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Always thankful for another day!

The holiday season is coming fast. Almost seems faster each year. Today we are celebrating Thanksgiving here in the US. Everyone is talking about all they are thankful for. Roofs over their heads. Food on the table. Money in the account. Friends and family that we love. Thankful for our health. Every year trying to teach our kids about being thankful for what they have instead of focusing on the objects they don’t. Thankful for… Let me ask you something. Have you ever been thankful for your mental health? Thankful for making it through another day to see the sunshine? …

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What are your New Year’s Inspirations

It is the new year, a chance to re-evaluate things in your life. Maybe set some goals in your personal life, romantic life (or lack of), and for some a chance to try to be better. But instead of the resolutions that we all make and tend to break within the first 24 hours, maybe we should call them inspirations. To inspire to be better. Inspire a personal life full of happiness. Or inspire to work on having and improving your romantic life. Inspire for Health For so many years prior, when I was heavier in weight, I would always …

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It is that time of year to be celebrate you

It is just two days away from the Christmas holiday here. A time filled with family and friends. Sending love to loved ones we have not seen or spoken to for so long. Some of us may be adding extra volunteering time so help the too many in our world that do not have enough food on the table. Or we are the many missing loved ones that cannot join us for the holiday and those that have passed on too early in life. Stressful time The holidays can also be a very stressful time. For me, I was juggling …

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Thankful for today, for you.

Today in the US, we are celebrating Thanksgiving. It is a time to reflect on what you are thankful for in your life. But for me, these last few years have been a roller coaster ride. It has left me thankful for so little and so much. The last few years have taught me that in a moments notice, your life can change. The life you have been living for so many years, is no longer and now you have a new reality. And it is not just your life that is impacted. Thankful for now So, this year, I …

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A Brave Sacrifice for the Nation

Today is Veteran’s Day. A day to honor all of those men and women past, present, and future that have given up their comforts of home to go to an unknown location and fight for the freedom we, as citizens, enjoy every day. A sacrifice for the nation of children, working class citizens, generations of love and peace. So many choose to leave family and friends home to gear up and risk everything. It is also a day to honor the families and friends at home, scared, proud, and strong. These are people that stay home to continue the legacy …

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Another roller coaster year comes to an end.

Goodbye 2020. This is it. The very last day of this roller coaster of a year, 2020. In moments, the clock will click down and the fireworks will fly. Many of us will celebrate that this year has finally ended and hopefully the new year of 2021 will bring us some new hope. Others will stay comfortable at home with a blanket and some movies. Another simple night to say goodbye to one year and wake up to another. Describing 2020 This year can be described in so many ways. What 2020 has shown us was happiness, tears, too much …

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Wishing you a Merry Christmas!

It is the night of all nights. When kids are super excited and the parents are exhausted. Christmas is that time of the year that can bring joy and love to your heart. The power of Christmas shows that family and friends care and are thinking of you. Even in today’s pandemic, a phone call or even drive by can lift the spirits of those close to us. Christmas also has the power to bring some sadness. It can remind us of those family and friends that are unable to be with us. To remind us of those that we …

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Happy Thanksgiving

A very Happy Thanksgiving to everyone. The holiday season is upon us. Okay, I need to stop with the corny lines. But, it is the holidays again. So many of us look at this time with happiness and love. Unfortunately, there are too many of us that don’t. I was talking to my family and some of my friends about their plans for this year’s holidays. With all of us trying to navigate through this pandemic, the typical and usual plans for the holidays are now up in the air. For many years now, I have traveled to see family …