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Member Since: 01/02/07
Last Login: 04/11/13
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Program Progress: Day 11
Wordbird's Challenges:
Wordbird's Participating:
| Hit Gym; Get Strong; Exercise; Lose Weight Phase II |
| Hit Gym; Get Strong; Lose Weight |
| Clean Sweep Declutter |
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Favorite Places:
There's a region in Tuscany Italy where the mountains are soft and blue, the people are open and loving, and the chickens are the size of dogs. I love that place.
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Hobbies:
Ecology, bird count, travel, reading, trivia, personal growth, gardening, beautifulsummermorning.com
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Movies:
Searching for Bobby Fischer; The Emerald Forest; Stranger than Fiction; The wild parrots of Telegraph Hill; The Power of One; Saving Grace, Greenfingers
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Heroes:
People of Conviction. People who laugh. My mom. Women who believe in themselves, and refuse to be hard on other women. Men who dare to be gentle and good.
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Areas In My Life I Want To Work On
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Wordbird's Life List:
| Recapture who I was at my most healthy and joyous. Plus wisdom. |
| Tune up and ride bicycle |
| raw veggies |
| Write a list of the top 20 things in life that have the ultimate highest priority and value to me. |
| Join NaNoWriMo and enjoy a one month writing event |
| Support, teach and encourage others to strengthen their joy and skill in writing |
| Comfort, aid and strengthen others in small ways every day |
| Learn more about anatomy and medicine |
| Work toward good health using exercise, sleep, nutrition and other tools |
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Thinking of you today as you remember
I do shield and uplift my parents as well. They were the most important people in my life - for better or for worse. We only have a few people like that in our lives - that were there in the minutia of daily life.
I don't go the the grave site anymore - it is hours away so it would be a special trip. But that doesn;t mean I don't reflect in moments that come out of nowhere.
I remember going to the cemetary 15 years ago and couldn't find the stones! I picked out the space.....it was near a tree up on a hill....I felt they would like what I had picked out.......I felt like such a bad daughter! I left in tears. I found out after the death of another relative (buried close by) that I was in the wrong cemetary! There are two adjacent to each other that look like one....I went in the wrong drive way!
Death is one of those things I can't wrap my mind around. They are here, then they aren't. And there is a gap.....the space that they occupied. It was theirs. Who fills it now? I've aready talked about their things.....Loss can be deep and deeply felt....even after 20+ years.
I hope you still feel the love from your step dad for years to come. That is a nice thing to know - that you still feel that connection. And you did do something nice for me today with your e-mail. You are a treasure Wordbird!
Yes
This is a beautiful prayer to your father. I feel so lucky to have both of my parents, particularly my mother, who is a wise and shielding person...
Remembering brings a smile
I'll be thinking of you today as you remember and smile at those memories. Those memories lift us up and carry us on to be better than we would have been without them.
My dad died in January also, 20 years ago at age 66. I remember thinking at the time about all the things he had done for me and the unconditional love he gave my brother and me.
thank you!
Thanks for your lovely thoughts and sharing. Makes me smile.