If you won the lottery what would you do? Do you ever dream about it? I joke about needing to win the lottery. I guess its hard to win when I don’t take a chance and play. Honestly, my dream of winning isn’t to take exotic trips, buy yachts or mansions. Obviously first I’d probably start by ensuring my financial security and stability. That would be paying off bills and completing needed home repairs. The bigger dream is to be able to…
What Is Red Dress Day? May 5, 2024 Red Dress Day ~ Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day. Red Dress Day on May 5th of each year is not to be confused with National Wear Red Day. National Wear Red Day is a day in February when many people wear red to show their support for the awareness of heart disease. In the US In the US, National Wear Red Day occurs on the first Friday in February each year. What is Red Dress Day? How MMIWG2S+ are Honoured on May 5, 2024 Image Credit:…
Free Write on the word Tiny When I saw a word prompt for todays Five Minute Friday was the word tiny, the first thing that came to mind was when I was a new mom with teeny tiny babies. Now those babies are adults. Even my grandbabies are big kids Babies: I wonder what it’s like in their minds. Feeling tiny in a great, big world I want to make an impact I dream of making a difference. Something I’ve done or said changing things for the better. I was reminded of the story of the starfish. Maybe saving that…
How Do We Help Them Heal? I am linking up with Five Minute Friday Five minute Friday is a linkup we write for 5 minutes about a specific word prompt given to us by Kate. I had planned on writing a lot of informative advocacy posts in May. I wanted to bring awareness to three big issues this month. Foster Care, Mental Health and Celiac Disease. They are all days that are being recognized this month and are all that have had an impact on my life.…
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.22″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.7.4″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”] My Need To Live A year ago today I published this post https://myneedtolive.com/lifelong-learning-teaching-an-old-dog-new-tricks/ on the My Need To Live Website A lot has happened in the last year. Though I don’t have anything that stands out in my mind before that Sunday in March when we were celebrating my grandaughter’s birthday and we got the notifications that the state was pretty much going into shut down mode. At least as far as all of our kids schools. Thankfully my two seniors were already doing online…
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How to Advocate for the animals “Things We Can Do to Help Animals in Need” There are many ways we can help animals. This includes animals in the wild as well as those types we’d consider as pets. In this article, I am going to focus on how to help animals we would consider as pets.
Darkness This weeks writing prompt for Five Minute Friday is Darkness. I have spent so much of my life fighting depression. Fighting my way out of the depression. The weight of not being able to find joy in the blessings in life. Feeling guilty for not feeling joy for the things I should.