I had a Mom’s group knitting sit and stitch last night and my Mom came to join. While it was a small group, it was lovely and intimate and I got to see my Mom in her true glory. She amazes me and I am so glad to be back in Maryland close to her and my Dad.
FranRachel's Life List
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1. I want to share something honest and personal each day with at least one person in my life
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2. identify 100 things that make me happy.
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3. I want to meditate at least 20 minutes a day.
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4. I want read a book a month.
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5. listen carefully to internal reason.
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6. make decisions based out love and trust, not fear.
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7. say no at least 5 times a day.
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8. accept help when I need it.
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9. replace negative thinking with positive action.
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10. continue to use www.donorschoose.com to make my classroom the best learning environment for my students
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11. send at least 1 card a month through the mail to someone I care about-just because!
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12. Be a better friend
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13. use my free time more wisely.
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14. turn every negative into a positive-however small.
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15. FIND AN EFFECTIVE WAY TO DEAL WITH STRESS/WORRY!!!
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16. learn more sign language.
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17. be like my mom
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18. live an ethical life
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19. gather momentum
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20. I want to be sure my husband feels lucky to have married me!
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21. work on my "gripes" list and mark gripes off that I can control on a regular basis...
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How I did it: I stopped smoking 6 months before getting pregnant, not a drink of caffiene nor alcohol, no smokes and perfect eating throughout....he is AMAZING! Every good choice lead to another good choice and so on and so on and so on. Seeing the ultrasound pictures and hearing his heartbeat was my biggest motivation...along with knowing my husband wanted this as much as I did. Very powerful! Read how I did it…
I am so thrilled to have my boy Xander…he is now 27+ months and is AMAZING. He continues t omake me a better woman, wife, mother, friend every day. Thank you Xander!
I was stuck at work today, conferences over at 4:40 but there till 7 none the less, so I decided to start a gripe list where I could get my anger out in a relatively positive fashion. I started the list, then read it over, realizing many of my gripes were actually things I may be able to control to a degree. So, my new goal is to continue to get those gripes out so I don’t go mad…and to look at them honestly to see what I can do to check those gripes off my list for good…make sense?

