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The Last Time
We had a lovely home. It was a beautiful yellow and natural stone two story home with lots of land, a creek, bamboo and blossoming trees. We lived there for several years. I had my garden set up in the back yard and my clothes line was strung between two large trees on the side […]
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When Do I Feel Most Productive?
When do you feel most productive? In the middle of the night. I’ve endured insomnia for years and I have adapted to not sleeping at night and often not at all for a small number of days. I worked 3 rd shift, 24 hour shopping, 24 hour diners. Writing, painting, sewing, cooking, quality time with […]
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What Would I do Differently?
Write about a time when you didn’t take action but wish you had. What would you do differently? There’s a situation that I wish I had taken a different action. I wish I had done something differently. I can’t go into details about the situation but I will say that on Mother’s Day 2015 my […]
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What Makes Me Nervous?
What makes you nervous? It’s definitely safe to say I’m a spazz. The mere concept of going out of my home makes me nervous. I have been diagnosed with agoraphobia and it affects my daily life. Leaving home and any type of social interaction makes me want to ball up and hide. I love to […]
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Something Positive
Describe a positive thing a family member has done for you. To be frank, I’m struggling to think of anything specific. My Mom has done many things for me, I struggle to recall much from my extended family because I’m the tie dye sheep in a group of sheeple. My Mom struggled for a while […]
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5 Everyday Things That Brings Happiness
What are 5 everyday things that bring you happiness? I’m a pretty happy person and there’s many things that contribute to my happiness. It’s hard to narrow it down to five. But here goes: 1) My family and friends. I have a three adult children, five grandchildren, my Mom, Husband, two nieces and five great […]
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What I Learned in High School
Describe something you learned in high school. In complete and utter honesty I only attended 3 months of high school. I was 15, almost 16, when my father abandoned us. My mom was overwhelmed and left too. It was me, alone. I quit school and got a job. My mom returned after a couple weeks […]
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What Healing looks Like
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A Positive Change In My Life
Describe one positive change you have made in your life. The best change in my life was when I found myself and my people, my tribe. The folks who get me. I was raised in a family that was very judgmental, hypocritical, negative, abusive and neglectful and all I knew of myself was what was […]
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Progress
Today I went to my retina specialist appointment and the pressure in my eyes measured 12 and 13. That’s in the normal range! After an examination my Dr told me the uveitis is gone!! The chemotherapy and steroids are working! I was worried that after all these weeks of chemotherapy and steroids; the vomiting, not […]
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How Would I Improve My Community
How would you improve your community? There’s a lot, we need to unify and stop playing victims and being offended by everyone who doesn’t think exactly like us. We need housing that people can actually afford. We need community gardens and community meals available. I went hungry a lot in my life and hunger is […]
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My Morning Rituals
What are your morning rituals? What does the first hour of your day look like? I have pretty severe insomnia and cannot sleep most times even with medications. But when I finally get to sleep I have my routine in the mornings. It helps lessen angsts and anxiety about the night before or the day […]
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Peace of Mind
You don’t need to be seen by others to accumulate virtue.your karma knows when you do good deeds. To be truly kind, you don’t care about rewards or losses, and you don’t need others to praise your merits. You just follow your own heart, and everything you say and do will bring peace of mind.
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Changes Due to Covid-19.
How have you adapted to the changes brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic? As a person with an autoimmune disease I was greatly concerned about Covid. I stayed in most of the time but, sadly, I went to visit my daughter and her family for a few days. We went to my favorite Asian market […]
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What Makes a Person Unique?
Which aspects do you think makes a person unique? The aspects I think makes a person unique are expressiveness, individuality, intelligence- it’s a rare thing now and days, artistic nature, authenticity, accountability, altruism, kindness, their life experiences and their understanding of their life experiences. Courage is another thing today’s society lacks and I find incredibly […]
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The Way Things Were.
First I want to say what inspired this post. We were watching The Haunting in Connecticut 2, Ghosts of Georgia and, at the end of the movie, they show pictures of the actual family. Who, however, are all overweight. But the movie has cast skinny and buff actors, they look nothing like the actual people […]
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My most influential teachers and why.
Who was your most influential teacher? Why? I normally just say life was my best teacher. Growing up ugly, dirt poor and basically neglected in rural Appalachia in the 70’s and 80’s taught me more than any teacher could. My school was kindergarten to 8th grade all in the same building. No middle school. I […]
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