March 2012
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The passing of a dear friend...
Nothing can EVER prepare you for death, but it’s power multiplies exponentially when it is sudden and unexpected.
Today, a good friend died. She was young, vibrant, energetic, wise, tough and level headed. Her passing more than knocked the wind out of me. Though we haven’t spoken in a year (a fact that I regret more than ever in this moment), at one time, she was my pillar of...
Friday Humor
A father buys a lie detector robot that slaps you when you lie. He decides to test it out on his son at supper.
“Where were you last night?”
“I was at the library.” *robot slaps son* “OK, I was at a friend’s house.” “Doing what?” asked the father. Son: “Watching a movie. Toy Story.” *robot slaps son* “OK, it was porn!”...
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“Disappointments are often about hanging on to a false reality. Digging your...”
– An old soul
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“Rotary believes that the citizen who best serves his country is the one who...”
– 1938-39 George C. Hager (law), Rotary Club of Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Rotary vision: Good communication as the basis of true understanding.
— Address to 1939 Rotary Convention, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
This weekend, I attended a 3-day training session for Rotary Presidents Elect as I prepare for my...
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A father/son relationship and adjusting to a new...
Jon and I have been together for twelve years, but before last summer, I had met his father only once, 8 years ago at grandma’s funeral. It was a brief meeting that I hardly recall.
Early in our relationship, it was hard for me to grasp the separation between Jon and his father because I grew up in a close family. I can’t imagine not having a relationship with my dad. Over the years, Jon...
My week as a single woman... lessons learned
I’ve been living the single gal life this week while Jon is off on a service trip with his nursing program. I’ve learned some very valuable lessons in his absence, but mainly 1- I am not as independent as I thought and 2- I am an extremely lucky lady. Two words describe the experience: It sucks.
Here’s a recap.
Saturday morning after dropping Jon off at school, I drove home...
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I am definitely going to start "eating my frogs!"
I am continually refining my to do list process. The problem I run into is: I look at my list and do the easy things first so I can put a big X next to them and feel like I accomplished something. The problem? The big things or the difficult things never get done… they loom over and haunt me. Heck, I even lose sleep over them sometimes.
This morning, Heather mentioned that I need to...
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Today's Note from the Universe
A few years ago, I subscribed to a daily email service that sends me “Notes from the Universe,” which are basically positive thinking reminders. Sometimes the notes are relevant, other times, not so much… and then sometimes, they are so relevant it is as if the Universe is truly talking to me. I wanted to share today’s:
“When you feel happy, Amber, really happy, it...
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