February 2012
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Lossing My Dad
Today would be Dad’s 79th Birthday. A day of celebration yet it has brought back that knot in my stomach and the golf ball in my throat. Just another one of those firsts you must get through, that first year after someone you love passes. As on my birthday I think the biggest thing is realizing I will never hear is voice again. Those days when you know you would call him or hear from him...
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Simple Abundance: Basic Tools
I have a little time to do some catching up today. Honestly though I have kept reading the book. These Basic Tools are what put me at a stand still.
First, and fore most the author talks about needing an hour to yourself. As a mom of 3 kids that one just seems so unrealistic. But, I’m trying to at least do a little bit it’s definitely not an hour each day but, a couple times a...
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Flunking "Simple Abundance"
Yes, six weeks into this book I’m flunking. The book is easy to read, the author is captivating, I get the message….it’s just those dang things you are suppose to do to find “me”. Well I just don’t have time for this journey…but, isn’t that the point of the book and the journey all together. What stumped me were The Basic Tools. I’m...
“Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work...”
– Theodore Roosevelt (via eloquentandhonest
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January 2012
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“We don’t receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that...”
– Marcel Proust (via eloquentandhonest
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Simple Abundance Catching Up
Hello All,
It has been a bit busy around here lately. Crazy how our lives just get in the way of the fun stuff we’d rather be doing. That being a responsible adult stuff can just rage havoc on play time. So we will do some catch up after Harmony. Which will be one I will have to probably constantly work at. It’s a hard one to grasp. I mean really see your life in perfect...
“Dance is the hidden language of the soul.”
– Martha Graham (via eloquentandhonest)
So bust a move…really are you ever going to see any of these people again. ENJOY LIFE!!!
“If it doesn’t feel right, don’t do it. That’s the lesson. That lesson alone,...”
– Oprah Winfrey (via eloquentandhonest
)Amen to that.
“A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a...”
– George Bernard Shaw
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No Birthday Wishes from My Dad
Well today is one of the rough days since loosing my dad. My birthday is tomorrow and I realized last night that no flowers will come and no phone call to hear his voice. Yes, rationally you know these things but, emotionally it hit like a brick last night.
See my birthday is in one of the coldest months of the year. I am not a cold weather person not fond of it at all. About 6 years ago my dad...
The GREATER you are the LESS you have to PROVE:... →
sammidoll:
themerchdude:
Sammi is into Photography, she sells Merch, she can sing, and is still humble, she sees both sides of the spectrum, working the tour and being the band on tour, she also see the good and the bad of dating someone in a band.
Below is a little bit more on Sammi and also her 5 questions with…
Interview with themerchdude
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Simple Abundance: Lesson Today: Harmony
SMACK! Yup, there you have it. Here I thought moving along everyday in this great book would be just something I do, I’m going to get it this time, life will just unfold for the first time.
Getting a journal was fairly uneventful, writing 5 things I’m grateful for each day so far so good, simple gifts (those are the little things in life I’m always talking about and trying to...
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Why I shared our BVB Stories
I shared our stories that we wrote to the guys. One to explain that we truly are big fans of Black Veil Brides. Anna and I are the Denver Street Team for the band and I will promote, reblog, etc anything Black Veil Brides related I wish to share. We have a Face Book page https://www.facebook.com/pages/Black-Veil-Brides-Denver/111490838922894 and twitter BVBDenverSt look us up and check us out.
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Anna's Black Veil Brides Story
I had never really shown my inner self on the outside until my freshmen year in high school. When I started dressing on the outside the way I am on the inside, I was greeted by a slap in the face. I was shoved into lockers, pushed down stairs, bullied on the bus, etc. I went to a very dark place, and didn’t believe in myself or humanity. I felt completely alone and cornered at school. Then I...
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Black Veil Brides
Sharing Anna’s and my stories that were put in a book that was actually given to the band. A thank you.
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My Black Veil Brides Story
In raising children, I have found the hardest thing for a parent to endure is their pain. Whether it is physical pain, illness, or emotional pain, all you want to do is take it away. When they are little, you train them up, you teach them the ways of the big world out there, and you encourage them to stretch and grow to be the best that they can be. That’s your job. In our...
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Things about Maureen
Since I’m working on “ME” this year. I thought perhaps you, the reader should know some things about me.
Let’s see……I’m the 4th child of 5. I have 2 older sisters, 1 older brother, and 1 younger sister. My “real” father, abandoned us and left my mom with 5 children and no way to take care of us. Then my mother married the man I called...
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"Gratitude is the heart's memory."
Today’s Simple Abundance assignment…A Daily Gratitude Journal. Every night you MUST write down 5 things that you are grateful about that day. Here’s the part I LOVE. On rough days you can go back to your stand by ones. Thankful for your spouse, kids, health, home, friends, OR SIMPLY THAT THE DAY IS OVER! Love that one. We’ve all had those types of days. I’ve...
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2012 New Ideas, New Goals, New "ME"....What about...
I can’t believe that time has marched us right into 2012. Did you make New Years Resolutions? I have set my 2012 Goals. I don’t like resolutions I like goals. I’m reading Simple Abundance A Daybook of Comfort and Joy by: Sarah Ban Breathnach this year. The last 14 years I have had the pleasure of being a stay at home mom, though we own our own photography business and three...
“I wanted to share with you guys something that my mother did when I was about 14...”
– Andy Biersack (via thebvbarmy)
“You can’t have a light without a dark to stick it in.”
– Arlo Guthrie (via eloquentandhonest)
If.
nsixxfoto:
If i could be remembered as anything,it would be as a great father.
Nikki Sixx
Creativity!
nsixxfoto:
Creativity is not linear,just like the earth is not flat….If you keep going long enough you will always get back to where you started from.That is when you have lived a full life.That is the artist’s path.
New years day 2012.
Nikki Sixx
December 2011
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“Having a dream is what keeps you alive. Overcoming the challenges make life...”
– Mary Tyler Moore (via eloquentandhonest)
“Life is the art of drawing without an eraser.”
– John W. Gardner (via eloquentandhonest)