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Over the past couple of weeks I have been swamped with all sorts of meetings and have been communicating with friends who have also had meetings ranging from business, to personal, to highly organized, and one that was even completely confidential with our very own President of the US (way to go Isis!). It was [...]
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In an earlier blog post called, “Do You Have Dreams?” I asked you to spend some time answering some questions about your dreams. I’m going to re-post some of them here along with some videos by Adidas that I hope will inspire you today. The title of the video series is “Impossible is Nothing,” and I hope [...]
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Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.
Last night while at Wal-Mart, I was on the phone with a friend who was checking out something on Twitter for me and she blurted out, “Patrick Swayze died?!” although I don’t know Patrick Swayze personally, [...]
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I got nothin’. None of my excuses compare with what my former student has gone through. Let me explain…
A former student and I became Facebook friends recently, and we talked about getting together for a cup of coffee and catching up with each other. He told me that he had a story that I wouldn’t [...]
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I have written in a previous post about the talk I had with my 12-year old about making attitude a conscious choice. I am currently reading a wonderful and inspiring book called The Gift by Shad Helmstetter, Ph.D., and he writes a chapter called “The Gift of Choice.” He says that the big choices that [...]
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The sheriff is in town and has laid (lain?) down the law.
This summer was different than it has been in 4 years. For the past 5 years, I have been a school administrator where I had to work 12 months and was not home with my kids during the summer vacation from school. My kids [...]
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Sometimes when we have dreams and goals, it’s important not only to know the steps we need to take to achieve our dreams, but it’s also important to recognize what keeps us from starting even when we know what we need to do.
I hope you will set aside some time today or this weekend to [...]
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As we get ready to get into weekend Festivities (or maybe just plain old Activities), Friday posts will be devoted to blogs and websites worth checking out, money-saving ideas, book recommendations and the like. Please leave a comment with your recommendations, too!
The first blog I recommend is by Sandy, http://www.reluctantentertainer.com/. Sandy is a mother, wife, [...]
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I had to have the whole attitude talk with my “12-year-old-in-two-weeks” daughter yesterday. I had to have it with myself, too! I had to wake both of my daughters up early, and that’s when it started…
As I was waking up my oldest, she was already mumbling, “No, no, no…” And I was already ready to [...]
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