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Up Your Attitude of Gratitude – Which Also Means Giving

December 23, 2019 17 Comments

When a friend asked me about my attitude of gratitude, I felt a little smug, until she made me reframe gratitude. It also means giving and sharing.

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May 25

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#birdsong

#birdsong ...

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May 25

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May 10

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💙 Love of my life… it’s easy to remember wh

💙 Love of my life… it’s easy to remember when I met you. The roundest of round numbers (in our lifetime).
The year 2000.
It’ll be just as easy to recall the end. Another round number... 2020.
...Our 20 years. An easy number to remember. An impossible love to forget.
Love of my life… a lifetime ago 💙 💙 To read the full piece, click on the link in my bio 💙 ...

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May 9

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May 6

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Unexpected Lesssons from Lockdown Limbo (on the bl

Unexpected Lesssons from Lockdown Limbo (on the blog) - 'The best times I’ve had so far, where I’ve really laughed or just felt a smiley connection, have been while sharing simple pleasures: creating cakes or pancakes or coming up with made-up recipes in the kitchen'
🌻 Did you know you can eat the entire dandelion plant, including the flowers? I didn't. They’re filled with vitamins and antioxidants.
🌻Just pinch off the heads above the ‘spikey’ green bits that point away from the flower (they taste a bit bitter). 🌻Prepare a simple batter to cover the dandelion flowers in. Scoop into small pancakes to fry, drizzle with maple syrup… and Bingo! Delicious and nutritious (almost) free fritters! 🌻We used the dandelion leaves with cauliflower leaves I used to throw away and… carrot toppings. With lots of garlic. 🌻Yumsters!
Next challenge, drying dandelion root for tea. 🌻Any tips? ...

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Apr 24

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#Tulips

#Tulips ...

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Apr 20

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😢 I left my family home around the beginning of

😢 I left my family home around the beginning of lockdown, moving, with our 2 children, from one country to another, and leaving my partner of 20 years, on his own. 🤔 This isn’t the long-awaited fresh start I was planning with our move back to the UK. 🙄 In the midst of the media frenzy of ‘making the most of time spent at home with family’, I find myself homeless and partnerless.
🥰 And although less is not more, in many ways, these are, however, special times.
🙏 There’s no rush to start everything afresh. Our new life. We can rest first. Just be.
🕊️ Read about the what I’m learning during this surreal bubble in time and space… Here are my three unexpected lessons of limbo in lockdown.
🌼 Blog link in bio. ...

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'Smile, Mummy!' Well... Ok then 😍 A portrait of

'Smile, Mummy!' Well... Ok then 😍 A portrait of me created by Flynn (what you don't see is the cat litter spade in my hand as he snapped me mid-scoop)! 😂🐱🥰 ...

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