The Resolute Woman

Category: stress

  • Happy October!

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    I looked at my calendar and panicked. So far this month, I have been to Los Lunas, New Mexico, to visit my brother James and his family and to Tulsa, Oklahoma, to attend the memorial service for our good friend Edward Dumit. Next week, I’m flying to Salt Lake City, Utah, where I will spend…

  • The sounds of the loons

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    At night, when I pulled the covers around me to keep warm in our cabin in Maine, I heard the sad, loud sounds of the loons on the lake. “How do you describe those sounds?” I asked one morning. To answer my question, my friend Leslie pulled a bird guide from the bookshelf. The guidebook…

  • An adult in disguise

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    Just when I’m thinking that I am the only one with issues, my good friend Susan sends me a quote that reminds me to lighten up a little bit. “Another belief of mine: that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise.” Those words are from Margaret Atwood’s book Cat’s…

  • Happy Fourth of July

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    I’ve been worried recently about the health of Bob, my brother-in-law, the situations in Iraq, Syria and the Ukraine and several minor issues. Maybe that’s why I couldn’t believe the headline in the June 28, 2014, issue of The Dallas Morning News. The headline, as a teaser across top of the front page, read: “Take…

  • A lesson learned from tragedy

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    People who have gone through painful events, such as divorce or serious illness, are more likely to enjoy the small pleasures in life, according to University of British Columbia psychologist Alyssa Croft. We read about her study of 15,000 French adults in the March/April 2014 issue of Pacific Standard. The study suggests “we’re more likely…

  • A minute of meditation

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    Meditation can help people with heart disease, people who want to quit smoking and people who want to achieve a little inner peace. Meditation means paying attention to the breath, listening, being still, said Ruben L.G. Habito of the Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University in an article in the April 22, 2014,…

  • Are you afraid?

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    Joan of Arc once explained what she did when she was afraid. She just acted as if she wasn’t. She once said, “It’s that simple. Try it. Say to yourself, ‘Yes, I am afraid. But, it’s nobody else’s business.’ So, go on, go on. And you do go on.” I have had this quote for…

  • How to make prison cheesecake

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    Piper Kerman learns a lot during the 13 months she spends at the federal correctional facility in Danbury, Connecticut. Like how to make prison cheesecake in the microwave with graham crackers, margarine, Laughing Cow cheese, vanilla pudding, Cremora and lemon juice. She also learns that sometimes all you can do is make the best of…

  • The exhausting everydayathon

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    I’ve been busy this week. Of course, I’m not the only one who is too busy. Most people today are too busy, writes Brigid Schulte in the March 14, 2014, issue of The Washington Post. Schulte is the author of Overwhelmed: Work, Love and Play When No One Has the Time. “Somewhere around the end…

  • Spring brings hope

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    My daughter, Ranna, who battled breast cancer for three years and conquered it, has another battle to fight. On April 7, doctors will insert two or three stents in her heart. Because I am very concerned about her and I am feeling very stressful, I am spending more time outside in my yard. I am…