Tag: loss

Time Has Meaning

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from Joyfully Stated

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Around the time I begin this draft, I’d be bout ready to go to work. I’d have my face and hair done and as I’d close my laptop, I’d say to my kids or my pets, “I hate this time of day.” I’d have panicky feelings about leaving. Then I’d have panicky feelings about driving. Then I’d get there and the panic would stop, cause focused.
Today is different because my hair is in one of those ponytails where only the part up to the band has been brushed smooth. I wear my Pusheen tee and sweats, no makeup.
Moo turned to me a few minutes ago and asked, “Are you happy you don’t hafta hate this time of day now?”
“Yes. Am happy, thanks.”
*eats pickle*

I plan to be pickle-eatin, tee-shirt wearin for several weeks, and then I’ll see what’s out there to focus on. I gave my two-week’s…

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San Bernardino School Shooting: How Do You Explain Murder to a Child?

Blogging and Bloggers, Politics

It’s horrible that we and our children have to live like this.

Writing With Hope

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My daughter is brave, smart, and, I’ve been, told advanced. But could her little body manage a bullet fired by a gunman who bursts into her classroom with revenge on his mind, fueled by psychotic anger blinding him from all rationality? Parents in San Bernardino are asking themselves a similar question, as their city suffered yet another tragic shooting. This time at an elementary school, no less.

A special-education classroom at North Park Elementary on Monday received a surprise visit from a familiar man who regularly visited the school, where his wife taught. But on this day, he stormed in with a gun firing despite a room full of kids ranging from 1st graders to 4th graders. His wife died at the scene in the hail of bullets, and an 8-year-old boy who was critically wounded died later that day at a local hospital. A…

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2 Events That Absolutely Rocked My World

Blogging and Bloggers

From Dream Big, Dream Often

Dream Big, Dream Often

Ten years ago I had 2 events that absolutely rocked my world.   One I have talked about frequently and one I have only mentioned a couple times.

On March 28, 2007 I noticed a small numb spot on the bottom of my right foot which would eventually lead to my MS diagnosis.  I cannot wrap my head around the fact that it has been 10 years; boy time flies when you’re having fun!  In that ten years I’ve changed a lot.  I went from a stable individual to a lost soul and back to a stable individual.  It was a roller coaster ride to say the least.

In that time I learned one important lesson: I’m a lot stronger than I thought.  I have said before that MS was and is the best thing that has happened to me and some have emailed me to tell me I’m crazy-a…

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IOTD …. Images of the Day …. Special Edition …. “Rainbow Flag …. created by Gilbert Baker …. “!!

#GLBTQ, Blogging and Bloggers

from Dr. Rex

It Is What It Is

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~~April 1, 2017~~ 

REST IN PRIDE

~Rainbow Flag Creator Gilbert Baker Dead at 65~

Thank you Gilbert for giving our community one of our greatest gifts.

You are a trailblazer for #LGBTQ youth around the world.

You will be missed!

It Gets Better Project

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Gilbert Baker (June 2, 1951 – March 31, 2017) was an openly gay American artist and civil rights activist who designed the rainbow flag in 1978. Baker’s flag became widely associated with LGBT rights causes, a symbol of pride that became ubiquitous in the decades since its debut.

The colors on the Rainbow Flag reflect the diversity of the LGBT community.

When Baker raised the first rainbow flags at San Francisco Pride (his group raised two flags at the Civic Center) on June 25, 1978, it had eight colors, each with a symbolic meaning:

Hot Pink: sexuality
Red: life
Orange: healing
Yellow: sunlight
Green: nature
Turquoise:…

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