+ Thinking of & missing my loved ones that have passed + Poverty + War + Hunger + Sickness + Animal cruelty + Sad commercials + movies + Inequality of all types + Hatred & ignorance + Knowing that some of my most treasured memories…
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Day 20: What Makes You Happy?
Read moreThings that make me happy in no particular order: + When the grass is warm and Bella rolls herself onto her back and wiggles around in it + When Roman smiles his big, sweet toothless grin at me & then looks away pretending to be…
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Day 19: Your Favourite Movie
Read moreAsking me to choose a favourite movie is like asking me to count all of the grains of sand on the beach. Impossible… but I like a challenge. 😉 If I absolutely had to pick, I would have to go with Eternal Sunshine of the…
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Day 18: A Photograph of Yourself
Read moreI thought about choosing a few photographs and complicating the issue (like I’ve been wont to do). But then I thought better of it. Exhaustion seems to be getting the better of me these days. I’m fairly productive in the morning but by 5:00 pm…
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Day 17: Your Favourite Blogs
Read moreI have so many favourite blogs that sometimes it’s hard to keep up with my feed reader. I’ve made so many new friends recently, that the list could get unwieldy. So rather, I will focus on the blogs that have been my favourites for years…
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Day 16: Your Thoughts on Education
Read moreI believe that: education is incredibly important from preschool through to university; that, at a minimum, children should receive schooling until age eighteen; that after schooling, young adults should have the option of university, apprenticeship, or trade school; that education should be free across the…
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Day 15: Where Will You Be in 5 Years?
Read moreThe past couple of days have been really difficult ones. It’s always a terrible emotional drain on me when I take Roman to his doctor visits. I don’t have the heart to get into at the moment but it has to do with vaccinations and…
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Day 14: 3 Healthy Habits
Read moreThis post is meant to be as much of a kick-in-the-pants to myself as it is to be helpful to anyone else. While I know that these are important, healthy habits — fact is that I’ve done a terrible job of maintaining them recently. I…
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Day 13: What’s in Your Fridge?
Read moreWe’ve always got a few staples in our fridge, namely eggs (cage free/natural or organic); almond milk; and bread. We usually have some vegetables & salad-makings, too and some kind of meat for Matthew. A lot of our produce is not in the fridge though.…