Category Archives: Writing

Blowing Out the Candle

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Tomorrow is this blog’s first birthday…a whole year old!  🙂  When it started, I wasn’t sure how it was going to go….it was all so new.  Like a newborn, I marveled at the process and delighted in the newness.  As time progressed, the blog has been learning to sit up, crawl, and now is beginning to walk.  And with time, the blog is changing, as we all change through life.  It will be interesting to see where it is this time next year when it reaches the “terrible two’s.”  haha  Thank you for sharing this first year with me, for the supportive comments, the love, and the likes.  My wish on the candle?  For blessings for you and your families, and for you to know without a shadow of a doubt how much God loves you.  Slainte, Lisa

Batten Down, Button Up…Or Not

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It’s coming.  The winds that will bring change.  Be it cold front or circumstances…change is inevitable.  And the more I can expect it, be ready for the change, even though it’s relatively unpredictable, the better I feel when it comes.  Here are a few of my favorite quotes on battening down and buttoning up for change.  And sometimes when the winds come, you just need to fling your arms wide and run into the newness.  May God bless you with the wind at your back and the sun shining on your fields.  Slainte, Lisa

“If we don’t change, we don’t grow.  If we don’t grow, we aren’t really living.” – Gail Sheehy

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“When we are no longer able to change a situation – we are challenged to change ourselves.”  – Viktor E. Frankl

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“You must be born again.  The wind blows wherever it pleases.  You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going.  So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”  – Jesus (John 3:7b-8)

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The Chuckleness Factor

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My made-up word of the day is “chuckleness.”  As could be used in the sentence, “That scene had an awesome chuckleness factor to it.”  (I in fact used that sentence last night after dinner, thereby prompting this post of questionable import.)  My equally made-up definition is as follows:

Chuckleness- (adjective) used to describe the funniness or humor of an object, occurrence, or quality.  Best when used with the noun “factor.”

I will now list several funny scenes from popular TV shows for you to vote on the one with the best “chuckleness factor.”  You will probably not know all of them, so just vote for the one you remember and laugh at the best.  And may your day have a chuckleness factor of 10!  Slainte, Lisa

Alive

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“Life is what we are alive to.  It is not length but breadth…Be alive to…

Goodness, kindness, purity, love

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History, poetry, music, flowers, stars

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God, and eternal hope.” – Maltbie D. Babcock

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I love quotes like this.  Words to stimulate my sluggish morning mind into wonder, action and appreciation for blessings that I would otherwise take for granted or ignore.  I pray that you are blessed today.  Slainte, Lisa

Invincible Summer

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In the depth of winter,

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I finally learned that within me there lay

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An invincible summer.  – Albert Camus

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I love this quote.  Strength, hope, future.  And that strength, hope and future lies in God.  He will not let me go, and He won’t let you go either.  Rest in that today.  Slainte, Lisa

*Speaking of summer vs. winter, the results of yesterday’s escape poll are in.

Which beautiful place in the world would you be?

Answer Votes Percent
Floating in Caribbean blue waters 3 43%
Exploring a castle on the cliffs of Ireland 2 29%
Hiking the mountain of your choice 2 29%
Other (leave your choice in the comments section) 0