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Inspired by Hugs- Be a “Reckless Hugger” & Love with Reckless Abandon

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Today’s Inspiration is – HUGS!!     This brain of mine thinks of many things (curious and an observer, not too much unlike my furry friends 😉 ) , and one of the things I got to thinking about recently is how as children, we are both the receiver and the giver of hugs frequently!  Often we received hugs from parents, other family, friends,whomever and gave them out freely as well.  I have this theory that children tend to be more open to freely giving affection.  There is a type of innocent, reckless abandon in youth that causes us to not typically over think things as much, or worry about what others think.   I can remember as a child not only receiving lots of hugs, but showing affection to others freely … Continue Reading →

Five Minute Friday-What Mama Did

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Today’s Five Minute Friday is a bit different. I found it really hard to write poetry style as usual and to keep it short.  Instead of one word, the prompt is “What Mama Did”.  What did Mama do that made her your mama?  I tried, but I couldn’t answer this in five minutes.  Although, I did not back track and wrote freely straight through, as the other rules state.  Sorry people , but Mama just deserves more than 5 minutes and for her I would break the rules!  😀  I hope you won’t mind.  Next week will be back to my usual style-this one is for you Mom.   What DIDN’T Mama Do?: Mama did so many things and still does .  When we were little, she was the kind … Continue Reading →

The Emily Dickinson Kitty

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Today is (mostly) Wordless Wednesday, where I am sharing a cute photo creation I made for you and keeping my words short and sweet.  I dug up an old photo of my first cat (a slightly fluffy haired calico) named Sandy.  I got her as a Christmas gift when I was 9.  She was such a good sport about letting me play dress up with her , and would sit very ladylike in the little vintage-y dresses I would fix her up in :D.  Here she is in her fancy lace overlay dress , getting ready for high tea and a poetry recitation! Did I mention she and I shared a love of not only tea, but Emily Dickinson?  Cat nip tea always for kitty (of course!) ..and chamomile for myself.   … Continue Reading →

Liebster Award

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 I was randomly given something called a Liebster award for blogging, so for today’s post you will find out some fun facts about the girl behind the blog (me!..well duh, you are saying 🙂 ) While this post is a bit long, I hope you will find getting to know me better interesting.     Have you heard about the Liebster Award? I had heard it in passing, but thought it was a   weird name and didn’t know what on earth it was.  It turns out it’s an award bloggers give to one another to help spread word of newer or little known blogs. To get one means the person who gave it to you appreciates the work you do.  So, I especially want to thank Tonya at Nearly … Continue Reading →

A Love Song for Spring- Five Minute Poetry

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The Flowers Appear on the Earth

Today’s Five Minute Friday word challenge is on the word Beloved.  I did something a little different today.  Because I have a personal goal of writing poetry again, I use my 5 minutes to write a poem once a week, on these Fridays.  However, today’s word instantly made a memory come to mind.  What I did was get that memory out and write for 5 minutes (or maybe slightly under), and then with the memory I wrote on, a poem was inspired.  I took another 5 to write the poem.  So, you will actually see 2 Five Minute Fridays in one today.  A memory followed by my poem.  Linked at Lisa Jo’s here.   Go The word beloved immediately takes me back to when I was in the high school … Continue Reading →

Be Your Own Valentine-A Practice in Self Love

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Happy Valentine’s Day to all of you and a big HUG from me :).  Today I wanted to do something other than the typical Valentine stuff out there that is meant for couples.  I know not everyone has a significant other they will be sharing the big day of love with for whatever reason, and I want EVERYONE to know that no matter if you are single or in a relationship, this day is still for YOU.  Aside from the fact that first and foremost, I believe there is a God who loves us , I want to talk to you today about self love, because I believe that is so important.  You can and should be your own Valentine!     Although I do happen to have someone to … Continue Reading →

A Victor Hugo Valentine for You-Wordless Wednesday + Henry’s World Giveaway

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To Love Another Person is to See the Face of God

  A Valentine I created for You for Wordless Wednesday (plus enter a giveaway for a good cause below!     What does this quote mean to you? Do you have a favorite Love Quote? a Rafflecopter giveaway  This giveaway is for Henry’s World.  It’s a great charitable cause!  For some reason the rafflecopter is not showing with the code I was provided, so please click on the word’s “A Rafflecopter Giveaway” to enter!  You can also go HERE to learn more about Henry’s and to enter. Share This ArticleTweet

Bare Trees And Bare Souls – A FMF Poem

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It’s Five Min. Friday.  You probably know the drill by now.  This is where I freely write for five minutes flat on whatever comes to mind with the word of the day.  Because I have a goal of writing more poetry again , I try to use my five minutes to write a poem with the word.  You never know what will come out when the timer starts though!  I do tend to write poetry with lines broken up in to small pieces, which makes it look like I am fitting a lot more words on to the page than I actually am.  This is how I write best in a time crunch!  Today’s word: BARE   Go Bare Trees & Bare Souls:   In Winter, I walk in stark … Continue Reading →

Be the Change-Creating New Things in Your Life (Series on Change Pt. 5)

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I meant to pick up my series on Change again in January (for the new year and all), but things happen, and such is life.  However, you don’t need a new year to dive in to anything- There is no time like the present!  So picking up where we last left off.  If you are new to “We Live Inspired!”, and want to catch up on an inspirational series I am doing on change and how to deal with it, you can click on the archives HERE to be taken directly to all of the previous posts.   Last time I shared that one of my favorite quotes that I try to live by is “Be the Change You wish to see in the world”.  I also mentioned how my … Continue Reading →

Always Believe in Miracles – Five Minute Friday

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Inspirational Quote about Believing in Miracles

Five Minute Friday is about to begin.  As soon as I find out the word, I will get to writing for 5 minutes flat, just freely let whatever wants to come out come out.  That is how it works, so you never know what you will get.   Then after I am done I will be sharing what I wrote at the Gypsy Mama’s website HERE and stopping by to read what others have written.     Today’s word is “Afraid”.  The very word causes an emotional response in me, because I can picture many things in my life to go with this word!  But today I want to share what a very special friend in my life taught me about Miracles.   Go   I can picture the scene so … Continue Reading →

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