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A Thousand Joys: September 2011
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My Life Ever Ordinary. Monday, September 26, 2011. Recently, someone posed the question, "How do you take care of yourself? The first thought that popped in my head was "work.". And I realized that it's true. Work is a way for me to take care of myself. Not every day, of course. Some days are exhausting and hard, but eight mornings out of ten, I wake up excited and ready to go to work. How fortunate I am. Sunday, September 25, 2011. I love seeing my daughter dirty. Sunday, September 18, 2011. I am certai...
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A Thousand Joys: October 2010
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My Life Ever Ordinary. Thursday, October 21, 2010. Originally, the whole idea of writing out my worst faults and thoughts about myself was to provide a foil for my goodness. I was going to write a list of all the things about me that are good and wonderful and, ultimately walk away celebrating who I am and where I am going. Ironic, of course, because I'm generally not a self-conscious person. In fact, I would say I tend towards brashness and overconfidence (again, to a fault), not modesty. I act like 24 ...
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A Thousand Joys: August 2011
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My Life Ever Ordinary. Wednesday, August 31, 2011. Every so often, we meet people in this world who change our lives in a real way. Or maybe, it's that you have friends who are with you during life-changing periods of your life and they forever remain tied to that person you were as you were becoming who you are. Moments like these makes me remember how fortunate I am in the realm of friendship. How lucky I am to have a host of women who touch me, who love me tenderly and toughly, who simply know.
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A Thousand Joys: Dirty, Beautiful
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My Life Ever Ordinary. Sunday, September 25, 2011. I love seeing my daughter dirty. I love when she has dirty, bare feet and flushed cheeks, slightly damp sweaty hair, smelling like the outside. The joys of childhood run deep and it is a beautiful thing to watch her unselfconsciously exist in this magical moment of complete freedom. Clean is definitely over-rated. Cute piece. She smells like childhood :). Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile.
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A Thousand Joys: August 2010
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My Life Ever Ordinary. Tuesday, August 31, 2010. Last night, I went to a coworker's home to see some photos from her recent trip to Asia (Hong Kong, China, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, in case you were interested). She made some appetizers consisting mostly of cheese (delish! And uncorked a few bottles of wine. The photos were fantastic. I really enjoyed seeing and hearing her stories about rices paddies and buffalo shit. Forget it.) It's not a family gene becauase Golden Brother has a fabulous sense ...
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A Thousand Joys: April 2010
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My Life Ever Ordinary. Wednesday, April 28, 2010. Since I started work, I've been wanting to participate in an apartment set up, but unfortunately, until today, I hadn't been given the opportunity. Today, I learned just how basic those necessities are. Monday, April 26, 2010. Today, I walked around for a good portion of the day with my zipper down. No one told me. I hope the reason no one told me is because no one noticed my bright green panties peaking through my fly. When embarrassing things happen (sk...
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A Thousand Joys: Secret Fulfillment
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My Life Ever Ordinary. Sunday, September 11, 2011. I love being domesticated. Leisurely weekends, cleaning, cooking and making my house a home are my favorite weekends. It is my secret fulfillment to center myself around my home, even for just one day a week. I love to do the wash, make the bed with clean white sheets, put out fresh towels for the week. I wear my inside clothes all day, put on my apron and cook meals for both tonight and later in the week. I love cooking :). View my complete profile.
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A Thousand Joys: Rewriting
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My Life Ever Ordinary. Thursday, September 15, 2011. Before CEWG was born and during the time I stayed home with her, I wrote. A lot. Short stories, novellas, full novels, tiny memoirs. In ABQ, I had a fantastic group of writer friends and each week, we came together to read each other's stories, share ideas and laugh about bad plot points. Except it shouldn't have. I look forward to reading what you write :). Perhaps you do indeed have an artists soul.which can be defined many ways. One thing al...
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A Thousand Joys: Annual Disorientation
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My Life Ever Ordinary. Tuesday, October 25, 2011. This post is a repeat of last October and then the October before that, but I can't help it. I cycle through this emotion each year that I live in Arizona. It's my SAD. But every fall, I become disoriented in both time and space with the static weather. I'm still running my air-conditioner even though The Simpson's Halloween specials are running during the 10-o'clock hour. Autumn is my favorite time of year. I love the smells of wet leaves, damp earth...
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A Thousand Joys: Vocabulary Lesson
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My Life Ever Ordinary. Sunday, September 18, 2011. But as I started the third book last night, a word I see every day jumped out at me on the first page. Staring at me. And for a minute, I was overwhelmed at the meaning of that word. Every story unique, every story different, but somehow, every story the same. Heartbreaking. You are forgiven for your happiness and your successes only if you generously consent to share them.". Elisabeth, this is a piece of incredible beauty. Both in content and in for...
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