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Ten Things of Thankful-May 19 2023

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Happy Friyay! It’s TTOT time. So, let’s get started!

  1. Shout out for Mother’s Day and the week that was! As many of you know, I am an adoptive mother and I am fortunate to have this sunshine in my life. She’s all of 47 now and still keeps me hopping.
  2. Is your mother on the other side of the veil, like mine? My mother has been gone for several year, but she’s not missing. She’s always in my heart. I do miss her presence, but I often feel her spirit.
  3. One thing that I missed while growing up is a close relationahip with grandmothers. I remember every occassion when we saw each other, but with military and long distances, it was difficult to connect. I actually learned more about my paternal grandmother through my cousin. In the last years of grandma’s list I was able to spend time with her, but she was not always aware of who I was. It was still special to spend time with her. It was such a blessing to get to go to her sister’s and cousins and get to know some things with them. Here’s a photo of Grandma Tomey with her sisters. She is second from the left. Sorry it is ao tiny, but technology…
  4. Grandma Hall, mom’s mom, I have a couple of times I met her and she was quiet, but I can sure see some resemblance between her and mom, who I also favor.
  5. Other friend’s mothers. My BFF since junior high, Barbara’s mother was like a second mom to me. I am so grateful for her caring ways and how she took me in as if I were her own.
  6. When you lose your mother, sometimes you seek someone who has her qualities. It’s not always conscious, but I found myself drawn to people who were mom like. Of course, nobody could replace her, but it has been comforting through my life to borrow other people’s mothers.
  7. Have you ever found a mom in a movie or TV show who reminds you of your own? Or have you found mothers different than your own, who you also have been drawn to admire? I can often find the essence of my mother in others. What a blessing.
  8. Happy Mother’s Day Week!
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Ten Things of Thankful-May 5 2023

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  1. Great numbers from my checkup with the doctor yesterday!
  2. Lots of finished projects and progress with other projects.
  3. Tax season has calmed.
  4. Good news on a friend’s health progress.
  5. Tulips shared by a friend.
  6. Good golly is it pretty outside.
  7. Volunteers.
  8. Hope for prayerful asks.
  9. Health
  10. You
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Ten Things of Thankful – April 22 2023

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It’s TTOT time and here we go!

Reasons to be grateful

doors that are welcome to be knocked on

health protected by tests and precautions

people who hold hands instead of arms

time devoted to getting to know true persons

parents who, despite their own struggles, taught us better

friends who become family and family who become friends

a community where I can find unjudgmental support

passion about the worth of persons

those who take stands, leaving their positive mark

the ability to write about what I want

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Ten Things of Thankful-April 7 2023

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April Showers bring Thankfuls for Flowers…Hi y’all. It’s National Poetry Month, so I just had to start with a rhyme.

Grateful for the rain outside

inside would be messy

grateful for the car that glides

so we can get necessities

grateful there is work to do

ready for when bills are due

grateful for socks and shoes

clothers on our backs, too

grateful for projects complete

payment to come will be so neat

grateful for the peace I find

when I find a settled mind

These are all things for which I am grateful

I did not count them one to ten

If these were all things there’d be a crate full

Altogether it’s for the win!

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Ten Things of Thankful-March 17 2023

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Happy Saint Patrick’s Day! As one who has a good amount of Irish in me, I may as well recognize. Let’s start with TTOT!

  1. I don’t have to wear green because I have green eyes! They were blue until a teenager. Weird, huh…
  2. My sister started the traditional green dinner with green koolaid, parsley potatoes, etc. We will have cabbage is as far I can go this day. Glad I have some on hand.
  3. I worked on and finished SEO on my website. WHEW! That’s not my thing, but it had to be done. Relieved!
  4. Some projects have reached an end and others good turning points.
  5. Telephone calls times two this week with people I love to talk with. Yes, there is life beyong texting and emailing.
  6. Tulips. I bought tulips last week and they made it to today. They cheer us up around here.
  7. Books. I have a pile and grateful I can read them. All in due time. I have a couple of pressing ones, first.
  8. Tax season has one month and two days left.
  9. I actually participated in Six Sentence Story today.
  10. YOU! What is your thankful? Come join in the fun!
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