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- When Do We Become Real? - by Submitted on Mar 26, 2009 from Francine LarsonA few years ago I was in Publix with my young granddaughter. We went to the bakery section to get her the “free cookie” that publix advocates. After finding out that the “free cookie” did not include her cherished “Gingerbread Boy,” I murmured to her in my best grandmotherly fashion that I ...
Views: 1510(1 vote) - Just Breathe - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2009 from Francine Larson“Our lives can change with every breath we take.” –From the movie, Where the Heart Is. This phrase comes to my mind often. The verb change carries with it so much power, so much mystery and most of all, so much truth. How many of us have said “one minute he was fine, and the next minute, he ...
Views: 1418 - Just Breathe - by Submitted on Feb 08, 2009 from Francine Larson“Our lives can change with every breath we take.” From the movie, Where the Heart Is. This phrase comes to my mind often. The verb change carries with it so much power, so much mystery and most of all, so much truth. How many of us have said “one minute he was fine, and the next ...
Views: 1233 - Just Breathe - by Submitted on Jan 28, 2009 from Francine Larson“Our lives can change with every breath we take.” From the movie, Where the Heart Is. This phrase comes to my mind often. The verb change carries with it so much power, so much mystery and most of all, so much truth. How many of us have said “one minute he was fine, ...
Views: 1183 - Weight Watchers And Me Or 3 Sure-Fire Rules To Losing Weight - by Submitted on Jul 05, 2008 from Francine LarsonWe are like soldiers going to battle. Each with determined looks and clutched fists reaching out...reaching out to power and confidence. I hear our feet in sync as we march up the hill. We are a force together fighting the enemy. It all started about three months ago when my husband Jim ...
Views: 1279 - How To Gain From Change - by Submitted on Feb 12, 2008 from Francine LarsonAre the changes in your life overwhelming you? Do you find that the older you get, the more changes you have to make? Maybe your best friend moved away or you have lost a job that you thought you would be doing forever. Maybe you moved to a new area or have recently retired. How ...
Views: 1517 - Teaching Colors to 3 and 4 year olds - by Submitted on Feb 05, 2008 from Francine LarsonA couple of summers ago, my two granddaughters, six and eight years old, came for a week’s visit. I told them how great they both looked in their aqua tee shirts. The six year old, Alayna replied, “aqua is only for people over 60 years old, so this is not aqua.” I got a color ...
Views: 2808 - How I Found My Voice - by Submitted on Jan 28, 2008 from Francine LarsonIt was totally unexpected. I was puttering around the house on a hot summer day in Florida. Julie, my next door neighbor called and asked me to have breakfast with her. Julie is a high school honors teacher who doesn’t have much extra time during the school year to socialize. I said I ...
Views: 1327 - Are You Tuned In To Reality? - by Submitted on Jan 25, 2008 from Francine LarsonAre you tuned in to reality? Am I tuned in to reality? No, it isn’t a radio station or a television channel. My thesaurus gives many definitions of reality but the definition that pops out at me is truth. If mental health demands reality, then lies must mean an emotional upheaval at some ...
Views: 1303 - The Britney Syndrome - by Submitted on Jan 25, 2008 from Francine LarsonOk. I just can’t quit thinking about Britney Spears. Just the idea of choosing addiction over having her own children seems surreal. But wait, Britney is not an evil person. As a matter of fact, she is also a victim of this terrible disease. This addiction has taken over her whole ...
Views: 1446 - How To Get Past The Boredom Of Exercise - by Submitted on Jan 19, 2008 from Francine LarsonLiving in Florida, I knew I had to start my 2 mile walk just as the sun was coming up. If I waited a moment later, the heat would steal my energy. I had tried taking late evening walks but by then, it was really hard because I was settled in with watching television or submerged in my ...
Views: 970 - How I Came Out Of The Scrooge Syndrome Or My Christmas Story - by Submitted on Nov 02, 2007 from Francine LarsonLet's take a break from shopping, baking, decorating and all those holiday things we are expected to do and just breathe. That's right, in the middle of all our bustling, let's allow ourselves to truly experience the peace and love that Christmas is supposed to give us. After all, if we are ...
Views: 977 - The Shoe Return - by Submitted on Jun 13, 2007 from Francine LarsonShe was stylish and I would guess 50ish. She came to my register in a local department store where I worked. “Do you have a return?” I asked as I noted a familiar plastic bag. In a voice that held a hint of embarrassment, she answered. “I found these shoes in my mother’s closet. ...
Views: 864 - How to get past the boredom of Exercise - by Submitted on Mar 19, 2007 from Francine LarsonLiving in Florida, I knew I had to start my 2 mile walk just as the sun was coming up. If I waited a moment later, the heat would steal my energy. I had tried taking late evening walks but by then, it was really hard because I was settled in with watching television or submerged in my ...
Views: 1806 - Are You Tuned in to Reality? - by Submitted on Mar 19, 2007 from Francine LarsonAre You Tuned in to Reality? Or (What is truth?) Are you tuned in to reality? Am I tuned in to reality? No, it isn’t a radio station or a television channel. My thesaurus gives many definitions of reality but the definition that pops out at me is truth. If mental health demands ...
Views: 953 - I'm Moving On - by Submitted on Oct 07, 2006 from Francine LarsonI’m Moving On…. Nothing is predestined. "The obstacles of your past can become the gateways that lead to new beginnings" by Henry Davis Thoreau I hear myself saying out loud, “it’s ok, it is really ok.” It’s ok that I am now having a harder time losing 10 pounds, it’s ok that I ...
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