Wisdom, Wit and Common Sense
Gluten is the protein found in wheat, rye, and barley. Most flours are made of wheat. So that means that the things we all love – bread, pasta, cookies, muffins, crackers, cakes (just to name few) – are full of gluten. I have a gluten sensitivity. That means that gluten can affect me negatively. The doctor tested me for gluten sensitivity because I told him I was sick and tired of being sick and tired...
Have you ever had to do something you don’t want to do? All of us have at one time or another. It’s hard to get motivated to do that thing. You know that thing. It’s the term paper you don’t want to write, the report you don’t want to prepare for your boss, or the closet you don’t want to clean out. You procrastinate as long as possible. You look for every excuse in the...
Most everyone likes to watch superhero movies. These movies are fantasy and fiction and revolve around characters with superhuman powers that no one else has. In real life, it is the women that are the real superheroes. They have superpowers no one even realizes like kindness, patience, compassion, organization, emotional strength, and the ability to multitask like nobody’s business. It probably never occurred to you that these were superpowers. How about problem solving? Do you...
Here we are again a few days from the end of another year. As we continue through the holiday season into New Year’s, what are your goals for your life? Some goals are big, some goals are small, but all goals are special to the person trying to achieve them. Is there a way to achieve your goals if you want? I think there is. With the beginning of the New Year just a few...
“Life isn’t meant to be lived perfectly…but merely to be LIVED. Boldly, wildly, beautifully, uncertainly, imperfectly, magically LIVED.” ― Mandy Hale, The Single Woman: Life, Love, and a Dash of Sass One of the life philosophies that I live by is “live and learn.” This particular philosophy is based on my own belief that you have to live life to the fullest, and to do that means you will make mistakes. I want to have life experiences. That...
We all have stressful times in our lives. For some of us it seems like there is never a day when we are not stressed out to the maximum. Stress wears on our mind and our body. We become cranky and irritable. We are tired all the time because we can’t sleep for worrying about things. Maybe you work full time and have to homeschool your child. Maybe you are a stay at home mom...
Smiling is a natural human reaction to a pleasant situation. Some days, though, it feels like nothing pleasant is happening, so you feel like you have nothing to smile about. There are reasons to smile even when you don’t really feel like it. According to Psychology Today, “There’s Magic in Your Smile,” there are real physical reasons to smile especially when you feel bad. Here are some of them that are outlined in that article....
A very dear friend of mine passed away this past week of pancreatic cancer. I want to tell you about her life because if you get to know her even through just this blog post, your life will be better for it. I did not get permission from her family, so I am not going to reveal her name. I will just call her My Dear Friend. Anyone who reads this post and knew My...
On most good weather days my husband and I take a walk around our neighborhood. The total distance is approximately 1.7 miles, and it takes us about 30 minutes. We don’t stroll, but we don’t really hurry either. The walk is for exercise and for time together. Rarely are our walks together silent. We talk about anything and everything under the sun. No one can hear us. There are no children to eavesdrop, so we...
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