Tag Archives: joy

Embrace the Goodness

Posted on July 2, 2015 by icedteawithlemon

This moment—and this one, too—is filled with beauty and hope, love and joy. If you look closely, you will see all that goodness swirling around you in the faces of family and the actions of strangers. If you listen carefully, … Continue reading →

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I Will Sink Below the Bubbles

Posted on July 21, 2012 by icedteawithlemon

“Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.” – -Ralph Waldo Emerson I am a morning person.  I always have been and forever will be. … Continue reading →

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My Sunshine List

Posted on September 13, 2011 by icedteawithlemon

Every once in a while I have to pause . . . I have to slow down . . . I have to breathe deeply.  Every once in a while I have to close my eyes to the world’s many … Continue reading →

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Flying by the Seat of My Pants

Posted on July 29, 2011 by icedteawithlemon

“Cycle tracks will abound in Utopia.” ~H.G. Wells Ahh, I remember hot summer days of so long ago … hiding with my ever-present library book in the branches of the lone shade tree, an orange popsicle melting down my chin … Continue reading →

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