Challenges – Page 3

Quora Question: How did you raise a child to eat what was in front of them and not ask for a separate meal from the rest of the family?

My answer: I just recently posted something on Facebook on this very topic prompted by an article I read (I’ll link the article at the end), so I just share what I said there.. ******** When I had the daycare (and this rule applied to my own kids as well), I made a variety ofContinue reading “Quora Question: How did you raise a child to eat what was in front of them and not ask for a separate meal from the rest of the family?”

TMI Tuesday: Jan 25, 2022

1. I struggle with _____ . Believing that I am likable, let alone loveable. 2. What do men like to talk about? Tits, ass, cars, food, sex, women, sports, passions (usually women, cars, sports, and food), himself, hobbies 3. Do you eat food samples in grocery stores (consider pre-covid times)? Not now, not ever. IContinue reading “TMI Tuesday: Jan 25, 2022”

Writing

Bloguarany 8 What do you like most about your writing? I wasn’t quite sure how to interpret this question. What do I like about the things I write about? Or what do I like about my ability to write? So, I’ll answer from both perspectives. Since I was a little girl, I’ve been “called” toContinue reading “Writing”

Comfort Zone

Bloguarany 3: Write about the last time you left your comfort zone. I lived my entire life in Western Washington; three cities/towns within 100 miles of each other. And then suddenly faced the reality of having to move from one side of the state to the other. I have visited this city many times overContinue reading “Comfort Zone”

TMI Tuesday: Health, Wealth and Happiness

1. Do you feel that happiness is luck or is it a practiced mindset? I feel it’s a practiced mindset. We can learn how to be happy, or we can also learn to reprogram our minds for happiness, I’m reading several books about that very subject. I find it both sad and sick to thinkContinue reading “TMI Tuesday: Health, Wealth and Happiness”

Day Tripping

Day 2 prompt: Road Trip The best road trip I went on was nearly 50 years ago. Two friends joined me for a drive from Seattle to Reno, Lake Tahoe, Las Vegas, and then over to LA to a visit to Disneyland, and then finally headed up I5 to go home. We did get aContinue reading “Day Tripping”

RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS (RAK’S) FOR CHRISTMAS

Give a senior the ‘gift’ of seeing Christmas lights Invite a niece or nephew over for tea and sympathy Donate to Habitat for Humanity so next year someone will have a home forChristmas Arrange for a family conference call on Christmas Day Anonymously mail money to someone who needs it Adopt a senior citizen orContinue reading “RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS (RAK’S) FOR CHRISTMAS”

This Christmas

Trying to do more of these things this year. But there are some people and things that I’m just not ready to forgive and forget yet.

Gun Violence

There is so much going on in the world these days, so much loss and destruction from forest fires to earthquakes to hurricanes and especially a pandemic. These are natural-born events. But there are also man-made destruction events such as car accidents and plane crashes, building fires, mudslides, floods, and war. And the way weContinue reading “Gun Violence”

Starting Out in Meditation

Because a friend had mentioned how meditation helped her and said that I had taught her how I thought I would post how I’ve taught others how to meditate. It’s not as hard as a lot of people assume. You don’t have to sit in a lotus position for hours for it to work. AsContinue reading “Starting Out in Meditation”