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Happy Healthy Me

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Copyright: Jeanne Gladden
Challenge 94

If you didn’t know your birth date…your birth year…if you didn’t know how old you were, how old would you be?  This question came…

I’m M.A.D.

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Challenge 93

I belong to a community of life-long learners who share a commitment to making a difference.  As individuals.  Our inspiring leader, Robert, calls us M.A.D.

No work is insignificant.

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"No work is insignificant. All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence" by Martin Luther King Jr.

Happy Labor Day…

OMG

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Challenge 92

One day last week I overheard myself tell a guy that I had just celebrated my 50th birthday.  And I believed it.  It took me…

The Stuff of Life

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Challenge 91

I hear there are 3 stages of life. Wanting Stuff. Getting Stuff. Getting Rid of Stuff.   It seems I am in the Getting…

The World Moves Fast

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A Little Birthday Prayer

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Challenge 90

Dear Lord,

I’m about to turn 75, but you know that already, don’t you? 

Well, thank you for blessing me with another birthday…and for surrounding…

Don't Stay Stuck

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The 1% Promise

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Challenge 89I love the reminder on this T-Shirt, a gift from mom’s physical therapist. 

In this we want it we got it world of ours we…

Forever Friends

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Challenge 88

Three old friends walk into a bar and order a round of cherry cokes and a large bag of strawberry licorice for the table. The…

Remember Always

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Challenge 87

Meet Bernie

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Challenge 86

“Wee kitten needing a good home,” the post read. “Well, we’re a good home needing a wee kitten,” the voice in my head said.  You…

Read Together, Grow Together

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Challenge 85
A big Just Keep Growing shoutout to Neighborhood Reads, our very own independent bookstore. Celebrating its 8th year, our community bookstore inspires…

On Becoming Whelmed

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Challenge 84
Copyright: Jeanne Gladden

Conversations with friends, family and clients lead me to conclude that darned near every one of us is running on overwhelm.  

Work Expectations.  Family…

Full of Surprises

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Challenge 83
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The body is full of surprises.  I just read that if all the blood vessels in your body were laid end to end, they would…

For the Love of Learning

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Challenge 82
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A colleague described a parent-teacher conference she attended for her eighth-grade son.  Her son set the agenda, prepared the topics for discussion, and conducted the…

Memorial Day

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Remembering.  
Appreciating.
Honoring,
My Grandparents. 


Memorial Day. 2025 

Quality Conversations

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Challenge 81
Copyright: Jeanne Gladden

“86.5% of the time we think we have communicated, we have, in fact, failed.” 
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I’ve asserted this claim thousands of times over…

A Legacy Leaver

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Challenge 80
Copyright: Jeanne Gladden
As a child, family members, friends and strangers perpetually reminded me that I was the granddaughter of Mr. Clonts, and that I needed to act…

What's in Your Garden?

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 What's in your garden? What are you growing?