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Real life and traveling around the sun

May 23, 2017January 22, 2012 by Shay

This space may be quiet for a few days as I am busy celebrating another year of life, my actual birthday is on Monday but ya know how it is….a weekday birthday means weekend celebrations. It feels like a big one though it is not, 39 trips around the sun. My last year in my …

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Categories personal growth, Random babble Tags birthday, online versus offline life, social media 5 Comments

Gratitude when you really don’t feel like it

May 23, 2017January 17, 2012 by Shay

I had yet another night where sleep alluded me as it often does these days. Clearly my mind wants sleep but my body says, no girl….no sleep for you. As a result I often wake up in need of an attitude adjustment, but today I woke up after 4 hours of sleep and decided maybe …

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Categories personal growth, Random babble Tags gratitude 1 Comment

Musings on Love

May 23, 2017January 16, 2012 by Shay

My six year old daughter is enamored by all things princess, thanks to the peer pressure from her comrades at the educational institution as well as the general marketing that seems to think girls 4-whatever age should be in love with princesses. I admit this love of being a princess is a hard one for …

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Categories personal growth, Random babble, Relationships Tags end of love, love, self love
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