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“…Attitude to me is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than success, than what other people think, say or do. It is more important than appearance, gift, or skill. It will make or break a company…a church…a home.

The remarkable thing is we have a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day…I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it. And so it is with you… we are in charge of our attitudes.”

– Charles Swindoll

Stuff I’m Loving…

…right this minute—

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Low fat animal cookies to share…

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Yard flowers pretty enough to be wallpaper…

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New stationary to write to my far-away boy on…

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The perfect grin and a chicky with attitude…

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The new, handsome man in my life…Truman the Treadmill…

yeah, we’re tight…

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My sister’s backyard in the rain…

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A crabby, old dude…

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AND having two legendary characters under one roof–Big Foot and Tinkerbell—just imagine…

Tie all these up in a big knapsack and my life would be complete…

Ok, fine. Leave them all where they are and my life can be nearly complete and everyone will be happier…

and less crowded.

Sheesh.

Happy Daddy’s Day…

…and everything that it means to you.

I have a lovely, sweet daughter that sees this day just a tiny bit differently—after many years of being raised by a single-mom.

She’s just a cute little reminder to me that whether you are—climbing mountains or sliding down them,  realizing reasons to rejoice or to mourn, lying in the warm sunshine or splashing in the rain—this life is what you make it–every step of the way.

We are determined to make it good.

 

 

A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery while on a detour.
~Author Unknown

Life’s Path

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“Life’s journey is not traveled on a freeway devoid of obstacles, pitfalls, and snares. Rather, it is a pathway marked by forks and turnings. Decisions are constantly before us. To make them wisely, courage is needed: the courage to say, ‘No,’ the courage to say, ‘Yes,’ Decisions do determine destiny. The call for courage comes constantly to each of us. It has ever been so, and so shall it ever be.”
Thomas S. Monson