I bet that there are times during your day that you say, “I have to do this” or “I have to do that” and you feel overwhelmed or just plain tired. You say to yourself, “I don’t have time,” or I’m too tired, ” or “I don’t feel like it.” Whether it is exercise, fixing […]
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Last week was challenging and a whole lot of fun traveling with our grandchildren – 8-year-old twins, one of whom is on the autism spectrum. We were traveling to Arizona to visit the grandkids’ step-great grandmother, whom they had never met. If I learned one major lesson from this trip it was BE PREPARED. Situation
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Last week I wanted to binge. On chips and salsa. Have there been times for you when just want to say, “I don’t care. I want those chips and I want them now?” It had been a challenging couple of days. Traveling with family, including 2 eight-year-olds, we had our flights cancelled and had to
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I am going to get unplugged – starting tomorrow. I am headed out to Arizona to visit my step-mother with family, including my two 8-year-old grandkids. You may be thinking,” How can she possibly be getting unplugged when she is going to have people, including children around?” Here is my answer: I am going to
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This is a tale about the chocolate chip cookie and my love affair with it. It all started when I was just a little girl and my mother made some Tollhouse chocolate chip cookies. Sublime doesn’t even cover how I felt about the experience. Love at first bite. Raise your hand if you are with
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Since being diagnosed with Chronic Epstein Barr Virus (now CFS) back in the 80’s, there are have many times when I have been in physical pain – joint and muscle pain, primarily In the mid-90’s, I had disc in my neck pressing on the nerve and it was excruciating. Recently I have been bothered by
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Every night my husband and I do a simple, powerful practice that keeps our relationship strong and gives us a chance to reconnect after our day. We learned this practice from Fr. Matthew Linn, a Jesuit priest who gives retreats all over the world on healing. He and his brother and sister-in-law wrote a book
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Let’s be frank about this. I am a bust at mindful eating. When I am eating alone, I fix my food, I sit down and eat while reading a magazine and half-watching the TV. I barely pay attention to what I am eating, although I know that it is healthy (plus for me). With so
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Today started badly. After waking up several times in the night, I was awake at 4:30 a.m. Could not go back to sleep. So my mind went to what had occurred before we went to bed. Something my husband had done that had irritated me, but I had not really voiced how upsetting it was
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“Where have all the good men gone?” This questions reminds me of an old Peter, Paul and Mary song called “Where have all the flowers gone?” It was a very wistful and nostalgic tune. But it is a question I hear often from my single lady friends who have stepped out into the dating
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