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Thankful Thursdays: Week 13

Browsing through old photos, I decided to put together a visual post for today. Thankfulness in black & white. Project 365 Thanks What are you thankful for today?  Share in the comment section below or link up a post of your own. photo credits: most photos taken by ashbstarr photography

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Thankful Thursdays: Week 12

Remember a few weeks ago when I wrote about being thankful for clean water? I kind of left the post hanging, knowing there was more to say.  Today is World Water Day so I thought I would dig a little deeper into moving from gratitude to action when it comes to clean water. 884 million people lack access to clean water.  That’s almost 3 times the U.S. population. Our house…

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Thankful Thursdays: Week 11

There is absolutely no question about what I am thankful for this week.  I have enjoyed 7 straight days of good health!  Not perfect health, but solid, “Hey I feel really good today” health.  Every morning I have been waking up amazed at what it feels like to feel good.  It made me realize just how long I was feeling less than healthy, over a year at least.  It also…

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Thankful Thursdays: Week 10

You might notice that I’m taking it a little easy this week on blogging and social media.  It wasn’t planned, but as I unexpectedly went  “technology light” on Monday, it felt like the right thing to do for the entire week. As I quiet my mouth (or my typing fingers I guess), I am taking time to open my eyes and ears to those around me.  I have been playing…

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Thankful Thursdays: Week 9

water faucet

I was standing in a selfishly long hot shower last night when it hit me just how much I take clean water for granted.  I thought back to how many times during the day that I used water from some sort of tap. -Wake up, take a drink of water -Brush my teeth -Wash my face -Pour a cup of coffee (made with clean water) -Wash my hands -Clean the…

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Thanks Giving Inspired Fridays: Week 8

This is our final week of giving thanks on Fridays.  With the BlogHer program finishing up this week, Thursdays will now be free for Thankful Thursdays.  I hope you will join in and link up! I’m going to be honest, I’m not so good at the chronic health problem thing.  Since August, I’ve had more bad health days than good health days.  It’s really wearing on my physically and emotionally.…

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Thanks Giving Inspired Fridays: Week 7

I invited my pal Lexie to share her thoughts on happiness today as part of Project 365 Thanks.  Hi Everyone! My name is Lexie and I blog over at This Aussie Eats, a blog that follows my journey as I study to become a Registered Dietitian while living abroad. I am a huge fan of Alysa’s work and am loving being involved in Project 365 Thanks. As I close in…

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