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Category Archives: Thankful

There’s magic in the number seven, and power in the Ten Things of Thankful blog hop’s seventh anniversary this very week (1). Maybe, hopefully, there’s even more magic and power today in being thankful as the world crumbles and awakens.   Lizzi was the hop’s original creator, as she’d begun practicing thinking of 10 things each […]

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Finding Ninee began because I’d intended to write a memoir – um, until I read an editor would rather shave a cat than read another memoir. Instead, I started a blog. At first, I didn’t want anybody to read what I wrote. Certainly not most people I knew in real life. With each new post, […]

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It’s the 4th anniversary of 1000 Speaks, where writers and bloggers from around the world gather their voices to raise awareness, compassion, and to remind each of us that our experiences matter, and that we never know another person’s story. Yvonne Spence began the 1,000 Speaks movement, and continues to spread mindfulness, compassion, and awareness. […]

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Every family tells stories each time they gather. They laugh over memories and moments. They remember the year your brother Tommy threw up on the Thanksgiving table after your uncle forced him to try brussels sprouts. “Just try them. Take a bite. If you don’t like them, you don’t have to finish them, but you […]

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Thanksgiving feels early this year but I’m most likely just behind. Sometimes, you can hear time passing in calendar pages flipping, a clock’s hands ticking, and the tearing of package wrappings containing new face creams that come in the mail promising to combat wrinkles. Although I lament my wrinkles and my ugly-yet-perfect-body, I’m thankful for […]

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