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What do I give thanks to? My global friends...and the world you created for me. Without all of you my life would not be nearly as rich...and so I thank the blogging world for making me richer...for our minds make our spirit great!
I've been away from my blog for some time because I was ill, busy with business, working on my book and life got in the way. So I've got quite a bit of catching up to do...I'm sure I missed some awards that were given to me...if I missed your post I'm sorry. Please forgive me, it wasn't intentional. I'm passing these awards out to my buddies...do with them as you please!
This is just love to go around!
A Deaf Mom Shares Her World
A Domestic Violence Program
A Great Pleasure
A Little of This, A Lot of That
A little piece of me
A Nice Place In The Sun
A Place I call Home
A Problogger Mom
A Room of Mama's Own
Awannabe's Hangout
BABS BITCHIN
be the change - tread the path
Bearblog
Because Mom Said So, That's Why!
Bella-Enchanted
Big Book of You Blog
Bi-Polar DiariesMyriad Musings of Marci
NAFASG
Nifty Nicholson News
No Fear of Falling
Non-Fiction Muse
Billion Dollar Baloney
Billy Warhol's Billion $ Web
ANiTOKiD
Coffee 2 go
Confessions of a Sophisticated Writer
CrAzY Working Mom
Inside Rod's Head...
Intensive Care for the Nurturer's Soul
Intentional Abundance
Internet Mastery
IzzyMom
Julia's Blog
Just a Girl in short shorts
keeyit's Wonderful Life
Keyhold Pictures
Kids, Cats, & Books
Kissing The Dogwood
Lady with a sword
Life in The Netherlands
Life in the Urban Zoo
Life is RANTastic!
Life's Short
Billion Dollar Baloney
ANiTOKiDBella-Enchanted
Big Book of You Blog
Big Daddy Friends
Big Leather Couch: Tuesday Thoughts & Thanks
Billion Dollar Baloney
Billy Warhol's Billion $ Web
Binding Ink
Black In Business
Blackyard Technologies
bLaugh
Blog -Blond
Blog Explosion
A Deaf Mom Shares Her WorldA Great Pleasure
A Little of This, A Lot of That
A little piece of me
A Nice Place In The Sun
A Place I call Home
A Problogger Mom
A Room of Mama's Own
A Deaf Mom Shares Her World
A Domestic Violence Program
A Great Pleasure
A Little of This, A Lot of That
A little piece of me
A Nice Place In The Sun
A Place I call Home
A Problogger Mom
A Room of Mama's Own
A Strange Life
A Week In The Life of A Redhead
AC Associates
Acquire Wisdom and Live With Passion
Adversity University Blog
Ageless Beauty
Ain't Nothin' Like the Real Thing
Alex Shalman . com |
Alien in a Foreign Field
all things bob
Amy's Blah, Blah, Blogging
ANiTOKiD
Anything Goes!
As the Garden Grows
Ask Allison
Ask Lucid
Attitude, The Ultimate Power
ATYOURSERVICE
Awannabe's Hangout
BABS BITCHIN
Because Mom Said So, That's Why!
Bella-Enchanted
Bi-Polar Diaries
Big Book of You Blog
Big Daddy Friends
Big Leather Couch: Tuesday Thoughts & Thanks
Billion Dollar Baloney
Binding Ink
Black In Business
Blackyard Technologies
bLaugh
Blog -Blond
Blog Explosion
Blog � Moua
blogitude.com
Blue Star Chronicles | Fide et Fortudine
bobbarama dot com
Brain Based Biz
Burt Reynolds' Mustache
Candid Karina
Candleday
Can't Believe He's Single
Captain's bridge
CAR CRAZY
CATS AND FUNNY STORIES
Caught In The Stream
change therapy - isabella mori
Changing Lives For Good.
Christmas Wish List
Climate of Our Future
Coffee 2 go
Confessions of a Sophisticated Writer
CrAzY Working Mom
Creating a Better Life
Curt, Denny and Geordan!
Dan's Blah Blah Blog
Diary
disassociated.com
Donald H Taylor
Don's Loft
Don't know where I'm from
Dosh Dosh
Down River Drivel
esofthub's web finds
ExPat Mom
Failure is the key to success
FanaticSpace.com - Blog
Fathered Five
Feedget
Feels Like Magic
Fevered Mutterings
FORTY
Freak Parade
From The Frontlines
goodness graciousness
Heart of Rachel
Hey, it's just me
Holly Mann
Homeschooling In The Ozarks
How to Save the World
Huma B Post~
Huma B~
Intensive Care for the Nurturer's Soul
Intentional Abundance
Internet Mastery
IzzyMom
Julia's Blog
Keyhold Pictures
Kids, Cats, & Books
Kissing The Dogwood
Lady with a sword
Law
Letters to my Daughters
Life
Life in The Netherlands
Life in the Urban Zoo
Life is RANTastic!
Life's Short
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Living Life in Tx
Loquacity Of Latharia
Made to Be Great
Maia Jose.com
Maia Jose's Cafe Romanza
maremagnum
MARILYN'S NON-VIOLENT PLANET
Myriad Musings of Marci
NAFASG
Nifty Nicholson News
No Fear of Falling
Non-Fiction Muse
Novel Gazing
Oh! Baby!
Operation Santa Claus
Ophelia Mourne
orbit now!
Pocklock
PoeARTica
Poot and Cubby
Princess Haiku
Priscilla Palmer
Project Armannd
Project Heavy Traffic
Prudence and Madness
PurpleMoggy's Blog
Random Magus
Ration Reality
RennyBA's Terella
revellian.com
Robin's Reflections
Scott Free Thinking
Scribbit
seagrape
Sometimes That Is Just The Way It Is
Speak Schmeak
Speedcat Hollydale Page
Static ThinkBox
Style blog
Sueblimely Discovering Blogging
Superficial Intellect
Sword Girl
terri terri quite contrary
The BiPolar Diaries
The Broken Bow
The day flew by so fast it was a blur
The day was a blur
the fire within...
The Hip Mommy's Place
THE INSURGENT SCRAPBOOKER
The Junky's Wife
The Life of Socrates
The Love Blog
The Painted Veil
the Painting Activist
The Process of a Miracle
The ramblings of My Life
The Reasonable Ego
The Sassy Southerner
The Second Coming - JOLLYJO
The Sovereign Journey
theabundanceplace.com
Think Positive! Blog
Twist & Skewer
Welcome to the Nuthouse
Art by Dawnae
bobbarama dot com
Boobs, Injuries & Dr. Pepper
Cathrine
Cell Tech Hub
Charming Bitch
Cheaper By the Half Dozen
Christy's Coffee Break
Comedy Plus
Compost Happens
Cre8buzz Blog
Crunchy Bits
Daddy Papersurfer
Dan's Blah Blah Blog
Den of Wolves
Dirty Bitch Society
East Coast Life
Goldcoaster
Grahams Random Ramblings
Homeless Family's Blog
Hop Bloody Hop
Huma B Post~
Internet Safey Thoughts..The Advisor
Its A Schmitty Life
Its a woman's world
Kellementology
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Life in the Fast Lane
Life with Heathens
Lifecruiser
Live Love Laugh
makeuseof.com
Manila Mom
Marie Millard
Mariuca
Millennnium Mommy
Mimi Writes
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MONSTER MOM
Must Read Files
My Life As It Is
My Life Starts At Forty Two
My Reviews And Find
My View Of It
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Nihal's Anything n Everything
No Fear of Falling
Nothing's Too Sacred
Our Hep Chat
Papersurfer
Peace Globe | The Official Site
Picture Clusters
Pointless Drivel
Polliwog's Pond
Quasifictional
revellian.com
Scrappin
Secret of Mind
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Synchroncity For Change
The Fire Within
The Junky's Wife
The Mad Bladder Releaved
The Misadventures of DangerDoll
The Nevis Blog
The Official Home of the Peace Globes
The Official Site
The Rocky Mountain Retreat
The Villas of Nevis
This Is Not My Country
Time with Shelby
Tricia's Musings
Watching House
What Floats My Boat
Winehiker Witiculture
Wonderland Or Not
Writers Reviews
Mimi, Mimi, Mimi...you my friend are huge!
Yes you are my friend!
You can change the world!
And you are...one peace globe at a time!
Dona Nobis Pacem
Blog Blast for Peace
Mimi Writes
Sandra Janski at Silverbullet Enterprises Ltd designed these
Peace Globes for me. All five of them.
Sandra...you are truly awesome.
Now it took me a while to post these
but check out what Sandra did.
I'm sure that #2 loves that fact that
he's regarded now as #1 in the pictures!
This is #2...not #1 and he's a senior in high school this year. It's tough thinking of his bedroom being empty in a few months. I go into his bedroom and sit down and talk to him frequently. The other evening my friend asked me how I do that. I told her to "parrot" one or two words back to her teenager. The conversation will take off. Go into their room and either lay down on their bed...sit on their chair...or lay on their carpet. Go into their space. Not yours. Then ask them what's going on. They'll say nothing. Sit there and don't say a word for a while. When they say something...whatever it is, repeat one word back to them that they said. The exact word. For example, he says,
"I'm reading this crazy book."
"A book?"
"It's hard to understand."
"Hard to understand."
"Check this out Mom..."
And he pulls out the book and off your conversation will take....trust me on this. It's called the "Art of Communication with teenagers" Now I don't have daughters, but I hear about them and they get nasty. And lying...oh gees. It means you don't have a relationship built on trust. And you better get there quick because what they lie as teenagers it impacts their professional lives. The loss of integrity and credibility...that's a shame. Don't let that happen. That's your job.
We chose everyday how we deal with those daggers.
Do it with style and grace.
The other night my friend and I went to see the play, "Death of a Salesman" at St. Joseph's Preparatory School where #2 goes to high school. It's riveting. Perspective is everything in life. How we can seemingly screw up our children in one action, they evidence our lack of integrity...our fall from grace. Standing strong in the face of all adversity is character.
I have dear friends dealing with great injustice that it angered me so much, I had to isolate myself from their situation. Injustice makes me explosive. The pain of knowing so many people would destroy another person's life has been incomprehensible. Cowards.
The concept "never or forever" don't exist. Why? Because you'll never know what someone will or will not do. You discover "who" someone is not in the good times...only in the worst of times. Character is defined in times of struggle...not in times of greatness. When I see the worst in people it saddens me. When I see it in myself...it makes me angry. I stop and analyze my own behavior. What am I doing? Is that ugliness in me? Why share my ugliness with someone else? Do you ask yourself that question...do you self-reflect? Do you think about how you affect people? Do you consider you aren't so great? Because maybe you aren't. Maybe you need to give someone else some kindness...give them a break. Maybe you should be doing for someone else other than yourself.
The thought something so horrid would happen to you or me paralyzed me for months. It forced me to question mankind. It would be a riveting novel if it wasn't someone's life.
Hug your children...and your friends and pray for peace. Life's too short to care about stupid stuff. Thank You for Being Here. It really means a lot to me that you take time out of your schedule to come by.
Copyright 2007 Ev Nucci
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27 comments:
Congratulations on all your awards, Ev! And thanks for thinking of me! :)
Have a wonderful Sunday!
Tish you are more than welcome! Have a wonderful Sunday yourself!
I have missed you! I feel like you went off to Hawaii and never came back! Sorry you have been so ill.
Thanks for the awards. And, I feel weird saying this, but: your sons are hot. I know you already know they are good, caring, hardworking young men -- but damn it, they're good looking too! ;)
You have plenty to be thankful for, life has blessed you.
Thank you for linking to my Monsters & Apparitions blog... my main personal blog is The Love Blog, so I am glad that I can come show you some love in return.
Smoochies.
mary p jones,
I really missed you! I felt like I went to Hawaii and never came back to my blog...it was what happened to me when I got back here...where my head was.
And you know what that is...life piled up!
You're welcome for the awards. And its OK about saying my sons are nice looking.
I usually have an issue when my friends start telling them in front of them...because I believe...how should they or could they feel proud of something they had nothing to do with?
But trust me, it's nice to hear!
barbara doduk,
I'll go back to your blog and make sure I link in to all of your blogs OK?
You're right my life has been blessed! Truly...with wonderful family and friends....I thank you for your friendship...
Wow! Thanks for the mention. :-)
I hope you're feeling much better! Welcome back! And thanks for always thinking of me. You're so sweet!
Thank you so much Ev. What a lovely gesture for Thanksgiving.
Thank you sooo much Ev!!! ((()))
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Well, there is one thing that's very annoying for me, it's kind of my Achilles heal and that's exactly: unjustice. I just can't stand it. Makes me totally crazy. It's soo darn frustrating. can make me mad as nothing else can.
Another thing: I always try to live after the rule: treat others that you liked to be treated yourself. You really can get far by this rule and it's really simple. Just stop and think over the situation: how would I like to be treated if that were me? That thought stops a lot of bad behavior!
Oh, and thanks of thinking of me for one of the awards, you're such a goooood blogging buddy :-D
Well done and "well said". Not only do you have the hottest avatar in the blogoshere, you also have the best attitude and positive spin on the world. I will go hug everyone, and fire one back to you also. Stay strong, be proud, love one another!
You the BEST Ev Nucci
Speedcat Hollycat
hey ev! thanks for the mention! to be called a friend - it always feels soooo good.
peace and thanksgiving touch me very much particularly right now because of a somewhat heated discussion on my blog right now about the tragedy of the robert dziekanski who was killed at our vancouver airport a month ago.
the occurrence itself and then people's reactions to it are such an indication of what's happening in our world right now. an ease with violence on the one hand, and such a strong and strongly expressed desire for peace on the other.
ooops, i hadn't really thought i'd write this much. you brought it out in me, ev!
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!
Hi! sorry for the late replying. Not sure how and what happen that the google actually linked your blog with mine but no worry, You truly deserved both the award! :D
Congrats on your other awards as well.
How sweet and very kind of you to share the awards! Thanks so much for thinking of me.
You inspire me!
Much thanks for the wonderful awards, Ev! Two awards, wow! You have always been an inspiration to us all, my friend! Please don't change! All the best to everyone!
I hope you and your lovely family had a great holiday.
Injustice goes unnoticed by those worried about not getting that job they weren't qualified for to begin with, by those who don't want to bother, by those who feel everyone who is not them is the other and therefore does not matter.
I wish health upon you and hope you are feeling better.
Thank you.
Those are some kick ass globes.
I was going to say sons, but I took the high road.
Holy Cow! This must have taken you three days to post. Glad you are back! I hope you're feeling much better and your book is coming along well. Thanks for adding me to the list!
Thanks for the shout out, Ev! Hope you had a great Thanksgiving!
Ev Nucci!
Welcome back, dahling! The blogosphere has missed you!
I'm quite certain your sons are as beautiful on the inside, as they are on the outside. After all, they take after their mama, right?
My word--I got dizzy(er) just looking at all the links! You have been one busy gal. Congrat's on all the awards. Well deserved and long overdue.
Behave yourself, Ev Nucci!
Hugs,
your partner-in-crime....
jacer
wow Ev......
congratulations !!!
what a lot of awards and your sons make a handsome addition to your peace globes.....
I'm glad to hear that you are feeling better.... :=X
Hello my friend, wow lots to be so so thankful for. Thank you for the award. I have been away from blogging as well. Thanks again and enjoy your holiday season.
Smile and hugs
Thanks so much for thinking of me!!
:)
Thank you so very much for your link love - your such a great blogger friend.
I've finally found a way to return the favor:
http://www.terella.no/awards/
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from sunny Singapore, Ev!
Wow, You have so many friends - Congratulations!
Your interest in other and the rejoicing over the success of other grew up into the spectacular line of the awards you are worthy indeed.
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