. The smell of frying bacon
654. The generosity of the man frying it
655. Inside jokes (And I love you toooooo…..)
656. Revival of [...]
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It’s Saturday night. Hangin’ with my hubby and watching TV while J5 sleeps soundly.
Happy days…
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I started a Group Gratitude blog today. After reading Ann V’s blog entry “Living A Prayer“, and read how others started sharing their gratitude in a group, I thought that sounded like a most wonderful idea.
I have no idea if anyone will really join me, but I really, truly believe that regular, out loud, conscious [...]
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641. The spontaneous offer of prayer from a new friend
642. Warm Amish friendship bread with melted real butter
643. Having my family safe at home with me
644. Really good fluffy mattress pads
645. Sleep
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Ok, enough with the addictive new things for me. I’ve now started playing Travian. First Geocaching, now this. One of these days I’m going to have to take life offline.
After NaBloPoMo that is…
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“Just keep swimmin’, just keep swimmin’.”
Dory, Finding Nemo
Some days, you just have to keep swimmin’. Even now, I’m just pushing myself through 5 minutes of this, and 5 minutes of that. Plugging away.
Next on my project list is to actually decorate our home. We’ve lived here for almost 11 years. We renovated the main [...]
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It’s been a long day and I’m sleep deprived. This is a poor excuse of a blog entry.
I’ll do better tomorrow. I promise.
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Bits from My Thin Within Blog
