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Prompt Thanksgiving

by Kristi on November 18, 2023


I wanted to do something a bit more creative today. I’m already hating it but that’s okay… I searched out creative writing prompts, surfed through a few and realized I would need something to force me to just write. So I ended up with a list of 23 Thanksgiving prompts because the topic seemed appropriate […]

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Prompt 20

by Kristi on November 11, 2023


Number generator said 20… and it’s a back to school memory! I guess we are close to that time frame…? I need to find a better, more timely weekly prompt. How about you? What are your back-to-school memories? Tell us about one. Your memory can be your own, or one from watching your child go to […]

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Prompt 82

by Kristi on November 5, 2023


As I was sifting throughs some of my older blog posts – for whatever reason – I found a link to an old PromptTuesday and it made me nostalgic. Writing is so difficult and challenging yet it’s fun, helps my brain, and I love it. I hate reading what I write but I like writing. […]

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Love

by Kristi on October 16, 2023


Suzanne Somers was an admired person in our household. My Mom followed her and read all her books. I think I read one of her books. She passed a few days ago and her husband’s love letter to her in her final hours has been everywhere. I ended up clicking some article to read it […]

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Streaks

by Kristi on October 2, 2023


Yes, I am competitive. In this case, with myself? So… That’s okay. Right? Right. It would be so lovely to know multiple languages. I greatly admire people who can speak in multiple languages. It is an amazing skill and so incredibly hard to do. I started with Duolingo back… well, 600 days ago at least! […]

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Time

by Kristi on September 28, 2023


This was a fun one. I’m trying to remember the last moment where I completely lost track of time in the best way possible. I can think of easy times with friends, absolutely. This exercise was thinking about the theme of being so involved in a sport, game, book, or some kind of project though. […]

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Wordless Wednesday: Daughter Day

by Kristi on September 27, 2023


Happy National Daughters Day!

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Spider

by Kristi on September 26, 2023


I have two games that I sort of play obsessively. It’s a quick 5 minute break when I’m anxious, bored, or need a break. Which is… sadly too much of the time! One of the games is Spider. Two suits, it’s a mindless game to find the sequence and it’s super satisfying. Because EVERY SINGLE […]

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The right attitude

by Kristi on September 23, 2023


It’s so fun when my daily meditation with Jeff Warren hits all my feels. This morning (35 day streak when I started writing this, and now 42, woot!) it was all about having the RIGHT attitude. Accept what is here and now. It’s right because it’s happening right now. It is what it is. Yes, […]

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Oh, Rodrigo

by Kristi on August 31, 2023


I’m imagining you went down a back-alley street in the slums of Europe. Some creepy guy walked up to you and said for $1,600 (inflation!) you could get a fake passport. You decided that was a good idea and went to a local ATM around the corner. You met back up… he took your picture. […]

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Words

by Kristi on July 15, 2023


I was doing some clean-up on my phone and ran into my “words” for 2023. The last few years I have not done New Year’s resolutions, per se, but more of words to live by. The note I discovered was brainstorming different words and explanations of what I wanted to focus on for the year. […]

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Mutual

by Kristi on July 8, 2023


I’m not a tennis player nor a big fan of the sport. I know love means zero but I still don’t understand the scoring. My parents are fans so I will lightly follow some of the big names. My mother actually had some tennis great that she was matchmaking for my sister at some point. […]

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HBD Ang

by Kristi on July 2, 2023


A very happy birthday to my beautiful soul-sister and bestie. When we first met, I knew you would always be in my life. Cheers to long ago apple martinis at the Melting Pot and lingering dinners talking about life. Thank you for being my late night emergency phone call. You are the person who can […]

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Ideal

by Kristi on July 1, 2023


I’ve been exploring meditation this year. Since *checks app* March, I’ve been running meditations through Calm at least 50% of the month. *Pats self on back* As I write this, I’m in an eleven day streak. I’m trying to shoot for 14 but it’s a holiday weekend and weekends just aren’t kind to me lately. […]

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Grateful

by Kristi on July 1, 2023


Tears drip down, salty and slow Weighted blanket of grief, presses down Each deep breath, grateful thoughts are formed Welcoming the sharp pinch of feelings, to settle in The sun, warming my body Finding some peace

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