I am feeling like the luckiest person in the world these days. I have a fantastic husband, wonderful kids, great extended families and fabulous girlfriends. I have had these things for a long time but I am finally awake enough after a few blurry years to really feel it. Today though I am full of appreciation especially for Justin and I just want to brag on him a bit. yes - he is a stampeders fan, but that aside, he is constantly amazing me. Do you know that last night he treated me and three of my friends to a beautiful supper in. Here at the house we had candles, xmas tree lit, xmas music playing and we sat at a table and had appetizers (spinach rolls and mushroom stuffed pastries) and then bread with oil and balsamic vinegar dip, then cranberry spinach salad. The meal was almond encrusted chicken with a honey mustard sauce, garlic bacon mashed potatoes and asparagus. Fantastic. THEN he went downstairs and got the kids ready for and put them to bed. So - thank you Justin - for everything. You spoil us.
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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