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#28 from Project Courage

Happy Views Day! Last week I posted the first 26 Facts of Courage. I’ll continue to feature a weekly tidbit about myself this year (until August 2022). Readers responded to last week’s collective list by telling me what fact of courage surprised them most. A few readers shared their own acts of bravery. Thank you…

ESUBA. Reverse the Abuse

Spoiler alert. Karma. Life offers surprises. Sometimes surprises are delivered through disappointments, sometimes they’re packaged in smiles. I’ve learned how interactions lead to growth in some way. One interaction came from a reader who offered a stream of generous advice. He believed his online feedback would “develop my writing” (ahem). His feedback felt like a…

26 Facts of Courage

HAPPY VIEWS DAY! Several readers asked for my list of weekly posts so far in this Year of Courage. This is the halfway through the year Facts of Courage. Anticipating your input, Christina First dog: a black Pekingese/Poodle mix named Boomer. My 5-year-old answer to, “what do you want to be when you grow up?”…

PROJECT COURAGE

Happy Views Day! Here is #27 in my Year of Courageous Acts. Each week, I share something you may not know about me. If you want to follow my Year of Courage project, you can view Tuesday posts beginning last August. Experience that made me the coolest middle schooler: Dad took all of us kids…

IT’S NOT FAIR!

Mirror mirror on the wall, who’s the fairest of them all? In this tale, Snow White’s mom dies, and her father marries a wickedly jealous woman. The new queen envies Snow White’s beauty and desires to be considered the most beautiful. The stepmom goes to the mirror daily to ask, “Mirror mirror on the wall,…

COURAGE to RECONCILE

Happy Views Day! This week’s Act of Courage post reveals hindsight that invited insight and later foresight. Stepping bravely to share something you may not know about me… College degree: Wanted to major in journalism/communications. Graduated with Business Administration-Personnel degree because it made sense to the world. I spent 30 years with jobs that fit…

COURAGE PROJECT

Happy Views Day! My weekly installment of Project Courage follows this short outreach invitation… On behalf of the team of 11-17-year-old authors who courageously wrote what they’ve learned about life, relationships and how the world works, we started a fundraiser for St. Jude’s. We’ll donate all proceeds from Tadpoles: Tiny Tales from Freshwater Adventures book…

UNIFIED TRAUMA AND VICTORY

Chaos. Calm. I took a temporary 24-7 live-in caregiver role. The posted job description didn’t match the actual duties. I refrain from agonizing details, but after tending to an unnerving episode with this elderly post-surgery patient, I stepped outside to calm myself. I walked outdoors and silently asked God to shepherd me from a fearful…

HALF-TIME REPORT

Happy Views Day! This week is the halfway point in my Year of Courageous Acts. Since August 1, 2021, I’ve posted an inside look into my professional and personal life. These reveals are unnatural for me, but I press on. #26 of 52: Third biggest business change for 2022: After 3 ½ years and 6…