Author Archives: bonnevivantelife
Frog or Spaghetti?
I’ve got an eclectic understanding and practice of mindful living. I’m pretty sure I don’t have it quite right, but it works for me, so I’m sticking with it. This again goes with the story of my life–I don’t ever … Continue reading
Posted in Meditation, Mindfulness, Parenting, spirituality
Tagged meditation, mindful living, mindulness meditation, sitting like a frog
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To Love the Skin You’re In
I’m always amazed at how my life has turned out. At different stages of my life, I have looked around and gone, “Huh. Who’da thunk?” I’ve never been a planner–I’ve never had a 5-year plan, or long-term goals. It’s just … Continue reading
Posted in Empowerment, Health Issues, Meditation, Mindfulness
Tagged body image, goals, love, pretty, self image, sense of self, skinny, worthiness
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#endofyearblogpost
I think I’m supposed to come up with some sort of list–a year-end list of lessons learned, or milestone moments, or gratitudes, or resolutions, or horrible events, or things to look forward to in the new year. Some sort of … Continue reading
Posted in Empowerment, Meditation, Mindfulness, spirituality
Tagged 2013, 2014, grateful, gratitude, joy, mindfulness, new year, new year's resolutions, peace, relflection
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Members Only
We spend the Christmas holiday with my immediate family every year. I took the kids to Christmas Eve mass at my parents’ parish this year. En route, my son asked, “Are we members there?” I told him no, his grandparents … Continue reading
Posted in religion, spirituality
Tagged Christmas Eve, Christmas Eve Mass, equality, joy, love, peace, religion, spirituality
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The Lonely Cheese
My seven-year-old daughter recently wrote a short story to submit to a Young Authors contest in our county: There was a lonely cheese. He lived in a little town. Everybody in the little town was happy. Except Cheese. He went … Continue reading
Posted in Dating, Parenting, Relationships
Tagged feelings, intuitive, loneliness, lonely, relationships
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Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus
I found this essay last year and I bookmarked it to use when my oldest child asks for the truth about Santa, because I knew this gig wouldn’t last much longer. This wise writer, Martha Brockenbrough, answered her daughter who asked … Continue reading
Blog of the Year 2013
2013 has been an interesting year, with a lot of adventures, mishaps, joy, sadness, and struggles along the way that have provided for a lot of um, opportunities for growth. As the year closes, I reflect back on a year … Continue reading
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Tagged awards, blog, blog award nomination, Blog of the Year 2013, blogging awards, congratulations, gratitude, writing
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Best Day of My Life
“This is gonna be the best day of my life…Everything is looking up” Oh the irony these days…But our family loves music. We love singing on top of our lungs and tapping our hands on any surface and dancing our … Continue reading
Posted in Empowerment, Meditation, Mindfulness
Tagged American Authors, attitude adjustment, Best Day of My Life, reframing
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Snow Day Surprise
Some moments I don’t know who he is. He looks like my son, wears my son’s clothes, sleeps in my son’s bed; but every now and then, I look up and don’t know who he is. Today is one of … Continue reading
Today Is The Day
By now everyone knows I throw a pretty damned good pity party. (I also throw really good real parties too, so check back with me another time.) It didn’t start off as a pity party, but you know what happens … Continue reading
Posted in Dating, Empowerment, Meditation, Mindfulness, Relationships
Tagged coping, grief, loss, sadness
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Thrive Fully Creative 