Observations

Saturday, July 31, 2010

Fortune Cookie advice

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"Don't mistake temptation for opportunity !" ~ fortune cookie. I really can't remember how many times I've mistaken t...
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Thursday, July 29, 2010

Adventure

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Bec and I are well on our way in our adventure. We went to the Admiral Twin to see SALT last night. It was an adventure to find the theatr...
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Sunday, July 25, 2010

Harmony

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"We don't go to a funeral in a party mode..." - Melody Beattie. 52 Weeks of Conscious Contact Melody is talking about being i...
Friday, July 23, 2010

Freedom

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"Resentments mark the place where I see myself as a victim." - Courage to Change. This quote is so big. I would like to embroider ...
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Sunday, July 18, 2010

Clean Out

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It's odd - I really can't remember how/when I used to clean out closets and drawers. I remember doing it. I just can't remembe...
Friday, July 09, 2010

Time Tracking

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By tracking where I spend my time so that I spend my hours and minutes in having the best life possible, I discovered that I spend a lot mor...
Wednesday, July 07, 2010

365 Project

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Mary Trebel turned 80! She's been in my life for a long time and I am grateful. Here's Susie looking at I'm not sure what at the...

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Ready for the feast on the 4th. Susie and Paul came with the fresh corn and home made strawberry ice cream. I had made rice salad and steak....
Tuesday, July 06, 2010

Intervention

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I was flipping through the channels on a rest day I had to take last week, and since there was almost nada on tv , I stopped at A&E tha...
Friday, July 02, 2010

Immature Ego Demands

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"Becoming firmly grounded in the position of refusing to live in a state of emotional devastation and suffering because others do not c...
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Monday, June 28, 2010

Serenity Experiment Update

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"Bullying myself into recovery won't work. Loving myself into it will." -HOPE FOR TODAY I think this quote says it for me. ...
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Sunday, June 27, 2010

Unacceptable behavior

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I have heard a lot about unacceptable behavior from people (including myself) who are griping about someone else's behavior. I've a...
Saturday, June 26, 2010

Forgiveness or Trust

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I've heard a lot of confusion about what it means to forgive someone. I used to be confused myself and felt really guilty about being s...
Friday, June 25, 2010

New Food Plan

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Since I am the most un-self-disciplined person in the world, I welcomed the news that there was a new way of managing food that did not requ...
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Tuesday, June 22, 2010

365 Project

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A great big amazing cloud coming into Tulsa from Dallas after the big birthday bash. I saw another pic of this on Facebook - someone else th...
Monday, June 21, 2010

Non-Violent Communication

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A friend mentioned a couple of books when a group of us were just standing around in a parking lot after a meeting. I was fascinated with t...
Wednesday, June 09, 2010

Duty

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(My internet connection has been out for several days, and I was too busy to call Cox and go through all the effort to figure out the proble...
Friday, May 28, 2010

Serenity Experiment Update

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Here's one thing I know for sure: the longer I work on something the more it evolves into something else entirely. Let's see if I ...
Wednesday, May 26, 2010

365 Project

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Friend Paul with Jerry Provencal at Starbucks. Jerry was one of the court overseers during the time people were moving from Hissom. He did a...

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Table of food after all the beautiful ladies had finished with it. Not very much left. Looks like a bunch of hungry puppies had been at it.
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I am Mary Ann. I have four amazing children (now adults) and four astounding grandchildren. I’m a writer, certified life coach, and instructor of life skills classes. I’m the author of two blogs: Observations and Empowerment: Enhancing capacity for positive change. I have been in recovery from alcoholism for over 29 years. I lost my beloved husband as a result of a wreck in 2005 when we were hit by a drunk driver, and I have been recovering from my injuries from the wreck since then. I have 40 years of experience as a parent of children with multiple disabilities, disability advocate, developer and trainer of curriculum to empower families dealing with disability and/or recovery from addiction. I also provide individual coaching to assist in setting and achieving goals for positive change. For information about classes or coaching, email maduncan6@gmail.com.
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