A shout out to my lovely Mom on her birthday today! To the one who taught me the meaning of love. Forever grateful for her. Love you, Mom!
Have a great week and enjoy the quotes! As always, thanks for reading. Not just today but every day. Hope your days are made a little brighter by my posts, if not a little crazier as well.
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Tell your Mom – “Happy Birthday from Canada eh!”
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She said Thanks! 🙂
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Happy birthday to your Mum.
5, 6, 7 and 10 for me this week.
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Thanks Di! Gotta love the minions! 😄
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Oh yeah!!
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🙂
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9! Happy birthday to mom!
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Yes, a kindred spirit! 🙂
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💗💗
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Absolutely wonderful! Naps and fiction and sunlight are just perfect. And Happy Birthday to Mom!
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Thanks Nico and yes, totally perfect indeed!
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Happy birthday to your Mom! I usually pick one or two thoughts, but today I liked two funny ones (#5 and #6) and two more thoughtful ones (#3 and #7).
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Thanks Pete! You are always welcome to pick more than 2. 😉 Glad you liked them! I really liked what #7 said about age. So true!
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Age is irrelevant—at least after age 21. My mother-in-law and father-in-law divorced after 38 years. A few years later, my mother-in-law met a gentleman who would best be called her companion/boyfriend. (It sounds funny saying my 70 something mother-in-law had a boyfriend.) He was quite a character. Our state has this weird law that you have to show ID when you’re buying any product with alcohol in it. He was my mother-in-law’s age. He picked up some cold medicine and went to purchase it. The cashier, who was just doing her job, asked him for his ID. He couldn’t believe she was asking for it and, in his best curmudgeon voice, asked, “What’s wrong? Am I too old?”🤣
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LOL!! Thats too funny!
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#1 & #4 work best for me today, although I’m not quite sure what “closure” is supposed to be. When someone is mistreated over a long period of time, I don’t see how they can ever forget it. It seems to me that moving on and not dwelling on it much, is about the most “closure” that is possible.
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Just think of it as the opposite of openure.
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Thanks. That helps.
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You are right, one doesn’t forget when wounded deeply. To me it simply means moving on without hearing an apology and a reason for the actions of the one who wounded you.
For example like my daughter’s story which you know. I don’t expect that my daughter or I will ever hear an apology but we can’t let.that stop us from moving on. You are right its not forgetting its just not letting it control your every thought!
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No, it’s not likely you’ll hear an apology. Just finding some way to make sense of it, then moving on, seems the best course of action, to me.
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Very true. I stopped even trying to make sense of it for I just can’t wrap my mind around it. Just moving on … many better things to think about.
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I have to make sense of things. I can’t let go until I do. There’s always an explanation, and once I come up with a theory that makes sense to me, then I feel I’ve learned the lesson that needed to be learned and can move on.
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Well, I have gone through theories in my brain which yes, does help.
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Happy Birthday to your Mom!
(“Otanjoubi omedetou gozaimasu,” in the polite-formal Japanese due a respected elder.)
For some reason, I’ve become stuck pondering #6. 😉
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Clouds say more than we think. Long may they rain!
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Thank you! I will try repeat that Japanese phrase to my Mom. 😊
LOL about pondering the cloud one. Are you wondering who the cloud is looking at? 😂
I couldn’t pass that one up.
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Mark me down for number 2
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Will do! Yes,hiking or just sitting on the beach is healthy too. 🙂
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When a man makes closure, it’s called manure.
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No shit eh!
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Joy, good quotes as per usual. I love the HDT first one the best. Happy BD to your mother. Give her a hug from all your readers. She raised you well. Take care, Keith
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Thoreau has so many good quotes!
Aww, thanks so much Keith for your kind words and I will pass on the hug! 🙂 Have a great day!
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Happy birthday to your mom! It’s always fun to find another November birthday club member, my birthday’s coming up. 😊 I love all of your quotes.
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Hi Rose! Thanks, and Happy Early Birthday to you. 🙂
Glad you enjoyed the quotes. I have fun doing them every Tuesday. Thanks for the “follow”. Hope you enjoy my other posts.
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Happy belated to your mum. Great thoughts, even if it’s Wednesday today. 😉
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Thanks for the birthday wishes. And yup, the quotes never expire! Glad to add wisdom to your Wednesday. 🙂
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happy birthday to your mom! I like the idea of napping, basking in the sunlight, and reading… sounds like my ideal retirement…
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Thanks for the birthday wishes for my Mom. She had a good day! And yes, sounds perfect, doesn’t it. Along with walking on the beach. 🙂
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and then taking a nap in your beachfront house…
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Exactly!
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Number 3 is epic. It really does say so much about walking in from those permanently locked doors.
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Yes it does! 💚
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A wagon full of books, definitely. And, wishing many more happy birthdays to your mom!
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Yay! Another book lover and thank you!! 🙂
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Love #2 ~ I used to read for hours and hours and hours as a kid (AFTER I finished my homework, of course). I stopped reading for pleasure in law school and for most of the time I practice law ~ too much reading for work. But I’m reading again now JUST FOR THE FUN OF IT!
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Yay for reading!! Don’t know what I would do if I couldn’t do it! I read for hours as a kid too. Loved it! Glad you can enjoy it once again! 🙂❤
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