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330. Starting Over—and Over—and Over — started over held intention for a day for two three a week perhaps intention frays into muddle — starting over happens many times does . not . hold . — because — it starts from pulled-together will backed by iron determination that...
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May 14, 2013 Ann
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329. The Importance of Copyrights A couple of months ago I wrote a piece called “Annyway.” It was #270. I used something that was evidently going around in a lot of places but where I read it said that it was found on the wall where Mother Theresa...
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May 13, 2013 Ann
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328. Mother’s Day Proclamation Mother’s Day hasn’t always been a Hallmark holiday. It had its beginnings as an activist day. Julia Ward Howe in 1872 wrote a Mother’s Day Proclamation, and for thirty years, we celebrated Mother’s Day for Peace on June 2. It feels pretty powerful to...
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May 12, 2013 Ann
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327. My History with Mother’s Day My history with Mother’s Day began of course when I was a little girl giving things to my mother. And I did that—buying her books or something with strawberries, many cards which she very carefully saved. When I became a Mother, and...
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May 11, 2013 Ann
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326. Clutter and a Haircut Scene 1: When I’m too busy, I come in, put papers down, do the next thing, and pretty soon it’s time to go somewhere else and I gather up what I need, and when I come back I unload the bag and put...
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May 10, 2013 Ann
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325. Sing and Breathe It In On days that seem a little wobbly, or on days that are going just fine, or even on days when I see someone else who is struggling, I sing this folk song and breathe it in: — If anybody ask you who...
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May 9, 2013 Ann
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324. One Minute Poem (This is a poem to acknowledge the length of one minute. Use a timer and say each word on each second. The minute starts with the title.) — The – One – Minute – Poem — our – days – are – filled –...
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May 8, 2013 Ann
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323. Just a Minute I’ve been doing Egoscue exercises and positions since August of 2010, and I wrote about it in #53 in this series of postings. There was something that happened this morning as I was doing one of the timed positions. There is one position called...
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May 7, 2013 Ann
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322. Claiming That Sanders’ Name My grandmother (Granny), Irene, had nine children. One of those children was Adalyne. Norma Davis was the daughter of Adalyne, and Paula Davis was the daughter of Norma. When Paula was in her teens and complaining about the unfairness of life, Norma took...
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May 6, 2013 Ann
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321. Remembering Granny Irene Sanders—when I was a little girl I called her Grandma, and I didn’t know a lot about her. When I became a mother myself, then my Mother was Grandma to my children, and at this point we all started calling my Grandma—Granny. It is...
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May 5, 2013 Ann
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