restore
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restore

I grew up with immense admiration for my great grandmother. Suzie was poised energy, accomplished and adored. When someone commented that they had never seen Suzie cry (even though I had secretly witnessed her shedding tears behind a partially closed door), I mimicked her battle plan as my battle cry. I pushed down hidden fears and tears for three decades.

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the reminder of pearls
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the reminder of pearls

๐ˆ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ, ส€แด‡แด€สŸสŸส ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ž ๐ฆ๐ž. . . I was pretty sure that she had it ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™ together and had life figured out. I took her ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ก-๐‘ ๐‘œ-๐‘”๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘”๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘› advice and slowly started changing the core of who I was to fit โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ideals; I thought thatโ€™s what good girls do, you know? Our relationship was still fairly new and I watched her closely. She knew how to carry a room with her laughter, hadโ€ฆ

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retrospection
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retrospection

We came to a pandemic.

As an enneagram six, I pondered all the worst case scenarios and plotted statistics into my autoimmune survival plan. I stocked up, sheltered in, ready for the long haul.

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heated climate observation
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heated climate observation

Todayโ€™s nature walk brought us to watching two bird nests. Wonderment & wide eyes watching, looking & listening for four little birds destined to chirp beauty nestled within twigs of hope. We noted their location & vowed to quietly observe & check on them frequently without scaring mama bird away.

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every tall tree first had toโ€ฆ
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every tall tree first had toโ€ฆ

๐–๐žโ€™๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ญ.

Lษชแด›แด›สŸแด‡ ส™ษชแด›s แด€ษดแด… แด˜ษชแด‡แด„แด‡s แด›สœแด€แด› สœแด€แด แด‡ ส™แด‡แด‡ษด แด€ษด ษชษดแด›แด‡ษขส€แด€สŸ แด˜แด€ส€แด› แดา“ แดกสœแด€แด› สœแดสŸแด…s แด›สœแด‡ ส€แดแดแด›s แดา“ แดกสœแด แดกแด‡ แด€ส€แด‡ ษชษด แด˜สŸแด€แด„แด‡.

What we have to remember is that the dirt can either 1.) nourish us or 2.) make us a muddy mess depending on how we approach it.

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