Have a Relaxing Weekend.

Joanna, I’m returning to this post years later to say that the poem you linked to for hard times came to me right when I needed it in 2016. I printed it out and it clung stapled to my cubicle wall until I left that job for new, exciting things in the fall of 2017. Years later, I think about that poem (which I’m sure ended up in the recycling bin with old files) with such fondness. But I couldn’t remember it! I don’t need it like I did in 2016, but I wanted to acknowledge and appreciate it again for how earnestly I needed to read it then.

Anyhow, the link seems to be broken now, but I did some digging for others who may need to read it again. It’s here! xoxo
https://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/index.php%3Fdate=2010%252F10%252F16.html

thank you for always brightening my weekend with these posts! thank you! (loving the thank you link) ! :) :) :)

Great link pack!

The poem is perfect for my day. I love when worlds collide unbeknownst to those involved. You are not in my world and I not in yours and yet both of ours collided today in such a meaningful way. Thank you for just following your gut and putting messages out there in the world. You never know who they’ll collide with. xo

That poem . . .

Beautiful, beautiful poem. Thank you.

I don’t celebrate easter but I still love decorating eggs! Let’s face it – any excuse to put glitter on anything!! I actually worked this weekend – went shopping for a few clients! Wedding season is definitely in the air so I’ve been spending a lot of my time finding dresses for my clients to wear to the weddings they are attending!!! Hope you had a wonderful weekend! xx yael

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love that poem. thank you for sharing.

These are fantastic! Happy Easter from Seattle!

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Thank you for sharing! Will check the links out!
X
Miri

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Everything Is Copy was wonderful!

I love that poem, thank you for sharing it Joanna. I recently discovered Mary Oliver’s poetry and have been thankful for the strength I’ve drawn from her words, Wild Geese filled my heart and caught in my throat.

Such a great,solid poem. I’ll be sharing that with a few folks.

Hi Joanna,
I can’t remember exactly how I found your blog a little while ago, but this cyber-space world we live in now has prompted me to contact you. As for finding your blog, I remember seeing a post about a young woman (you), who had a twin sister and haled from Rochester Hills, MI, also my home town. RH isn’t THAT big, so I clicked on it and lo and behold, I realized you used to live behind us in Bellarmine Hills on Gunder Drive! We are the Marshalls and you and Lucy used to babysit our girls (Allison, Annick, Evvie & Catrina–I think she was born when you and Lucy would sit-not totally sure!) Anywho, many years have passed, n’est-ce pas? Allison is 31; our “baby” is 22. Annick has 2 little girls. We all live in San Antonio now (since 2008). I read about Lucy and your BIL, Paul. So, so sorry for your family’s loss. I’ve been reflecting on when you were a little part of our lives and how the future held so much promise, hope, and dreams. Ah, the twists and turns of life. And now we’re ALL adults. My, how time simply breezes by. It’s still 24 hours in a day, but why-oh-why does it seems to go so incredibly fast?!? Hope this brings a smile to your face. Happy Resurrection Sunday! Sincerely, Pam Marshall

Too bad I don’t have HBO, I would love to see that documentary about Nora Ephron!

The poem got me. Thanks for sharing really! Happy Easter!!

You should make a book out of your “Motherhood Around the World” series! I always love to reread and think they would be an amazing go-to shower gift for new Moms out there.

I dunno about some of those thank yous:

“6. When someone gives you unsolicited advice.

Example: “You know, you should really keep your hips back when you do that exercise.”

Instead of: “Oh really? Do you have a video of yourself doing it so I can see it done correctly?”

Try saying: “Thank you for the help.”

I think it’s tricky, especially for women, to thank someone that is giving you unsolicited advice. Creating boundaries is okay. Why should you say “thank you” for something that you’re really not thankful for? Maybe I missed the point of the article, but I can think of all kinds of scenarios where this advice would be terrible.

What a wonderful poem.

The Thank you piece was intriguing because I’m Canadian and say “thank you” a good deal. But some of the ways he suggests don’t make sense, especially for a woman. Why would I necessarily thank someone who is being aggressively negative to me? I can see some of the logic because bland thank you could deflate the situation at times. Reacting defensively or aggressively in return is no good. But his examples make it sound like one has to submit to someone’s crazy mean judgment. That would just be affirming to that person that s/he has someone got the right to be a rude, mean critic and get away with it. There has to be a more neutralizing way to handle that situation without validating the victimizer (“I hear your view.” ? or “I can see your view; it is helpful to remember that there is more than one way to do that, think about that, etc” ?).

Love the poem and the dress! Thank you for sharing <3
xoxo
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Everything is Copy is so wonderful! I laughed and cried my way through the whole thing. I only wished I had more wine and ice cream to accompany me. A commenter here suggested it the other day, and I was delighted to discover yet another great documentary via the Cup of Jo community.

#2 on the thank you link seemed off. You should always apologize for lateness! Of course “thank you for waiting” should also be included – but don’t exclude the apology. If you do, it just sounds like you expect people to wait for you and that it’s not a problem.

Read this before your Easter egg hunt!
http://www.janetlansbury.com/2015/04/when-parents-invade-childhood-a-lesson-in-distrust/

I love that wallpaper Instagram feed! Have a great weekend!
xo
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