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7 for Seven

Let’s face it // Mondays stink. Or at least we typically expect them to stink. That is why, every Monday, we post seven positives from the previous seven days of the week as a reminder of what we have so that the week starts out on an upswing. There is much truth in the belief that happy people attract good things, so it is important to start the week out right. Sometimes it’s the more grand, but other times, it’s the simple things. ~ Key + Arrow

7 for Seven originated at Key + Arrow and I think it’s the best way to start my week, since I am trying to change my Mondays suck thinking by being thankful for all the goodness in my life.

This Monday is all about ushering the new: I start in my new department at work today. So in the spirit of new beginnings, I share with you my 7 positives for this the first week in February:

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My hope is that by turning my focus to all that I have to be grateful for at the start of the week, I can carry that “positivity + balance + bliss” with me throughout the days ahead.

On month down, 11 more to go…what are you grateful for so far for 2014? Please feel free to share with me below.

Here’s to a productive week ahead!

My Favourite Things

The Really Good Stuff
For some mysterious reason my BBQ post didn’t publish yesterday. This kinda throws off my post a day goal for 2014, but instead of cluttering your inbox with two posts today, I will forego my first BBQ for February and just do a roundup of my favourite things for this past week.

Having a hard day? Everyone in the whole entire world is out to get you? Read this.

Still having a hard day? Look at this.

Love is in the air.

Happy Chinese New Year!!! It’s the year of the Horse and a second chance for your resolutions.

Five Minute Friday: Hero

Writing is like wrapping yourself up in words and giving yourself away. – Lisa-Jo Baker

I’m linking up again this week with the fabulous Lisa-Jo Baker and the lovely writers of Five Minute Friday. Click on the button below for more details on what this challenge is all about and how you can participate.

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GO

In the eyes of a child, her mother is god.

As I got older however, she became more human.

I saw her raise three children on her own.

I saw her pick herself up after being retrenched from her job and do what she had to do, to ensure that we had what we needed not just to survive but to thrive.

I say it all the time, I am grateful for her sacrifices because she ensured that because of them we, her children will never be in the position that she was in.

I saw her believe me and love me through the worst experiences of my childhood and yes that’s experiences plural.

I saw her avenge me in her own way.

I saw her take on ovarian cancer like a true Spartan.

When I asked her maybe about a month before her death, what was the lesson she learned from that whole experience, she said “how to be strong.”

I don’t have her kind of strength…not even in my baby toe.

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Six-Word Memoir: Insomnia

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Legend has it that Ernest Hemingway once wrote the shortest short story: For sale: baby shoes, never worn.

I tried this last Thursday purely on a whim because I was bored and felt like I needed a challenge. But I liked it more than I anticipated. So I’ve decided that when it’s nice you gotta do it twice! Here is my six-word memoir for today:

It’s 3 a.m. Still no sleep.

If I’m up I might as well blog about it right? Yes, I’ve had somewhat of a head start on my day, and trust me I will crash at some point and it will not be pretty. But I would still like to read all about your day in your very own six-word story.

Please share below.

Wordless Wednesday

Seen in Tobago