We took a trip to Moose Jaw last night. Justin's grandma lives there and had some company as well. Justin's mom Judy and her sister Donna were there. Donna's daughter Cassandra and her boys were also there. It was a fun visit and in just that short time we got supper from a colonel (sanders of course),played with a teddy bear that sings and the tiniest suitcase you've ever seen. We also ate pig cookies very carefully made by great grandma. The older kids thought that they were pretty cool. Well, so did the rest of us, truth be told! That's love in the shape of pigs !!
Stay in your lane. Don't look at other people's papers. Those couple of lines jumped out at me as I read Maria Goff's book " Love Lives Here" It reminded me that we can't all live the same life. Comparisons hold us back and discourage us like nothing else. We have fears of being different when we are SUPPOSED to be different. I grew up trying to fit in and not doing a very good job at it. When I was in my teens I thought I'd try a new approach so I started trying to be the opposite of what I was because I thought that is what everyone else wanted me to be. I am chatty and energetic and I tried to be dainty and quiet. I didn't do a very good job of that either. Yikes. Trying to be someone we're not is exhausting and it doesn't work. We seldom fool anyone or achieve the goal we thought we wanted. What we all really want I think, is to connect with one another and to matter. As an adult I have had goals and held them up against other p...
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