Category: blogging
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Conserve Water! (Just Ignore the New Car Washes Opening on Every Corner)
Is filling my washing machine honestly more of a threat to the global water crisis than say… filling 10.7 million swimming pools? Or, operating the 62,000+ car washes across the nation…? We paid well over a grand for our new, full-fill Speed Queen washing machine. We looked at this same…
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More Jack Dawson, Less Cal Hockley
Assuming you have seen the movie Titanic at least twelve times, you’ll recall Leonardo DiCaprio’s character Jack Dawson as a happy, lively and engaging young guy. Though attractive, Cal Hockley (Billy Zane) is conversely entitled, arrogant and haughty. Jack embraces life as indicated in his famous dinner speech: I mean,…
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Thursday Thoughts
“On Thursday, I can smell the weekend.” Invajy “Some people call it Thursday, I like to call it Friday Eve. Happy Thursday!” Anonymous “By Thursday morning, we’d gotten over the worst of it.” William Scranton
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Thank You, Nurses!
Today is considered National Nurses Day, but also kicks off an entire week of gratitude for those who honestly do the brunt of the work. Though rewarding, wow, it’s tough! Emotionally, physically…it’s not an easy profession. Someone precious in our life is an Oncology RN. Her experiences well up my…
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Blog Relaunch
Welcome to Family5Power – Tales from a Mid-Life Mama! If you are still a subscriber, thank you for sticking around! If you are a first time visitor, please join me in this new adventure. The photo on the left was my WordPress icon for many years (my youngest daughter), writing…
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Time – Everything and Nothing
The line of cubicles appeared as if nothing had been moved or worked in for months. They hadn’t. Several surrounding offices also displayed Valentine’s Day decorations from February 2020. Everywhere I looked, empty offices that hadn’t been habited in 11 months contained photographs, office supplies and even sweaters still hung…
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Moving Forward in Faith
Four days ago, I started a new position at a new company in an entirely unfamiliar field. While I enjoy most “new” things, having a significant training curve ahead has been humbling. But, God gave me what I asked for. If you follow this blog, you know that I resigned…
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An “Old Soul”
My daughter was in the 8th grade when someone had first referred to her as an “old soul”. It was her social studies teacher who was also an assistant coach of her field hockey team. I stood in the parent-teacher conference slightly annoyed at his remark. About a month later,…
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