This site was originally created by my deceased husband “Terry” to share his life which like most people was filled with both happiness and sadness, successes and disappointments. He started this blog at age 55 and at that time he realized that as human beings we would not be on this earth forever. He felt at that time a need to accomplish so much more and to begin experiencing life to its fullest. In his early 20s he had many years of therapy to combat depression, but over time realized that there are actually many other people out there that are not much different from himself. He understood that most people live average lives, filled with many ups and downs and varying challenges and goals that we all strive for. So, he candidly asked himself, what truly made his life more special than others, but then as he thought about it he realized….nothing really?
Terry originally created his blogsite to write about his life. He hoped that maybe other people could relate to his writings and that it may help them in some way to confront challenges within their own lives. However, as he thought about it again, maybe his writings would just be a way to help himself as a person to accept his life as it was and to become content. Either way, Terry’s blog transformed into something wonderful which ultimately impacted so many people. Little did Terry realize that shortly after starting his blog that he would develop cancer and that for the next few years he would be fighting for his life with hopes that his cancer could be eradicated. During these trying times, through his blog and his writings and because of your kind comments and support, it helped him to cope with his medical condition and to accept that as his health worsened and as his cancer spread, that his life on the earth would soon be coming to an end. Through your kind words, dedicated support and genuine love, Terry he was able to remain remarkably strong and to confront his fate right to the very end. On September 1, 2017, our dear Terry passed away and was immediately welcomed by God and other loved ones that passed before him to the wonderful Gates of Heaven.
I never realized the tremendous impact that Terry’s blogsite would ultimately have upon me and others. When he first began writing he did so merely to express his deep thoughts and to share aspects about his own life. His blog later transitioned into a wonderful tool to help him to confront his diagnosis of cancer and ultimately to accept his fate. Little did I realize that his writings, photos and videos would become such a precious gift for me to cherish and to be used as a means to keep the memory of Terry’s short life on this earth alive.
What is so remarkable is that things often happen in life for a reason. As I reflect back, Terry had no idea when he started his blogsite what the future would hold for him. However, his blogsite in some ways may have truly been developed by him as an ultimate means to help me to cope with my life after his passing. By continuing to keep this blogsite active after Terry’s death and deciding to begin sharing my thoughts and emotions in life with others has become a helpful and effective therapeutic tool for me to keep moving forward. Your kind comments, support, encouragement and love has definitely helped me to be able to cope and to accept Terry’s death as God’s will. Terry’s passing and this blogsite makes me realize more now than ever that life is truly fragile and when we will ultimately be called to our eternal life by our maker is truly out of our control. All we can do for now while on this earth is to do our best to continue to embrace life to its fullest and to strive to become a positive example for others and to love and be kind to one another.
I started to write on this blogsite just a few days after Terry’s death in September 2017. I feel that I will continue to blog and to express my thoughts about many topics and to also use it as a means to move forward in life and to accept in a positive way any challenges that I might be confronted with along the way.
Love to All,
Gary
I have nominated you for the Blogger Appreciation Award. The information follows:
https://charlesfrenchonwords
readingandwriting.wordpress.com/
2016/02/01/blogger-appreciation-award/
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Thank you very much Charles. I accept and will post soon. 🙂
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Your life is special because it’s your life. Glad I found you because you dropped by my blog. Thanks.
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Thanks Peggy for following my blog. I certainly will spend time visiting yours. 🙂
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Everyone is Special! and Life begins with each new day.. 🙂 Looking forward to getting to know someone Special! 🙂 Hugs to you too
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Thank you Sue for the kind words and also for following my blog. I hope your day is a happy one my friend! 🙂
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I don’t believe any one has a truly average life…unique, challenging perhaps, but every day is special in its own way and we grow and learn from it. Happy to meet you and follow your experiences.
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Thank you Frances, yes we certainly grow and learn from our lives. Appreciate your comment, have a wonderful day! 🙂
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HI
Just to let you know I have given you a shout out here
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Hey, thanks for the shout out – I am sorry this comment was in my spam folder and I just now found it. Have a great day! 🙂
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Most welcome, I hope it brought you a bit of traffic
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Thanks Again! 🙂
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In helping others, it is my belief we help ourselves!
All the best, chris
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Ps;
i see that you stopped by for a read!
Thank you.
chris
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Thanks Chris for stopping by to read and comment. And thank you for following my blog. I hope your day is a happy one!
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i would imagine that would be mostly in the choices which!
cheers chris
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Hello! Thank you for stopping by my blog. 🙂 I enjoyed reading the introduction to your blog and look forward to reading more. By the way, I am 55, too, and a late starter of blogging. I wish you lots of fun and expanding horizons as you journey on your blogging path! 🙂
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You are welcome and thank you for stopping by mine today and for the follow. I will certainly be visiting yours. Hope your day is a happy one! 🙂
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Thank you! It’s a rainy one but still a happy one! Haha! 🙂
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Hi! Glad I found your blog! Always love connecting with other Encore Voyagers (that’s what we call this ‘too early to be really retired’ gig!) I gotta ask, although I’m sure it’s been posted earlier – “Why ‘Spearfruit?” Just wondering…
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Hi Lynn, I am glad we connected also. I will be hopping back over to your blog to read more about you and Jeremy. Thank you very much for following my blog. Interesting you ask about ‘Spearfruit’ – I have some recent posts where I am revealing my indentity, and will reveal where ‘Spearfruit’ came from in a little over a week – stay tuned! 🙂
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Thank you so much for stopping by my blog. Glad to follow your blog and to read more.
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Thank you Gloria for following my blog, I truly appreciate it. Hope your day is a happy one! 🙂
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🙂 🙂
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Hi Terry, in playing blog visitation catch-up this weekend I noticed today that it appears I never left you a comment on your “About” (hangs head in shame). My only excuse is that I’m also 55 and the memory isn’t as sharp as it once was. At any rate I’ve been following you for a while now and we’ve exchanged comments however I wanted to properly introduce myself. It’s a real pleasure to meet you. ~Steph
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Thank you Steph; between our exchanges, I feel we have known each other for years now. What a special person you are and I understand about the memory not being sharp as once was. Happy day my friend, I appreciate you. 🙂
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I know, right!! 😀 Have a good one Terry.
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Hi
I have nominated you for an award, if you are award free, please accept it as a shoutout. You can find the details here
https://itsgoodtobecrazysometimes.wordpress.com/2016/04/04/sunshine-award/
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Thank you very much, it may be awhile before I get to this – but be expecting it in the near future. Happy day my friend! 🙂
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It took me close to a month (maybe more) 😉
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Hi, Thank you for looking over my blog, that’s how I found you, I am looking forward to following you, here’s to great blogging
Brooke
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Thank you very much Brooke for following my blog. I will certainly spend some time over at yours. Hope you have a happy day! 🙂
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Your about is like my about so I am about to press the follow button and I now request you to read my ABOUT: as you have already seen my About. That shall be about to say about.
You shall enjoy reading about it.
Thanks
Shiva
here is the link:
https://theshivasponder.wordpress.com/2015/04/18/about/
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Thanks Shiva for following my blog. I will certainly take time to read yours. Hope your day is a happy one! 🙂
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I have nominated you for the One Lovely Blog Award. Feel free to participate. For more details regarding this award, please visit: https://fromfoodstampstoafuture.wordpress.com/2016/04/07/one-lovely-blog-award-3/
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Thank you very much Krista for the nomination, I will accept. My life is a little crazy at the moment, so it may take a little longer to post then usual Expect it soon and again thank you very much – I appreciate the nomination. 🙂
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No worries…completely understand! My pleasure!
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Thanks for stopping by my blog. I also wanted to say you are not alone, and your life has meaning because it is, well, your life. I have had similar challenges, and I always find it helpful and encouraging to find others who are finding worth through writing. I look forward to following your story.
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Lydia, very thoughtful and kind words, I truly appreciate them. And thank you very much for following my blog, I will certainly take time to visit yours as well. I hope your day is a happy one. 🙂
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Incredible!
I started blogging this month, and it is a pleasure that I came across your blog.
It has inspired me to start my third article.
Thank you:)
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Thank you for visiting and following my blog. I will certainly take the time to visit yours as well. Have a happy day my friend. 🙂
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I admire people who have the courage to share their lives and pasts even how dim they were. God bless you. Keep writing, keep inspiring! 🙂
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Thank you very much for your kind words. I appreciate you following my blog. I hope your day is a happy one! 🙂
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Looking forward to reading more of your blog. Everyone does have successes and failures in life, but not everyone speaks about the failures. Although I wouldn’t say we have average life’s we all have different experience and contributions to make. Thanks for stopping in past my blog.
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Thanks for reading and commenting today. And a big thank you for following my blog, I truly appreciate it. I will certainly take the time to visit yours again. Have a great day. 🙂
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Rewritten comments….
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Thanks! 🙂
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Beautiful! Inspirational posts.. 💐💞
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Thank you and thank you very much for following my blog. I hope your day is a happy one! 🙂
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I saw you on Derrick Knight’s site and thought I’d stop in and say Hi. Any friend of Derrick’s and all that….
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Thank you very much for stopping by – very nice of you indeed. I will certainly pop over and visit your blog. Hope your day is great! 🙂
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Intrigued. Ergo, following. 🙂
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Thank you very much for following my blog, I certainly appreciate it. I hope your day is a happy one my friend! 🙂
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Hey man, keep on writing. It definatly helps with anxiety, if you have the chance, and ever want to smile then please check out my blog at Gastradamus.
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Hello, thanks for stopping by to comment – I will certainly stop by and visit you! Hope your day is a happy one! 🙂
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Thank you very much for sharing this about page
Happy to discover and follow your blog after your visit to mine
anita
https://femmeetinfos.wordpress.com
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Thank you Anita for the follow – I appreciate it. I will certainly take the time to visit you as well. I hope your day is a happy one! 🙂
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You’re welcome, hoping that you have pleasure to follow and visit my blog too
Thank you
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Hi, Fab blog! I have just set up mine, but still in the very early stages – a few months old. Just making efforts to link in with fellow bloggers to improve our followers and get the word out there for us both. I would appreciate you having a peek at my blog, as I have published several posts. Feel free to like, comment, follow or just take a peek. Thank you 🙂
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Thank you for stopping by, I will check our your blog also. Happy Day to you! 🙂
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Thank you 🙂 Happy Day to you also x
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Wow…amazing! Thanks for sharing 🙂
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Thank you Felicia – and thank you for following my blog. Hope your day is a happy one! 🙂
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Thank you! Nice meeting you
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I love your “about” statement. I have similar beliefs. I’m so glad you decided to blog.
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Thank you Karuna,for stopping by to read – I appreciate your comment. 🙂
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Have you ever read http://www.amazon.com/Legacy-Heart-
Spiritual-Advantages-Childhood/dp/0671797840/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1463242837&sr=8-1&keywords=
legacy+of+the+heart+the+spiritual+
advantages+of+a+painful+childhood?
I find that book so powerful. I learned the concept of “being ordinary” from it, and so much more..
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I have not read this, I will certainly take a look at it! Thank you Karuna! 🙂
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Thanks so much for liking my post ‘Viva La Video Store’! It means a lot!
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You are welcome – and a happy day to you! 🙂
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Interesting blog…will have to explore more. ☺
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Glad you are here and thank you for following me. I hope your day is a happy one! 🙂
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🌞 Happy (almost) Summer. 🌞
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Yes it is – and I like summer! 🙂
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Hi, I have just nominated you for the Dragon’s Loyalty Award, I would really love you to accept this, but understand if not, please check it out on my blog !
Have a great day!
Brooke
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Thank you Brooke, I will certainly come over and check it out! Have a great day! 🙂
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Look forward to it, have a great day !
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I look forward to reading about interesting stories from your life. Thanks for visiting my blog.
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Bisi, it is very nice to meet you! Thank you for following my blog, I will certainly take time to visit yours as well. I hope your day is a happy one! 🙂
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Hi, I have nominated you for the One Lovely Blog Award! The information can be found here: https://charlesfrenchonwordsreading
andwriting.wordpress.com
/06/08/one-lovely-blog-award/
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Thank you Charles, I will come over and check it out! 🙂
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You have a pure heart, which is everything I say.
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Thank you very much! Also, thank you for following my blog. I hope your day is a happy one! 🙂
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Everyone has their ups and downs, I am eager to read your post and get to know you little by little; thank you stopping by my blog as well 🙂
Shay-lon
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Thank you Shay-lon for stopping by to read and comment. I hope your day is a happy one! 🙂
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Mahalo, thanks for stopping by my blog
https://mykitcheninthemiddleofthedesert.wordpress.com/
I hope you’ll come by again, I’ve got loads of stuff.
ALOHA!
Auntie Doni
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You are welcome, I certainly will visit again. Thank you for stopping by – happy day to you! 🙂
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You are very brave for getting your story out there!
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Thank you very much and I appreciate you stopping by today. I hope you day is a happy one! 🙂
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This brought tears to my eyes. I had been let down by many who weren’t worth my trust(Misplaced Trust).
I did nothing but study & work hard throughout my life(from my childhood till now when am in my thirties) but am not living the life of my dreams. What was done to me can fill books, you can’t imagine what was done to me.
One thing am sure of is the following;God din’t create us without a grand purpose,& didn’t put us here on earth to be sad,abused,harmed,angry,sorry or to be disappointed,he made us for a reason & to fulfill a certain purpose,may he guide us throughout this journey & make us live a life that is well lived as human beings,amen.
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Thank you for the comment, I am glad you can relate and hope by writing you can find some release of those things done to you. I appreciate you reading and stopping by and my hope is that you life is filled with happiness! 🙂
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I read it twice, so heartfelt. I am happy to be here to meet such a like minded person and warm person like yourself
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Thank you Shweta, I appreciate your kind words and you taking the time to visit and comment. I hope your day is a happy on my friend! 🙂
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Hello 🙂 We used to follow each other 😉 But I deleted my old blog site (dreamkatcherblog.wordpress.com) and migrated my posts to a new domain (I just bought it the other day hihi). It’s now loveafterlove.net 🙂 I’m visiting all of the authors I have followed before and give everyone a notice. I hope to maintain the connection. Have a nice day! 😉
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Hello, very nice to see you again and thank you for the follow. I will certainly hop over to your new blog site. 🙂
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Thanks too! 🙂
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I liked your website with beautiful items.
I invite you to my blog:
http://dishdessert.wordpress.com
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Thank you for the very nice comment and for following my blog. I will certainly visit yours as well. I hope your day is a happy one! 🙂
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Hello, you shared a lot, but I am glad you did. I started my blog at the age of 51. I was encouraged by my students to share my thought blogging. This has opened a new area of my life. Keep sharing.
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Thank you, and to you also – keep sharing! This blog is changing my life, I hope yours does the same for you. Happy Blogging my friend! 🙂
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Excellent! Rousing posts.. 💐💞 Everyone is Special! what’s more, Life starts with each new day..:- ) Looking forward to becoming acquainted with somebody Special!:- )
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Thank you, I appreciate your kind comment. Hope you have a happy day! 🙂
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Good posts, beautiful blog
Congratulations.
Welcome to see my creations:
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Thank you very much! I will certainly stop by your way. Have a happy day! 🙂
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Thanks …welcome
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55 is still young! And it comes with a handful of beautiful life stories. 🙂
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Thank you very much, lots of stories and now 56, time flies! I appreciate you taking the time to read and comment today. 🙂
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The pleasure is mine. Now you got me listening to these songs, this is probably going to be like this for the rest of the day. 🙂
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Failures are the part of life, In fact it’s indication that you at least tried something. No worries if you get failed to achieve your, but at the of the day you will learn a new lesson. I really appreciate this attitude. Actually it’s an encouragement for the people like. Nice to know about you!
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Thank you for the kind comment and understanding. I appreciate you coming by to read and comment! My failures have gotten me here today – in a good place! Happy day to you! 🙂
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We have so much to teach ourselves and in doing so we teach those around us. Every moment in life is a chance to learn something. All the best to you! Koko:)
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Thank you Koko, what a beautiful and very true comment! I appreciate you stopping by today. 🙂
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I have just watched your vlog and need to tell you I think you are amazing. Total respect for you and what you are doing on this blog 👍😊
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Thank you Imani for your very kind comment and for stopping by today to view my blog. I certainly appreciate your comment and hope your day is a happy one! 🙂
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My pleasure 😃
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Terry, I have nominated you for the Spirit Animal Award. Well deserved, my friend!! Go to https://jenniefitzkee.com/2016/08/13/the-spirit-animal-award-nomination/
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Thank you very much Jennie for this special award. I will accept with great pride. 🙂
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My pleasure, indeed!
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Just discovered your blog-through another blogging friend. Really look forward to reading more. Blogland is such a lovely way to connect with people.
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Thank you Chez for visiting and following my blog. And yes, I agree about connecting with people here, I have met many wonderful friends. Have a happy day! 🙂
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