The Resolute Woman

Category: thankfulness

  • We’re thankful for friends

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    I’ve known Fayteen for 25 years—and I’ve known her daughter, Ranna, for almost as long. Once, earlier this year, Ranna thanked me for visiting her when she was ill. “Ranna,” I told her, “I consider you to be a good friend—a good friend who has become part of my family.” This Thanksgiving, I am thankful…

  • Be grateful

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    What do you need to do to be healthier? “Most things I would say are commonsense—things you were taught in first grade,” Dr. David Johnson, chair of internal medicine at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center told The Dallas Morning News in an article in its September 30, 2014, issue. “You don’t have to…

  • 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…

  • Adventures at the laundromat

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    The repairman predicted that my washing machine would get louder and louder and would start leaking. He assured me that it wasn’t worth repairing. He was wrong. The machine worked okay for months longer than the repairman predicted and then it just died peacefully one morning when I had lots of dirty clothes to wash.…

  • 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…

  • We’re thankful for family

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    We’re thankful for our families—including the canine members of our families. We like the words of poet Mary Oliver, Pulitzer Prize winner and author of a new book Dog Songs. “Because of the dog’s joyfulness, our own is increased. It is no small gift. It is not the least reason why we should honor as…

  • Happy Thanksgiving!

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    Ralph Waldo Emerson thanked God for health and food, love and friends. So do we. For each new morning with its light, For rest and shelter of the night, For health and food, For love and friends, For everything Thy goodness sends.

  • The best things in the world

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    This quote is from a Thanksgiving card from my good friend Barbara. “The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be touched but are felt with the heart.” –Helen Keller –Joy

  • What happened to Thanksgiving?

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    Chocolate Santas are on sale at the drug store, wreaths hang at the upscale grocery store and my grocery store has a whole aisle of Christmas decorations. What happened to Thanksgiving? I am going to pause and reflect on the beauty of the fallen leaves in my front yard and all of my other blessings…

  • In praise of October

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    I ate corny dogs at the State Fair of Texas, the biggest and the best state fair, and recently I enjoyed a piece of my friend Susie’s apple pie. The air is crisper and cooler when I begin my morning walk, and I noticed yellow leaves under the trees in my front yard. “I’m so…