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  Aug 27, 2024
  • Online Dating

  My 2nd Marriage Insight

  As I sit here, I recall the day my “now” (as in second) husband and I got married. I was looking at my new husband and literally thinking, “Well, he said ‘I...
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  Aug 27, 2024
  • Relax Grow & Glow

  Life So Spectacular

  You may not know who Andy Rooney is, but he used to provide the closing remarks each week for 60 Minutes. Sadly, Andy is no longer with us. But words live on. And Andy...
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  Apr 14, 2024
  • Online Dating

  Don't Be Trapped

  Don’t allow yourself to be trapped in a relationship with someone who is not capable of giving or receiving love. You can’t fix someone else. They must...
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  Nov 04, 2022
  • Relax Grow & Glow

  Nurture Your Inner Child

  “Play is the highest form of research.” Einstein.  You may or may not have children in your life. Most of us do one way or the other. Younger siblings,...
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  Oct 08, 2022
  • Relax Grow & Glow

  I Have a Rock

  Yes, a little rock that fits in the palm of my hand. Engraved on it is the word "imagine." No idea where I found it. In some airport gift shop no doubt. The years that...
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  Aug 12, 2022
  • Online Dating

  Online Dating Worked for Me- Say What?

  We have come a long ways since “You’ve Got Mail.” Online dating is no longer the wave of the future. It is here in full bloom and here to stay. Yes, it can be...
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  Aug 04, 2022
  • Relax Grow & Glow

  What Is Meditation?

  What Is Meditation? By Mardi Long – Author of It Is Always NOW!  The first thing you need to know about me is that I think outside of the box. My approach is...
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  Jul 26, 2022
  • Relax Grow & Glow

  Sensory at Its Best

  We say things like “wake up and smell the coffee” or “stop and smell the roses.” In other words, take time to engage with and absorb the beauty and wonder that...
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  Jul 10, 2022
  • Relax Grow & Glow

  Awaken Curiosity

  CURIOSITY! Webster provides this related word: wonderment. And defines wonderment as “the rapt attention and deep emotion caused by the sight of...
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  May 05, 2022
  • Relax Grow & Glow

  Sacred In the Ordinary

  Seek the Sacred in the Ordinary “The great lessons from the true mystics… is that the sacred is in the ordinary, that it is to be found in one’s daily life, in...
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  May 05, 2022
  • Travel Near & Far

  Cruise stop in Tuscany

  In November of 2021 we took a cruise round the Caribbean. First stop was at a port in Tuscany and from there we took a tour. This included driving through much of the...
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  May 05, 2022
  • Relax Grow & Glow

  #1 Live In the Moment

  "I was regretting the past and fearing the future. Suddenly God was speaking, "My name is 'I AM'" I waited. God continued. "When you live in the past, with its...
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  Apr 21, 2022
  • Travel Near & Far

  The Amazon in 2004

  In 2004 I had the privilege of going to the Amazon. We flew into Manaus and stayed in an historic hotel. I felt like I had dropped into another time 100 years...
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  Apr 20, 2022
  • Relax Grow & Glow

  Excepts from a favorite book

  The little book "100 Ways to Keep Your Soul Alive"  by Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat has been one of my favorite go to books for inspiration for some time...
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  Apr 20, 2022
  • Travel Near & Far

  Why I Travel

  Over the years, I have had the privilege of vising a number of countries. I have found that this helps me appreciate the diversity of the world around me. So in this...
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  Apr 18, 2022
  • Relax Grow & Glow

  #2 Go To All Four Rooms

  There is an Indian proverb or axiom that says that everyone is s house with four rooms, a physical, a mental, an emotional, and a spiritual. Most tend to live in one...
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