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The Loss of Lucid Dreams
I had always heard of the term “lucid dream”, yet I never really knew what a lucid dream was. As it turns out, I had been having lucid dreams for almost 20 years and now I’m not. When I would write in my journal about dreams that I had, I would always refer to them… →
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Things that are making me happy (part 9)
I went to bed last night thinking about knitting. I was reflecting on a new project I was working on and thinking about color combination possibilities for a sweater I want to make soon. For the past two years, I had been heavily engaged in graduate school and my first year as a school principal.… →
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Things that are making me happy (part 8)
The absence of the Sunday Scaries! As of August 15th, I have a new job. I’m still working in a school, but not a school that I’m used to. Whereas I have taught and led a school for students in grades prekindergarten to 8th grade for my entire career, I am now working at a… →
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Back to School Season for a Former Teacher
For the entirety of my school-attending life, and especially for the past 19 years as a teacher and most recently, school principal, August has been the most dreaded month of the year. As an educator, August means that summer vacation is over and it’s time to start another school year. This is especially true for… →
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Daily Prompt Response—Spirituality
How important is spirituality in your life? Spirituality in my life depends on what is meant by the word spirituality. My mind immediately jumps to religious faith. I am a praying person and am technically Catholic. Fun fact—the first part of my handle on here, Cathy, is a nod to me being Catholic. My real… →
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“Over the Top” on Father’s Day
It’s Father’s Day. I generally avoid social media on this day because while my father is still alive, I don’t feel enough ‘warm fuzzies’ when I think about him to actually wish him a happy Father’s Day. I don’t wish him a happy birthday in August either. Not that I’m bragging. I certainly wouldn’t do… →
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Daily Prompt Response—Notable Things
What notable things happened today? Considering it’s only 9:21 a.m. at the time of my response here, there hasn’t been a great deal of time for something notable to happen. That is, if the question is referring to notable things in my life, as opposed to Googling what has happened on this day in history.… →
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Things that are making me happy (part 3)
Plants. I live in the south where it has been “bring your plants outside” season for a couple of months already. With that said, in our backyard, we have an area that my husband built just for our potted plants and a bench in the shade on which to enjoy them. There’s close to 20… →
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“Inspirational” Playlist
Teenage me from the 90s would have loved to have an iPod. As someone who bought c.d.’s for just one song, it would have been amazing to build playlists based on different themes and emotions. Mix tapes, and later, burned c.d.’s with a variety of music were definitely in my wheelhouse. Granted, middle-aged me has… →
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Things that are making me happy (part 2)
I discovered my first grey hair yesterday! I saw it first while seated at a table at the eyeglass place picking up my new sunglasses. I thought perhaps it was the bright lighting in the store that was making the hair appear white. But when I got home and looked again in my own bathroom… →