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12.20.19

sometimes you have to stick up for yourself. don't let that person put you down over and over again. point out what it is they do or say. and then tell them what you expect in the future. clear is... Continue reading

Posted Dec 20, 2019 at bits of sunshine

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this is how i feel, too! anytime someone mentions the word "breathe" i find myself gratefully taking a deep breath.

Commented Dec 17, 2019 on 12.16.19 at bits of sunshine

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12.16.19

breathe - so many times in a day i remind myself to breathe. when i step outside - breathe deep - and feel-taste the air. lately, it has been breathes of cool, damp air. when i have been sitting for... Continue reading

Posted Dec 16, 2019 at bits of sunshine

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12.11.19

nourish - 3 lists nourish myself a walk sweet potatoes (all ways – baked, roasted, mashed, cubed, fried, etc) music (listened to, played, or sung) writing and reading (good words) sleep and rest (enough of each) nourish others homemade cookies... Continue reading

Posted Dec 13, 2019 at bits of sunshine

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12.10.19

peace - this morning - in my office christmas music playing heater humming knowing our days are held in His hands knowing that His peace passes all understanding reminding myself to breathe peace all through myself – no matter what... Continue reading

Posted Dec 13, 2019 at bits of sunshine

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i have found some pockets of quiet. i am wishing you some wonderful noise with your family.

Commented Dec 6, 2019 on 12.3.19 at bits of sunshine

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12.5.19

tonight, remembering the feeling of room temperature fluid running cold into my arm through an iv. feeling so very grateful that that was long ago, that i am home, in my own house, that i get to sleep in my... Continue reading

Posted Dec 5, 2019 at bits of sunshine

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12.4.19

gifts today: kyla not being able to wait to give me my christmas gift - beautiful earrings from girl ran away with the spoon a few extra minutes to sit in my backyard in the sun in the fresh air... Continue reading

Posted Dec 5, 2019 at bits of sunshine

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our little kitchen is a happy spot! i am so grateful for this spot where we are staying. and wasn't habit one of the best websites? there was something so thought-provoking yet soothing about it.

Commented Dec 4, 2019 on 12.2.19 at bits of sunshine

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12.3.19

Sometimes you need to sit lonely on the floor in a quiet room in order to hear your own voice and not let it drown in the noise of others.~ Charlotte Eriksson ~ some days are like that. time to... Continue reading

Posted Dec 3, 2019 at bits of sunshine

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12.2.19

violets bloom in east-facing windows, and only when they feel at home. so far, so good on staying awhile. the violets and i agree we should stay awhile, and then longer still. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..... Continue reading

Posted Dec 2, 2019 at bits of sunshine

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12.1.19

on the first day of december: woke to sun shining drank a lot of coffee wore a cozy sweater and slippers watched/listened to a word-by-word teaching on philippians 1:3-11 prayed with my family packed up some snail mail - a... Continue reading

Posted Dec 1, 2019 at bits of sunshine

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teenagers

i have two. and i love them so very much. and i don't wish that they were little again. i kind of like that they are taller than me. i enjoy talking about issues and politics and morals and the... Continue reading

Posted Nov 1, 2019 at bits of sunshine

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the "first" thanksgiving

often the study of history is like pulling on a thread: some detail catches your attention and leads to something else, another detail. a narrative slowly unraveling, slowly revealing something behind it, something hidden or forgotten. - errol morris pulling... Continue reading

Posted Nov 1, 2019 at bits of sunshine

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oh friend, i am so grateful that i rarely feel this way any more. it is such an awful way to live. the only times anxiety really grabs me anymore is when i am not getting enough rest. sleep is so necessary. i hope that you can find relief and rest. it is hard when there are health issues for people you love, and you are doing all the work on your house, and adjusting to your new place . . . so much going on - and that makes it hard to get enough rest. i hope that you will take the time to sleep when you need to, and that the sunshine and fresh air will help, too. sending you so much love.

Commented Oct 31, 2019 on taken hostage by anxiety {written may 5, 2015 . . . finally posted october 29, 2019} at bits of sunshine

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taken hostage by anxiety {written may 5, 2015 . . . finally posted october 29, 2019}

you know the feeling, when your chair tips back, and for a split second, you don't know if you are going to fall backward, or if all four feet will land and you'll be just fine? that feeling is only... Continue reading

Posted Oct 29, 2019 at bits of sunshine

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right now

listening to the hum of the heater here in my office realizing that i have needed this blog revisit taking a tiny break from the work to-do list to type this up working on three business plans for clients and... Continue reading

Posted Oct 24, 2019 at bits of sunshine

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oh yes! these drives were definitely fuel for the long days of him being away. now! he is mostly home! for the months of october through march and into april, he will be home almost every night! he is working mainly out of the district office, which is here in town, for the winter. i love, love, love having him home every night!

Commented Oct 24, 2019 on evening drives at bits of sunshine

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throwback thursday :: isaac reads

{as i have been revisiting my blog the past few days, i found this post in the archives. i wrote it on may 25, 2015. for some reason, i had never published it. but, oh, did it do my heart... Continue reading

Posted Oct 24, 2019 at bits of sunshine

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evening drives

ben and i got to take some evening drives late this summer. i don't know if there is much that i love more than to hop into the truck with ben, roll the windows all the way down, and let... Continue reading

Posted Oct 23, 2019 at bits of sunshine

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taste of summer

let me tell you about this summer or maybe i want to tell myself so that i don't forget some of what has been encompassed in this summer of change in this summer of settling in this summer of growing... Continue reading

Posted Aug 19, 2019 at bits of sunshine

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first day . . . last day

and all the thoughts. so many thoughts in looking at these pictures together. bookends to this school year. they grew. maddie is so pretty. isaac is so handsome. they are both so kind. they are funny. nothing makes me happier... Continue reading

Posted May 31, 2019 at bits of sunshine

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oh friend. i have been missing 'old fashioned blogging' too! i am so glad that you are still blogging away. and after i get a few more posts in a row up here, i will say that i am blogging again. there aren't many who still blog for blogging's sake. i think that i am back at it. and i think that as i write and blog, i will find the right words at the right time to tell the stories that need to be told. so glad we are still in this together! love to you!

Commented May 30, 2019 on on blogging at bits of sunshine

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down memory lane

yesterday at lunchtime, isaac and i were talking about what he had been like as a 6-year-old and as an 11-year-old . . . . and i decided to just look back on my blog . . . so we... Continue reading

Posted May 30, 2019 at bits of sunshine

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on blogging

yesterday afternoon, i was thinking about writing a blog post, and i was thinking about how i have not blogged much in the past few years, and why . . . i do use instagram, and post there almost daily.... Continue reading

Posted May 29, 2019 at bits of sunshine

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