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Happy Birthday to My Beautiful Mom
There are many adjectives that come to my mind when I think about my mom; they include generous, intelligent, courageous, kind, thoughtful, positive and beautiful. She’s one of the people I admire most...
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Believe in Possibilities
Sometimes it can be tough to believe in positive outcomes, especially if you’re going through a stretch of “bad luck.” Like many people, there have been times in my life that have really tested my...
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Make Art and Share it With the World – The Sidewalk Chalk Project
I grew up in the Midwest and there was nothing better than a warm Spring day to shake off the chill of winter and enjoy being outside. As the days heated up, the countdown for school letting out for...
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I Accept My Talents
I wrote the following as a part of my “All is Well in My World” art and journaling project on July 7, almost exactly two years ago from today. The project was inspired by the teachings of Louise Hay,...
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I Accept Guidance
Of all of the lessons I’ve learned over the past few years, this one has been the most difficult. Not so much from a standpoint of turning to others for guidance, but more about accepting help from...
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An Air Mattress, a Blessing’s Basket and a Bottle of Wine
A week ago yesterday I maneuvered my way through the Newark airport with a cat in a carrier, two full size suitcases and boarded a one-way, non-stop flight to Omaha Nebraska. Moving is never a small...
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Thoughts from my Echo Chamber
Like many people in the U.S., I’m caught up in the aftermath of the 2016 election results. Normally, I write about my observations about life from an every day, non-controversial point of view. This is...
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2017 – The Year of Feeling Grateful
It may be a bit early to start talking about New Year’s Resolutions, or is it? For whatever reason, when one year draws to a close and a new year is about to begin, we reflect on what is “wrong” with...
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Silence Has a Sound
Tonight the walls of my apartment reverberated with memories of laughter and love. The silent air is filled with the sounds of playful bickering over the rules of a game, of philosophical conversations...
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Home is Where the Heart is
You can only lose what you cling to. — Buddha The image of my beautiful three story colonial was blurred in the rear-view mirror, as we pulled out of the driveway while returning the farewell waves and...
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The World is Askew
Today, the earth shifted off of its axis. It’s been coming for a long time, we’ve seen it happening – but we still wonder how things ended up this way. It’s easy to blame it on the outcome of the most...
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Knock Three Times on the Ceiling if I’m Noisy, Twice on the Floor if the...
Nothing makes you more tolerant of a neighbor’s noisy party than being there. ~ Franklin P. Jones One of the upsides to living in a 100 year old building is the amazing hardwood floors. One of the...
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Every Picture Tells a Story
“Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.” ~ Pablo Picasso After nearly a year of art journaling and drawing my way through some seriously faith testing times,...
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Life is a Beautiful Mosaic in the Making
“She never seemed shattered; to me she was a breathtaking mosaic of the battles she’s won.” – Matt Baker For the past few months, my thoughts and feelings have found their way into the pages of my...
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Ideas Are Meant to Be Shared, Not Hidden
DO NOT COVET YOUR IDEAS. Give away everything you know, and more will come back to you. The problem with hoarding is you end up living off your reserves. Eventually you’ll become stale. ~ Paul Arden...
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Prayers & Dreams Really Do Come True
About ten months ago, I came to the realization that it was time for me to move back into the world of going into an office for my “day job.” In the beginning, I loved the 25 step commute from my...
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“We are never too old to be young at heart. Being young at heart means simply being willing to be a beginner.” ~ Julia Cameron. On September 15, 2011, exactly seven years ago to the date, I picked up...
View ArticleChange is the One Thing in Life that is Certain
“I’ve suffered a great number of catastrophes in my life, most of which have never happened.” ~ Mark Twain There have been times in my life when I feel like I’ve jumped out of the frying pan into the...
View ArticleNew Beginnings and Beautiful Outcomes
“Every artist was first an amateur.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson Hot Shops Art Center is home to more than 80 local professional artists and multiple gallery spaces. Although I haven’t yet attended one,...
View ArticleTuning into Life in Liverpool
It’s a little hard to wrap my head around the fact that I’ve moved four times in the past 11 years. First from a five-bedroom house in Omaha, NE to a three bedroom apartment in Yardley, a township in...
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