Do you sometimes wish it was all easy? Yeah… me too. Even though… even though I know the difficult times are when we are growing and learning. These are the moments in our life when we find out who. we. are. When we discover our true essence. Love. Compassion. Grit. These are the traits I hope to display in ALL…
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Hard Conversations
Full Circle
That’s the only way I can describe the experience that I had just a few days ago on my way home from Florida. I was standing outside my hotel room talking to my brother, Mike, and his girlfriend, Charlene, explaining to them how I am moving forward with my life in the aftermath of losing Joe. Mike had been so…
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Foot Down! :)
How many times did I say to Joe- “Let me “fix” your man cave; I can make it look SOOOOO GOOD!“ “Marie Beckley… I’m one man you don’t boss! 🙄 (That was funny!) You’re not touching my room! Foot DOWN!“ But again, last year when we painted the whole interior of the house, I went to Joe’s cave when we…
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The House That Built Us
Everyone needs a house to live in, but a supportive family is what builds a home. Anthony Liccione I originally wrote and published this post in July of 2019. The other day, I came across it again while perusing through the blog. The fall always does this to me; it brings out the nostalgic feelings in the most remarkable ways….
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Shitters Full… :)
What! That can’t be true… it’s 2020! 🙄 Yep…I’ve had a few Clark Griswold moments- more than once this year! (LANGUAGE WARNING!!) “Ummm…your toilets gurgling.” That was the text I got from carol while we were in Wyoming. “Hmmm…well, I can’t really do anything about it from here, so let’s not worry about it right now.” (she was leaving.) Not…
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