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Happy Weekending

  • September 28, 2012
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  • by Amy Johnson

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New(ish) red shoes and green grass. What's on your feet? @leavesofmytree @letslassothemoon @salsapie

I hope your week has been a productive and happy one. I’m looking forward to (hopefully) kicking my feet up a bit. Here’s a little reading (and viewing) to enjoy during your weekending:

5 Tips for Teaching Gratitude to Your Children from The Pennington Point

How to See Hidden Clutter from Small Notebook

The latest episode of Olive Us featuring a sunshiny picnic.

Hope your weekend is sunshiny too!

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>> Reflections <<⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ My days are filled >> Reflections <<⁠⠀
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My days are filled with so much go-go-going, it can be so easy to forget to take time to reflect on all the doings instead of just checking them off of lists. But as history has taught us time and again, you've gotta look back to truly move ahead. ⁠⠀
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Excited to be diving into my #ElegantExcellence journal later today to dig into the goodness I have in store this year (@hilaryrushford is amaze-y'all)!⁠⠀
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Here's looking back at the goodness of Ladybird Lake last month >>swipe to see how I got these gorgeous pics! 🦢️🤓 #trueaustin
Besos, Biden & Kamala 💋💋⁠ ⁠ "It's time f Besos, Biden & Kamala 💋💋⁠
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"It's time for boldness...History has its eyes on us...Now we assert."⁠
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So proud to watch the inauguration of our new president @joebiden and and FIRST WOMAN elected to the White House with the kids this morning. I seriously teared up watching @kamalaharris up there today. And the words from our first Youth Poet Laureate @amandascgorman were powerfully resonant. ⁠
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What a beautiful, hope-filled day. 🇺🇸⁠
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#inaugurationday #inauguration2021 #inaugurationday2021 #raisinggirls #raisingwomen #pinkpapaya
👉 1, 2, 3 Which mom do you feel like rn? ⁠⠀ 👉 1, 2, 3 Which mom do you feel like rn? ⁠⠀
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About this time 7 years ago, I was returning from a much-needed solitary break. ⁠⠀
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Life would turn on its head in the two years that followed as I began my journey through divorce, but that time away in the midst of the overwhelm of motherhood became a touchstone to finding myself. ⁠⠀
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There are times when I feel burnout creeping around the corner, and if I catch it quick enough I can dive back into my self care stat. I think many of us are on the verge or in the middle of that right now, slogging through the first days of what should have been a shiny new year (right?). ⁠⠀
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The biggest thing that helps me recenter is pairing down to all but the necessary and joy-bringing––and finding any moments of silence I can to recover from the melee. A classic, and much-needed introvert thing to do. Also, sometimes mama just needs a break!⁠⠀
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I'm republishing a reflection I wrote after that solitary (and silent!) retreat 7 years ago, including an encounter with a woman who I later learned was a hermit. Find it via my link in bio or at makermama.medium.com.⁠⠀
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Pictured: sculptures by Charles Umlauf on a recent visit to the Umlauf Sculpture Garden in Austin. ⁠⠀
Went on a little New Year’s Day road trip advent Went on a little New Year’s Day road trip adventure. Sufficiently pooped now.

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