Flip the Switch in 2023
While I am a very structured person; I’ve never been able to continuously write in a journal. Now you may think that is strange coming from a writer but it is true. As a young
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A New Year – Perhaps A New Attitude
I am taking some time off between Christmas and New Year to spend with family, neighbors, and friends. And to rest. But I couldn’t miss the opportunity to reach out to all my readers to
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A Door of Hope
Some time ago, I found myself hitting a low spot. I was down, depressed, sad – whatever favorite word you use to describe the feeling of dragging yourself through the dry Sahara desert, cotton mouthed,
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Wrong Turns or Lessons Learned?
I recently wrote about the change of seasons in my life and the need to view the events from a different perspective. See my post at https://www.lorettaschoen.com/2022/uncategorized/30259/the-signs-in-the-seasons/ A short time later I ran across this
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A Dog with a Bone
Some time ago I wrote about my C-Pap machine informing me “my motor had outlived its life expectancy”. I wasn’t sure if it was talking about me or the machine. To be fair it was
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Finding Peace from Inspiring Quotes
Today we live in a world that is fraught with divisiveness, malice, and judgement. Many say that it was no different decades ago or even when Jesus lived amongst us. But for those of
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Make Time for the Tatas
I don’t know about you but even as a retired person my calendar is chucked full. My son-in-love says we are the busiest retired people he knows. Of course, with Thad and I we seem
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When Will It End?
Every feel like you are in a season of life that you really wish you could leave? Like you are in a blizzard that never seems to end. I have felt like that a few
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The Generosity of Time
I grew up fast. No, I did not say I was fast – I said I grew up fast. There was a time; however, when I was about 16 that my mother worried that I
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Coloring our World through Brokenness
Do you ever feel so broken you could never feel whole? Throughout my life there have been seasons of brokenness – sometimes physically, sometimes emotionally. We are all broken in some way, and no matter
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Greek Lemon and Chicken Soup (Avgolemono Soup)
Recipe by Amanda Mason Prep Time: 10 mins / Cook Time 20 mins / Total Time 30 mins While the weather is still warm in Central Florida where I live; I just had to share
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Doctor Shopping
Thad and I have been doing some shopping – mainly to turn a room in our home into his “Manetarium”, “Bunker”, “HQ”, “The Men Den”, “Zen Den”, “The Lodge”, “The Annex”, or “The Mantuary (Sanctuary)”.
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