It’s Friendship Friday! This is the day to focus on giving back or paying it forward. Most days I focus on what I can do for others. We have talked about Operation Gratitude, local volunteering, and so much more. But sometimes things hit right at home. So I think you all know that my belovedContinue reading “Music Touches the Soul”
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Why It is Healthy to Give Back
It’s Friendship Friday! This is the day to focus on giving back or paying it forward. I was reading this article called “Pay It Forward: The Mental Health Benefits of Giving Back”. It had some great points that really hit home. Here are my takeaways… Giving back helps to give my life meaning. I haveContinue reading “Why It is Healthy to Give Back”
Operation Gratitude Joins Give Back Box
It’s Friendship Friday! This is the day to focus on giving back or paying it forward! You know how I talk about sending cards to Operation Gratitude? I hope so. Operation Gratitude is an organization that sends care packages to the troops and first responders. But now it has gotten even better. When you needContinue reading “Operation Gratitude Joins Give Back Box”
Time is the Best Gift
It’s Friendship Friday! This is the day to focus on giving back or paying it forward. What’s the one thing you can never get back? Time! Recently I had a friend that was having a bad day. I had just finished a long day myself and had told her I would call the next day.Continue reading “Time is the Best Gift”
Just Be Kind
It’s Friendship Friday! This is the day to focus on giving back or paying it forward. Recently my daughter went in for a job interview. The manager, instead of interviewing her, took the time to complain about many of his employees to her. Unfortunately one of these employees was a good friend of hers. SoContinue reading “Just Be Kind”
Giving back locally.
It’s Friendship Friday! This is the day to focus on giving back or paying it forward. Usually I am talking about a recent event or something that has happened. Occasionally I will talk about what a local group is doing to help. But today I thought I would talk about an organization that makes itContinue reading “Giving back locally.”
It’s a New Year!
It’s Friendship Friday! This is the day to focus on giving back or paying it forward. I would be remiss in saying that I haven’t been working on new ventures and new goals for 2021. I have sat and waited for things to get better or back to normal. I hope they will, but inContinue reading “It’s a New Year!”
Stories remind you that you have lived.
It’s Friendship Friday! This is the day to focus on giving back or paying it forward. When disaster strikes and the car quits, the house burns down, a spouse falls ill, or so many other things…who do you call? Who is the person you make sure to connect with? Often just by connecting with thatContinue reading “Stories remind you that you have lived.”
Silence can be comfortable.
It’s Friendship Friday! This is the day to focus on giving back or paying it forward. Have you ever had such a good friend that you could be completely comfortable being silent? Most of the time you want to fill that awkward silence with gasps of desperate conversation. But, being with a true friend, isContinue reading “Silence can be comfortable.”
Finding your clone.
It’s Friendship Friday! This is the day to give back or pay it forward. Sometimes it is so easy to spot a friend. They look like you, talk like you, and are very close to being you. And other times the similarities are down deep. For me, my closest friends don’t look like me butContinue reading “Finding your clone.”
Stamping With Joni and the Red Door Crafters 