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Tag Archives: love
March 2022
March was my favorite month this year. It contained several great things and hardly any painful things. Here’s an overview of it. Three wonderful things happened in quick succession. The first one came on the tail end of a painful … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Getting Along with Each Other, Inspirational People
Tagged dog, emotions, family, friends, juggling, love, March, March 2022, pain, peace, regret, relief, Sawyer
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Sawyer Moments
I keep a list of wonderful memories of my dog Sawyer. I call it Sawyer Moments, started it about a month before Sawyer’s death, and add to it each day. Updating it and occasionally reading through it have been very … Continue reading
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Tagged dog, friend, friendship, life, love, Sawyer, Sawyer Moments
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An Important Reminder
Me: “Sawyer?” Sawyer: “Yeah?” Me: “I don’t understand humans. So much hostility, fighting, hatred, and cruelty. Dogs might have an occasional spat but nothing like what goes on between so many humans. Why don’t they get it? Why are humans … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, Getting Along with Each Other, Inspirational People, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged An Important Reminder, cruelty, death, dogs, humans, life, love, Sawyer
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2018: My Favorite Year
Of all the years I’ve lived, 2018 was by far my favorite year and the best year of my life. I’ve thought this for many years now, including during 2018 itself. Although it contained some troubles, 2018 was mostly a … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Getting Along with Each Other, Inspirational People, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement, Swing Dancing
Tagged 2018, 2018: My Favorite Year, comfort, dog, easiness, friends, fun, happiness, joy, juggling, leisure, love, peace, personal growth, rest, Sawyer, self-improvement, swing dancing, time
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Healing Deep Trauma
I still have a lot of pain from being mocked, shamed, guilted, yelled at, hit, intimidated, and otherwise punished, hurt, and traumatized when I felt afraid and asked for help early in life. Even now, that often leads to me … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, Getting Along with Each Other, Inspirational People, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged best friend, communication, confrontation, dog, emotional intelligence, emotions, Fear, friend, friendship, guilt, healing, Healing Deep Trauma, kindness, love, negativity, pain, Sawyer, shame, trauma
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Review of A Grief Observed
A Grief Observed is a short book by CS Lewis. Despite its brevity, it covers much of Lewis’s journey through his grief over the death of his wife, Joy Davidman, whom he calls H in the book. There’s lots of … Continue reading
Posted in Great Books, Inspirational People, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged A Grief Observed, CS Lewis, death, dog, emotional healing, emotional pain, emotions, family, friends, friendship, grief, Joy Davidman, life, love, pain, peace, Review of A Grief Observed, Sawyer, wife
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My Take on Endings
From November 2019 until November 2020, Mark Fischbach and Ethan Nestor-Darling hosted a YouTube channel called Unus Annus. They put up at least one video every day for a year and then deleted the channel. This was their plan from … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Getting Along with Each Other, Inspirational People, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged best friends, death, dog, effort, endings, Ethan Nestor-Darling, friendship, love, Mark Fischbach, meaning, My Take on Endings, relationships, Sawyer, Unus Annus
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Never Enough Time
My life with my dog Sawyer went by way, way, way too fast. Even though I had him for 11 of his 12 years, it seemed like we’d just said our first hello before the time came for our final … Continue reading
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Tagged dogs, family, friends, life, love, loved ones, Never Enough Time, Presence, present moment, Sawyer, time, time freedom
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Thank you Sawyer
Thank you Sawyer. Thank you for being so cute, adorable, fluffy, playful, genuine, loving, and lovable. Thank you for loving me unconditionally. Thank you for loving me even when I hated myself. Thank you for inspiring so much of my … Continue reading
Another Poem for Sawyer
Sawyer my friend, we had so much fun Since I first gotcha when you were a puppy of one Time flew by way, way too fast Even when I tried to make it last Our days were all numbered right … Continue reading
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Tagged Another Poem for Sawyer, best friend, dog, friendship, love, poem, puppy, Sawyer
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