April 1, New Chapter

April 1, 2026 made the calls and logged into SSA to start the ball rolling

"Bloom" by The Paper Kites listen and watch video here

Chapter #? Is right around the Corner

Day 1 of Dear Friend by Michelle Maros was, of course, "New Beginnings"

"Emotional monitoring: feeling the need to control and manage moods of people around [me] to maintain peace and avoid conflict. " p. 92 Dear Friend by Michelle Maros

Fermentation and change will influence so much of your later life" p. 33 Eternal Echoes by John O'Donohue

Good faith--without excessive anxiety or self-rebuke. p. 32 Eternal Echoes by John O'Donohue 

Happy Easter

"It's great to Jump and just...

....Jump and just not think

Kahlil Gibran says, "Your children are not your children.  They are the son and daughters of...

Life's Longing for itself." p. 39 Eternal Echoes by John O'Donohue

Now reading An Animated Alphabet by Marie Angel

Opalescent Nudibranch a type of brightly colored marine sea slug found along the Pacific coast of North Americathank you Shelby 😊 

Peaceful Mind, Peaceful Life

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Quiet Easter Sunday reading An Animated Alphabet by Marie Angel

"Release your self from this Role and Regain your peace" p.92 Dear Me 🩷 

 "Strong foundation -- your core, your values, your special sense of you." p. 100 Dear Me: Daily 🩷 Notes for Complation, Connection,  and Clarity by Michelle Maro

"Thought is a permanent wanderer... The soul and the spirit are wanderers; Their places are dedicated to the discovery what is..

"Unknown and strange." p. 47 Eternal Echoes by John O'Donohue

Very Well Mind source ...

 "When Emotional Monitoring Becomes Toxic... it harms your partner, your relationship, and more importantly, yourself" by Sanjana Gupta

"eXperience a lasting sense of belonging... find it in yourself." p. 101 Dear Friend by Michelle Maros

"You have to find the zeal in yourself and bring that out." ~ Joseph Campbell

March 21 Spring! Birthday 🎂 Celebrating

A festive table

Bright Blue "Happy Birthday" garland

Celebrating all weekend

Dexter's Smoothie Coffee Vault

Enjoyed our Entire day together :)

"Focus on what lures you today and may in the Future... imagine the next great time in your life..." p.32  ~ 12 Ways to Retire on Less: Planning an Affordable Future by Harriet Edleson

Happy Birthday Logan xo

John Denver's "Looking for Space"

Kenny Chesney's "French Kissing Life"

Leanna Crawford's "Truth I'm Standing On"

Mom :) 22 March 2026

New shirt, scents, and seeds :

Olde Mistick Village was mobbed! We'll do that another day. Way too "peoply"

Pluralism accepting more than one idea

Quiet, Rainy, Sunday afternoon

 Birthday dinner

Unique dessert for Birthday weekend

Vada's Vanilla Buns from this cool cookbook Logan found

 

 

eXcellent melding of book, Broadway musical, ridiculousness of everything, love and friendship

Yantic Plaza shopping: Small Potatoes and G's Country Barn

Songs from the way back machine are sooth my soul

Amy Grant "The Me That Remains" listen and watch here

"Bye-Bye" by Jo Dee Messina listen and watch here

"Changes" by David Bowie listen here

Don Williams' "You're My Best Friend" listen and watch here

England Dan & John Ford Coley's "Nights Are Forever Without You"

 "Fight Song" by Rachel Patten 2015 listen here

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"Gone, Gone, Gone" by Phillip Phillips listen and watch here

"Have You Ever Seen the Rain" by Creedence Clearwater Revival

"I Don't Wanna Cry" by Mariah Carey

"Just doesn't matter, it Just doesn't matter, it Just doesn't matter..." ~ Meatballs 1979 check it out here

Kelly Clarkson's "Breakaway" still so fitting today 15 March 26

"Look After You" by The Fray listen here

Me on West Broad Street School steps 1971 :)

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"Noise / Livin' rent free in my head / Heaven finds me in a still small voice / And it sounds like grace instead. You remind me who I am / When I look in the mirror and I'm not so sure / Lord, I don't wanna listen to the lies anymore... I don't belong to the lies I belong to you / And that's the Truth" lyrics of "Truth" by Megan Woods here

“One can never change the past, only the hold it has on you, and while nothing in your life is reversible, you can reverse it nevertheless.” ~ Merle Shain

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P!nk's "Trustfall" listen and watch here 

 "Quality of Life: Part Two" The Big C S4:E2 "I get to quit. You don't." ❤️ listen to the music that was playing here

"Reason To Believe" by Rod Stewart listen here

"Strong Enough to Bend" by Tanya Tucker 1988 listen here

"Truth" by Megan Woods here 

"Used to know who I was / Now I look in the mirror and I'm not so sure / Lord, I don't wanna listen to the lies anymore." Megan Woods' "Truth" lyrics here

 Vanessa Colton's "A Thousand Miles" 

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"eXperiencing what I want for the story of my life! ~ Dear Friend 17 March

"Your Song" by Elton John came out in 1971. For me, forever "our song" 1977 Kevin Higgins

Zac Brown Band's "Butterfly" featuring Dolly Parton listen here