Category Archives: Gratitude
Employment is good
Last Friday on Facebook I saw that a friend of mine from college had been laid off from his job. Besides wanting to help, I felt a surge of gratitude that I had made it successfully through that very scenario … Continue reading
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Twelve Upgrades to Your Vocabulary
Jessica Hagy is back at it again, and comes out swinging for 2013 with an article titled Verbal Resolutions: 12 Upgrades to Your Vocabulary For the New Year. One highlight: August: Practice your acceptance speech. In the mirror, while getting … Continue reading
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Merry Christmas
Depending on what time of the day you are reading this I must question what you’re doing here. If it’s still Christmas morning, then get back to your family and friends! This will wait. If it’s Christmas evening then…okay. You’ve … Continue reading
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Sporadic Posting Ahead
Starting tomorrow I’ll be on vacation from work for ten days straight (one of the few benefits of leaving most of your vacation time un-taken until you’re just about to lose it. I really intend to spread it out a … Continue reading
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Thank a cop
I was just doing a little online reading when I came across this local article, from a new column called “Ask a cop” — Good reading to help us remember things to be thankful for. Here’s one: I’m thankful to … Continue reading
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Happy Thanksgiving
It’s early in the morning and the house is quiet. We’re going to be taking it easy today, watching the Macy’s Parade, the Westminster Dog Show, and generally hanging around home. I may work on a project I didn’t get … Continue reading
Sandy Chainsaw Massacre
When we first moved into this house we found we had a dead tree in our yard. Years ago someone had planted a trio of aspens along the fence separating our yard from the neighbor’s. Two of them were on … Continue reading
What we do for love
It’s getting closed to 11:00 pm. That’s not late for many of you, I realize, but I should have been heading to bed an hour ago. But I’m still up. Why? My kids have found that the local library has … Continue reading
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The Move – One year later
It’s been a year since we moved here. I remember not wanting to move, but trying to put on a brave face for everyone else. But more than that I was grateful to have my family with me again, and … Continue reading
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Gratitude for grandparents
My father-in-law recently visited us from Finland. We really enjoyed showing him around town and doing things together, especially since we’re still getting to know the area ourselves. Most importantly, though, the kids really enjoyed spending time with him, playing … Continue reading