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Blog #732: I Give It 15 Names

by Ana | February 19, 2026 | Blog Post | 0 Comments

Sometimes...Some days...Some moments... Reality stings extra hard. ______ Stings have many names. Invalidated. Invisible. Ridiculed. Humiliated. Blamed. Heartbroken. Ignored. Insulted. Cheated. Forgotten. Devalued. Offended. Rejected. Disrespected. Betrayed. I have...

Blog #731: Shouldn’t We Ask?

by Ana | February 12, 2026 | Blog Post | 0 Comments

“Is it working?” Honest answers may be brutal to consider.But since we get only one shot at this living thing... Shouldn't we ask? ______ The question is not one everybody will answer. I mean, really... Who among us wants to take a walk through their own life crap and...

Blog #730: Belittle Yourself Much?

by Ana | February 5, 2026 | Blog Post | 0 Comments

I reached the end of my hike and came acrosstwo preschoolers playing on a giant dirt hill. With their dad keeping a watchful eye on them...I shouted to the boy who had reached the top. “Are YOU the king of the mountain?” He shouted back:“No. I'm the kin’ of the dirt!”...

Blog #729: I Sat Next To One

by Ana | January 29, 2026 | Blog Post | 0 Comments

We might not see them...But they're everywhere. They've risen from the ashes. On a recent flight…I sat next to one. ______ When you’re taller… You consider it a small miracle when you get a rare seat with extra legroom in the emergency section on Southwest. On Sunday,...

Blog #728: Do You See Both?

by Ana | January 22, 2026 | Blog Post | 0 Comments

"Where am I?""Where do I want to be?" Two questions honored with honest answers. ______ Do you know yours? When I sincerely assess my life with heart, mind, and time…I see two photos of myself as I look into myself. Photo #1: I see what I love about my life. It’s good...

Blog #727: The Ones That Haunt

by Ana | January 15, 2026 | Blog Post | 0 Comments

Maybe…We screwed up big in life a couple of times. And maybe…Those moments still haunt our core. (If you relate, I wrote this blog for YOU.) ______ Brutally bad decisions come in many forms. Some majors? She totaled her car.She missed her insurance payment.She has...

Blog #726: An Email from “Dude”

by Ana | January 8, 2026 | Blog Post | 0 Comments

Ready or not...Our 2026 adventure has begun! What will you create this year? Change?Consistency?Opportunity?Inspiration?Happiness?Harmony?Health? ______ Choose one. Or two.Or three. Or choose all seven. As you begin to ponder and plan 2026...Let me nudge your brain...

Blog #725: My 2026 Secret?

by Ana | January 1, 2026 | Blog Post | 0 Comments

It goes by too fast. I graduated from college in 1985.It's 2026. That's 41 short years. ______ It seems... A new calendar gets tacked up more quickly the older I get. I often feel the quick movement of time. And life. That's why many of my blogs are extra direct. I...

Blog #724: My Letter to Santa

by Ana | December 25, 2025 | Blog Post | 0 Comments

In this blog on Thursdays... I often share emails I writein response to emails I receive. But this week... I'm sharing an email I'm initiating.It's to a guy named Santa. ______ Me writing to Santa? Can we ever be too old to wish for a bit of magic in our lives? I...

Blog #723: One Last One

by Ana | December 18, 2025 | Blog Post | 0 Comments

Over the years that I've written this blog… My heart has been pincheda few times by readers’ emails. But the email below pinchedharder than any I’ve ever received. ______ My friend Shawn, You are my friend, though we’ve never met. We’ve bonded over the years through...

Blog #523: When Rocks Are Flying

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Happiness.Harmony.Success. They each follow "breadcrumbs." Here's THREE. ______ #1: What lives in your head? Every single struggle, failure, rejection, crash and crappy day I've successfully navigated is because eventually I got my head together enough to tell...

Blog #522: He Stared. I Stared.

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Unblinking...he stared at me. I stared back at him. I started a conversation."So...how ya' doin' today, friend?" He said nothing back.Just more unblinking stares. "Have big plans for the day?"Again...he said nothing back. "You're lookin' quite Zen this morning."That...

Blog #521: And Then I Saw Them

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The photo above?That's my backpack. In walking across eight countries...that little dude has been on my back. Oh...I know.It's really just a book backpack. But little or not... That backpack has been my trusted survival mate around the world.______ Do you see it? On...

Blog #520: Don’t Bring the Fake

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Recently... I took an impromptu class on"How to Succeed." My instructor was a 10-year-old girl. I was in Mexico. I was sitting on the boardwalk in Cabo San Lucas...writing.I was looking for inspiration when my unplanned class started. She had laid out a brightly...

Blog #519: It’s Not a Wish I Wish

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Whoever sent the email was anonymous.The email address wasn't in my database. It was three sentences short: "I wish I'd made different decisions and went different directions. I wish I could do life over. What do you say about that?"______ I'll take that question.And...

Blog #518: My Legs Aren’t Tired

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I'm back in Mexico. I was here in November to learn how to breathe again.I'm here in January to write. As I type now, I'm in Mazatlan. In Mazatlan, it has become a ritual for me to climb to the El Faro Lighthouse.It really is a lighthouse, and it sits 500 feet above...