When I was growing up I never had an Atari. The first time I ever played tetris or PacMan was when I was hopelessly bored and on bedrest with twins. I guess my parents never thought it was important, or didn’t want me to begin life as a couch potato. Nevertheless I made it through […]
Blame it on the holidays, stress or just plain lack of energy but it seems that when time limits are stretched and the world picks up speed the first thing I give up is my yoga class. I don’t like it and I suffer the consequences of an irritable bowel, an irritable mind, lack of
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Not very long ago a good friend of mine introduced me to laughter yoga. At first I was bewildered thinking surely that she must be joking. Sure enough…there it was on YouTube. As I was watching, somewhat baffled I admit, I realized that a smile was forming on my face. Watching all these people laugh was funny. Before long the
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I have to say that I am not a politically motivated person. I find the banter between politicians interesting at the very least but have never been too upset about the win or loss of an election. If I had to say for certain which political party I belong to, I would say Republican-simply because
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From where I stand as I do my dishes I can see a green pasture that blooms with yellow weeds. Pecan trees drape the soft fence line and pine trees seem to grow so tall they touch the sky. In the summer the pasture is filled with wild blackberry bushes and bumble bees. Cows occasionally
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The normal routines of our lives give us much comfort. As long as we are functioning within these day to day normalcies, it seems that we can handle just about anything. Multi-tasking and juggling the many things on our to-do lists comes as naturally as sleeping and eating. Just how busy we are and exactly
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I have always loved the phrase when the student is ready the teacher will appear. I suppose it is expressed with hopefulness that all of our needs in this life will always be met. The older I get the more I realize that oftentimes the teacher has been there ready and waiting for me to
I believe that at one point or another all women think about breast cancer. A little over a year ago a very admired and treasured friend of mind found out that she had breast cancer. For a year before her diagnosis she tried to ignore the signs and symptoms. The voice in her head simply
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