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The Arena

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It was a long day.  A hard day.  Like your shift partner and yourself wanted to call in sick 5 minutes into the shift hard day.  We could see it was going to be a repeat of an incident the week prior.  Sucks the energy out of your body and you just want to say "nope" but you have 11 hours and 55 minutes left.  You can do everything right, handle everything calmly and rationally, smile and breathe and still be disrespected and dismissed.  There isn't anyone under the sun that likes to be made to feel that they are not doing their job correctly or be questioned about their decisions or asked, "what is your name?" when someone clearly does not agree with you or like what you are saying.  I must admit I bit my tongue so hard many times I swear blood was gushing out from my mouth.  It would have been so easy to speak harshly.  Too easy for me actually.  I am a work in progress.  I am trying very hard and understand it is two steps forwar...
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A Little Black Kitten

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What do you think of when you hear someone press on their breaks and come to a dead stop in the middle of the street? Do you brace yourself waiting for the sound of impact?  Do you think they just stopped an accident from occurring due to  quick reflexes? All I know is I held my breath and my body tensed right up.  Subconsciously I was probably bracing for an impact sound.  I was sitting at my desk at work and looked out the window to see this maroon truck stopped, still rocking from the sudden halt.  There wasn't any traffic but it was in the middle of the road. Idling. The vehicle backs up and parks and an older gentleman gets out and slowly walks down the middle of the road.  And then I heard it.  A meow.  Oh no.   I instantly grab the work keys and bolt out the front door thinking a cat is injured, but instead I find this teeny tiny black kitten trying to look as big as it can and meow hissing at this very tall lanky older man. ...
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Canada Day 2022

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Happy Canada Day 2022 It is a beautiful sunny day outside and I am working, but hoping to see some fireworks this evening.  
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A Storm Brewing

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  There is currently a 3-hour alert for a severe thunderstorm in the area.  I really en joy thunder and lightening storms. It is currently raining and just made a cup of tea to sit down to type as my cat is on the table beside me half asleep flicking his tail contentedly. I am feeling very much like a thunderstorm is brewing within me and I need to have a good cry.  My heart has been heavy for some time now not wanting to continue giving the benefit of the doubt to people who continue to unknowingly hurt me. I need to make some more changes in my life.  Change is hard.  Change upsets the flow of things. Change is the only constant there is in life.  I hear the rumblings of thunder in the distant. I take a sip of tea and close my eyes as the rain gets louder and the thunder gets closer.  I peek with one eye on my cat to see what he is doing.  He is sleeping and seems calm knowing he is safe with me close by. But then, I spoke too soon. I hear a chi...
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Be a sunflower...

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  I was walking one of my favorite beaches many years ago and saw this sunflower.  Thinking someone had stuck it there I gently tugged at it, and nope.  It was deeply rooted.   I refer to this picture often to show  you can bloom where ever you are planted as long as you turn your face towards the Son!
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