Author: Jamie
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Restless
Lately, I’ve been restless. restless |’rest-less| adjective offering no physical or emotional rest; involving constant activity or motion synonyms: restive, fidgety, edgy, worked up, agitated, anxious, keyed up; jumpy, jittery, twitchy, uptight, antsy. Why all these restless feelings? The “easy” answer is that I’m a planner, and it drives me crazy when I can’t have…
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More of My Thousand Gifts
“To speak gratitude is courteous and pleasant, to enact gratitude is generous and noble, but to live gratitude is to touch Heaven.” — Johannes A. Gaertner Continuing to list one-thousand gifts: #76) frozen smoothies on a hot day #77) ceiling fans #78) my big green chair (so cozy!) #79) sunscreen #80) soft facial tissue #81)…
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The Men in My Life…
Tomorrow is Father’s Day, so I’m thinking about how thankful I am for the men in my life! The first: my Harley-Davidson-riding, ponytail-wearing, nature-loving Dad… As I was growing up, my dad loved me, provided for me, educated me about cars and being self-employed (as I worked in his auto repair shop), and taught me…
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Thankfuls continued…
“Were there no God we would be in this glorious world with grateful hearts and no one to thank.” — Christina Rosetti Continuing my list of one-thousand gifts… #51) swimming pools in summer #52) sisters having fun #53) colors — imagine the world without them! #54) laughter #55) a refrigerator to keep food from spoiling…
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One year ago, we met our teenage daughter
One year ago yesterday, we met Lindsey — or as Kathryn puts it, “looked into her eyeballs” — for the first time. Back then, we couldn’t share her real name or her show her face in photos. So I got creative in our 1st photo. There were so many emotions wrapped up in that day,…