Joy
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It’s absolutely beautiful where I live today. Close to 70 degrees at the beginning of November. It’s one of those days that feels like a priceless treat from Mother Nature that you want to savor and not waste any part of. Normally on a day like today I would be happily hiking through my forest,…
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We all know the song “It’s My Party” and I’m sure all of you read that and finished with the lyrics, “And I’ll cry if I want to.” That song has always confused me because who cries at a party? A party is supposed to be fun and full of joy and laughter, not tears.…
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Twice today I have encountered this question and each time I have stopped to think of my own answers. As I was on my walk this afternoon, I thought about this seemingly simple question a little more deeply. So deeply in fact I consulted an online dictionary. Yeah I know that’s a whole other level…
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August 7th, 2022. It’s just a day to most of you, but to me it’s the day life changed. It’s the day the after began. I had no idea at the time it was the day the after began. I don’t think we ever do. It would be nice if the Universe or our horoscope…
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The state of the country I call home is a shitshow. For those of you offended by curse words, there is simply no other word to use to describe the daily madness that is happening in the United States. There are so many daily assaults on the pillars of democracy, the rights of people, and…
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I know I am not the only one who has felt like the last week has been at least a year long. Each day and sometime multiple times a day it seem like a headline worse than the last pops up on our screens. Headlines full of things that seem unimaginable and yet are unfortunately…
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Both Post Covid Syndrome and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome are relapsing and remitting disorders meaning the symptoms can come and go. There are days, weeks, etc where my symptoms are running the show and then days, weeks, etc where it feels like I actually have some control over my body. This is by far the hardest…
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