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To-Do Tuesday: September 26

Yesterday I talked about creating themed days for the blog to help keep me motivated and give me ideas when I’m stuck for an idea. My friend Rosie gave me the idea for “To-Do Tuesday”. I’m going to use it as a way to get something marked off my to-do Read more…

By tracy.hinton@gmail.com, 2 daysSeptember 26, 2023 ago
Learning and Growing

Daily Theme Posts

I’ve been thinking about doing some daily theme posts. I thought they might be helpful, especially on days when I am struggling with what to write about that day. It might help inspire me with an idea. These are the ideas that I have so far: Motivation Monday Wellness Wednesday Read more…

By tracy.hinton@gmail.com, 3 daysSeptember 25, 2023 ago
Health

Rest is time well spent

I read this in one of my devotionals this week. It was kind of a punch in the gut. Even now, I tend to see resting as time wasted. “Instead of sitting here, I should be… (fill in the blank). Why do we (and especially women) think that resting is Read more…

By tracy.hinton@gmail.com, 4 daysSeptember 24, 2023 ago
Health

September 23 in 23 check-in

Here is my September 23 in 23 check-in: Well, this month has not seen much (if any progress). With 100 days left in 2023 (as of today), I really need to make some progress with this soon. Both my full-time work and my part-time work have been incredibly busy lately.

By tracy.hinton@gmail.com, 5 daysSeptember 23, 2023 ago
grief and loss

Magical Memories

This popped up on my Facebook memories recently. It makes my heart happy to read it, but also makes my heart hurt. Because you see, the little guy from this post lost his father earlier this year. I want to ask all of you to pray for this family. I Read more…

By tracy.hinton@gmail.com, 6 daysSeptember 22, 2023 ago
Health

Leslie Jordan on Happiness

I get these daily quotes from Gretchen Rubin (author of The Happiness Project and many other great books). This one is from Leslie Jordan’s book “How Y’all Doing?”. I listened to the book on audio a while back and it was great. If you’re not familiar with Leslie Jordan, he Read more…

By tracy.hinton@gmail.com, 2 weeksSeptember 14, 2023 ago
Health

Habit Tracking

How do you track your habits? In the book Atomic Habits, James Clear discusses Benjamin Franklin tracking his personal virtues by carrying around a little notebook from the age of 20. Jerry Seinfeld uses the “Don’t Break the Chain” method of tracking his streak of writing jokes everyday. For this, Read more…

By tracy.hinton@gmail.com, 2 weeksSeptember 12, 2023 ago
grief and loss

Unanswered Prayers

Are you familiar with the song, “Sometimes I thank God for unanswered prayers.”. What are your unanswered prayers? Did you find out that God had something better in mind for you than you had for yourself? One of my big ones was when my first husband left, I kept hoping Read more…

By tracy.hinton@gmail.com, 2 weeksSeptember 11, 2023 ago
grief and loss

Crooked Frame

I am not sure how clearly it shows in this picture, but this frame has been hanging crooked for a while now. I would notice it sitting on the couch and had not straightened it. Every time I would notice, I would think to myself: “Gosh, that would drive Tom Read more…

By tracy.hinton@gmail.com, 3 weeksSeptember 10, 2023 ago
grief and loss

Pinkie and Blue Boy

My grandparents used to have prints of the paintings Pinkie and The Blue Boy. I was always fascinated by the paintings. One year, my mom painted these ceramic replicas of the paintings for my grandma. After Grandmama died, these were one of the things I brought home. Not only are Read more…

By tracy.hinton@gmail.com, 3 weeksSeptember 9, 2023 ago

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