Tag: relationships
Posted on January 9, 2019
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My former student, Sarah Humway, wrote this post as an essay for English Comp I class last fall. I loved it and asked if she’d allow me to share it with all of you. She agreed. Thank you, Sarah! The most influential person in…
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Category: gratitudeTags: adoration, antique, Arkansas, common bond, divorce, English, grandma, grandmother, grateful, gratitude, hobbies, influential, Jonesboro, lavender, love, Mimi, mountain view, redhead, relationships, Sarah Humway, similarities, support
Posted on April 13, 2018
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I remember attending my first Twelve Step recovery meeting ever. It was an open meeting, and I attended with a friend. I listened. I learned a lot and felt that even though what people were sharing didn’t totally apply to me, there was something…
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Category: gratitudeTags: alcoholism, Christ, Christianity, counseling, dissonance, evil, first world problems, friendship, God, good, gratitude, lessons learned, light, marriage, PTSD, recovery, reflections, relationships, spirituality, thankful, trauma, truth, twelve step program, twelve steps
Posted on November 3, 2017
by bethany
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Dear One, When you died about one month ago, you caught me off guard. You became suddenly ill, and 24 hours later, you were eating pizza, fruit cake, and pudding cups in heaven. I can’t say I didn’t see it coming. There was something…
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Category: gratitudeTags: acceptance, death, enough, family, gratitude, heaven, homeless, love, memories, mental illness, relationships
Posted on June 11, 2017
by bethany
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I woke up humming a tune. “Whippoorwills in the willows…” I love that little song. It takes me back to a sweet time in my life when I had fewer cares and responsibilities, a time when love enveloped me like the warm comforter I…
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Category: gratitudeTags: 12 steps, being where my hands are, change, choices, God, grateful, grief, how to be thankful, lessons learned, life, live in the present, memories, one day at a time, parenting, recovery, reflections, relationships, right now
Posted on February 5, 2017
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“Kindness is the mightiest force in the world,” according to One Day at a Time (299). In the past, I didn’t feel kind. I didn’t even feel like being kind. I felt like stabbing my ex-husband’s eyeballs with a handful of forks. If you know…
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Category: gratitudeTags: AA, be where your hands are, Big Book, Christianity, divorce, family, God, grateful, kindness, learning, lessons learned, life, love, martyrdom, one day at a time, recovery, reflections, relationships, relatives, religion, resentment, sins, thankful, truth, work
Posted on November 7, 2016
by bethany
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I found myself whispering, too, even though I wasn’t the one hiding in a closet while a drunken man beat on the door. “Bridgett, it’s okay. You’ll be okay. You do not have to answer that door. DO NOT answer the door, okay?” Bridgett…
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Category: gratitudeTags: abuse, alcoholism, being there for others, disclosure, domestic abuse, drunk, English, fear, God, grateful, gratitude, helping others, higher education, homosexuality, Kristin Wiig, lessons learned, opportunity, oral communication, redemption, relationships, responding to God, Saturday Night Live, say yes, SNL, spirituality, teaching, thankful, TRiO programs, Upward Bound
Posted on October 19, 2016
by bethany
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Recently, one of my friends reached out to me to inform me that she’d been viciously attacked by her boyfriend (now ex). She described the bruises, and she admitted she felt scared for her life. “You were right about him.” In the pit of my…
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Category: gratitudeTags: 12 steps, abuse, acceptance, addiction, alcoholism, being right, being wrong, Christianity, friendship, God, lessons learned, life, love, peace, recovery, relationships, serenity, suicide, truth
Posted on November 26, 2015
by bethany
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*Today’s blog post is a guest post written by my lifelong friend and former neighbor Leslie Ferguson Thomas. I’m always thankful for Leslie’s contributions to my blog, but I’m more thankful for her ongoing friendship, her perspective on life, and her willingness to share…
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Category: gratitudeTags: anembracedlife.com, being in the moment, beliefs, blessings, cancer, challenges, chemotherapy, counseling, dreams, family, follow your dreams, friendship, God, grateful, gratitude, guilt, health, Higher Power, hope, in the moment, Leslie Ferguson Thomas, Leslie Thomas, letting go, living in the moment, love, loving, marriage, outcomes, Pollyanna, positive, positivity, prayer, relationships, spirituality, sunset, surgery, thankful, thanksgiving, wellness
Posted on March 31, 2015
by bethany
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Today’s post is written by Jessica Nicol, a former student of mine, who has truly had her fair share of traumatic experiences this semester. In the midst of them, she has managed to maintain her composure and serenity to the best of her ability,…
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Category: gratitudeTags: apologies, back injury, car accident, death, fate, God, happy ending, hope, life, love, meaning, pain, relationships, romance, seeing the big picture, trauma, traumatic injury, UAMS, Valentine's Day
Posted on February 18, 2015
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Today’s post is written by my lifelong friend Mark Egan. I’m sure you’ll appreciate this thoughtful reflection on the deeper meaning of life and love as much as I do. Nothing in life progresses on some linear path. Everything–happiness, health, love, achievement, motivation, self-worth–ebbs…
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Category: gratitudeTags: acceptance, achievement, Cartesian plane, ebb and flow, gift of love, gifts, graph, grateful, gratitude, key to success, life, linear path, love, memory, movement, points of intersection, progress, reflections, relationships, spirituality, thankful, the mind, transcendence, writing, X-axis
