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Category Archives: Love
Rushing to Judgment
A blogger friend of mine posted a story about a dog in another country who found a baby in a plastic bag at a garbage dump and brought it to its human family, who saw and decided to adopt the … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Choices, Compassion, Dogs & Other Wonderful Creatures, Love, Observations
Tagged abandoned, adopt, adopted, baby, compassion, Dog, growth, heart, infant, Love, mind, saved, understand
25 Comments
Quotos
“The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.” –William James (Source: tinybuddha) Photo Source: Man Holding Glass: Karen Robiscoe shared Oh, No Mama’s Off Her Meds Again photo
Posted in Children, Fun, Humor, Love, Parenting, Photos That Touched Me, Quotes I Love
Tagged Karen Robiscoe, photos, quotes, stress, tinybuddha, William James
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Photos That Caught My Eye
Sources: Woman Tree & Dragon: Spiritual Networks Special Delivery: Proud Grandma’s photo Rock Bottom: Freedom With Writing’s photo Hot Sand: Women Get It Free’s photo
Posted in Animals, Forgiveness, Fun, Humor, Love, Marriage
Tagged animal, animals, cartoon, dragon, dragons, eternal love, feminist, forgive, Forgiveness, free, Grandma, grandma's, Grandma. Grandma's, J.K. Rowling, JK Rowling, Love, marriage, networks, Roald Dahl, spiritual, Spiritual Networks, woman, Woman Tree, women, writing
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The Last Words They’ll Hear
I was recently asked how often my Beloved and I “exchange “I love you’s” on the average?” In case some of you might be interested in my answer, here it is: Every member of my family says that every time … Continue reading
Happenings
“Love is not a matter of what happens in life. It’s a matter of what’s happening in your heart.” –Ken Keyes I also believe that happiness is not a matter of what happens in your life. It’s a matter of … Continue reading
Posted in Death, Growth/Learning, Joy & Happiness, Life, Loss, Love, Mistakes, Observations, Quotes I Love, Random Thoughts, Suffering, Wisdom
Tagged beloved, child, children, death, failures, gifts, Happiness, Ken Keyes, lessons, Life, Love, setbacks, spouse
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“We Took The Leap Together” (From My Poem “The First”)
This post is for those of you who enjoy experiencing the process I go through when attempting to develop a song lyric from one of my poems. You may recall reading the paragraph in an earlier post about the direction … Continue reading
Posted in Love, Marriage, Poetry I Wrote, Song Updates, Songwriting Adventure, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged babies, baby, Family, future, leaping into the unknown, Love, lyric, past, poem, poetry, present, Relationship, Relationships, song
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Planting Seeds
(Source: A friend shared Farmer Pal’s photo). We can all be the Johnny Appleseed of love when we plant seeds of kindness. If “An apple a day keeps the doctor away”, imagine how much better our world could be with … Continue reading
Posted in Abundance, Action, Health, Kindness, Love, Making the World a Better Place, Photos That Touched Me, Quotes I Love
Tagged apple, apples, doctor, Farm Pal's photo, freind, Friend, Johnny Appleseed, kindness, Love, love in action
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Falling In Mutual Weirdness
(John Edwards Photo) Genius! Love, Russ
Posted in Humor, Love, Observations, Quotes I Love, Relationship Lessons Learned
Tagged Dr. Seuss, genius, John Edwards, Love, photo, quote, weird, weirdness
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