Bereaved and Blessed

Four Eyes (Version 2.0)

July 3, 2012

I got new glasses recently. They are only the second pair of prescription lenses I have owned. Though I don’t know if I will ever completely get used to wearing them, I do like how they look. It was fun to pick out a new ones, especially since it has been 3 1/2 years since […]

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The Today Voice

July 2, 2012

Awhile back a man named Peter Combs tweeted to me and asked if I would be interested in participating in a new writing project that he was starting. We both have connections to the3six5 and though I never asked him, I assumed that is how he found me. Peter’s idea was to get five writers to each take a […]

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Simple Pleasures: A Summer Camp for the Young at Heart

July 1, 2012

It’s the first day of NaBloPoMo for July and the theme is Kids. One of the main reasons I signed up to participate this time around is that I really like the prompts that Melissa Ford came up with and am excited to write about many of them. Since we don’t get prompts for the weekend days (and I likely […]

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NaBloPoMo: July 2012

June 29, 2012

I may be am definitely a bit crazy to attempt this again, smack dab in the middle of the summer. But I am going to do it. I know it will be fun and not nearly as hard as I thought it would be when I set out to try it the first time (last November). So […]

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Gatekeeping (6th Edition)

June 27, 2012

How are you feeling? What are your plans for tomorrow? Welcome to the sixth edition of my “Gatekeeping” blog series. I shared the back story of these simple and yet powerful questions in this post. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In 2011 I lost two loved ones to suicide. I realize that there is likely nothing I could have […]

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Perfect Moment Monday: “It Wasn’t Me!”

June 25, 2012

It’s the fourth Monday of the month which means its time to share our Perfect Moments from June with Lori from Write Mind Open Heart. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It’s been over a week now since Sean has been out of school for the summer and Abby and I are loving having him home/around most of the day, everyday […]