Category: Personal Reflection
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Like an Inferno-Day 6 SOLSC
Hot flash… who named it that? It is not a burst, a spark of warmth that passes quickly. More like inferno whole body aflame spreading its range intense uncontrolled blaze conflagaration ….I’m melting!
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#2nd year Slicer- Day 4 SOLSC
Honestly, I don’t like to draw attention to myself. I don’t like to be in the spotlight or have it anywhere near me. I prefer to hang out in the background-quietly, unnoticed- as I take in all that is around me. Much more of an observer than a performer. I am pushing myself to step…
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Luxuriating in a Lazy Saturday- Day 2 SOLSC
Letting go of the list of to do’s Listening to my body’s call for rest Leaning into the warmth of healing from the heating pad Lifting a warm mug of chai to my lips while Lolling wrapped in a fuzzy sherpa blanket Lapping up the last pages of my current read Loafing watching the first…
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Challenge or Invitation?- Day 1 SOLSC
Slice of Life Challenge Story Challenge begins today. Something about the word “challenge” is freezing up my brain. Challenge brings up my fighting instincts, survival instincts, warrior instincts. That word prepares me for a battle. Yes, it is just a word, but it has power. Reading the word -“challenge”- my creative pathways surrender to my…
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Annoyed….but I Should be Grateful
Text Alert: “Did you make this current purchase? Reply yes or no” My mind begins to wonder- is this a scam or my real credit card company? I open my mobile app… Fraud Dept Alert- Did you make this current purchase? If not, please call 1-800…. Uhhhhhh! I don’t want to call and have to…
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What I Wish You Knew
So today I was responding to a prompt- write a letter to your younger self. I struggled with what to write about. This idea wouldn’t leave my mind. Our culture doesn’t freely talk about death, loss and grief. I decided to put this out there as someone who has walked the grief journey. 3 big…
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Found Joy in Walking Backwards
Watching the young students in my school walk down the hall this morning, I noticed that many of them like to walk backwards. They are taking backwards steps with their heads cranked sideways so they won’t bump into things. ” Why?” I wondered. Walking backwards is not something we often do as adults. So I asked…
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My Phone Will NOT Defeat Me
I see you sitting so innocently on my desk. Your screen is black BUT somehow your energy pulsates across the room. Activating my brain to wonder what I would find if I awakened your screen. My fingers twitch as my brain signals their readiness for movement. NO! NO! NO! I scream aloud in my mind. DO…
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Please Be Filled with Glimmers 2024
2nd song of the morning that pepped me up and got me groovin’ A crack of blue sky widening on my drive to work An I luv u message from a student SUNSHINE ( after days in days of gray) Matcha candle relaxing my mind with grassy tones Journaling with my favorite colorful pens Cozy…
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Replacing Vacancy with Self-fullness
the kayak wobbles as waves lick the shore tentatively, I slip into the seat dip the paddle, shove off and glide into open waters happily realizing a defining piece of me is returning- with each forward stroke it rises and beats within replacing a vacancy with self-fullness again. Today was a YEAH day! I was…
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