Tag: gratitude
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Mother’s Day
I celebrated Mother’s Day as I always do,so grateful to have a mother and be a mother.It’s been two and half years since I’ve lost mine,but today as I took my evening walk,I smelled her.I inhaled her scent so deeply into my lungs,and said hello.I told her some news and how I was doing,and told…
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Motherhood
Take 1 cup of Mama Bear love, the kind where you would lay down your own life to protect theirs.Take 2 dollops of awe, the kind where you just can’t fathom these little people, full of their own thoughts, feelings, opinions and talents.Add 3 pinches of rituals, the kind that included Friday night pizza and…
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Endurance
“You must endure the trying times and believe the best times are coming.” ~DodinskyThe best times are coming,I know that is true,For they’re already here,With each day anew.I’m living life fully,I’m happy to say,Filled with such gratitude,Every dang day!It starts with my children,My three grown up girls,Out carving their own lives,Improving our world.It extends beyond…
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Extra
Last week I received flowers from a friend,a fellow teacher, fellow mom, navigating a difficult time at home. The flowers came with a card.Curious, I opened it to understand why I was the recipient of such generosity.Inside, the card thanked me for being there for her,for giving extra doses of friendship,at a time when she…
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As
As startling as finding your privates on fire after dumping a hot travel mug of tea on your lap as you sought to balance all the things you got into the car with and somehow decided the tea was the thing to let slide.As guilt-inducing as your dogs looking forlornly out the front window at…
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Goosebumps
Ford’s Theater,Washington, DCFriday, Feb. 2, 2024Written Then, Spoken Now: African American Letters to Lincoln.My sister, my daughter and ITogether for an eveningLovers of books, history and learning…The warmest goosebumps.Seated just feetFrom the boxWhere Lincoln was shot…The chilliest goosebumps.The scholarPresenting his researchFraming the time and thinking of President Lincoln…The tingly-est goosebumps.The actorsDramatically reading the letters,Firsthand accounts of…
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Homeostasis
Recently I was working with a high school student on his homework assignment. It was all about homeostasis. We had an interesting conversation about it, he defined it in his own words and conceptualized his project. But I was left pondering the word all night. Homeostasis: the tendency toward a relatively stable equilibrium between interdependent…
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