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We’ll do the end of pacifiers celebration for the first time this summer, and hopefully every year until they move out 😃 Great evil mum plan!
And speaking of orchids, has anyone ever gotten one to rebloom? I received one as a gift FIVE years ago, and it was pretty for several months and then has just been a few leaves with no flowers ever since. It looks healthy, and I water it once per week and keep in near a sink so there should be some humidity. What’s the secret? Please share if you know. Or maybe this should be a separate post topic?
Mine has rebloomed twice since moving it to the bathroom. It loves the humidity. I water it a little every week or so. It gets eastern light. Good luck!
Try applying organic orchid food mist (liquid fertilizer) every 7 days. The one I use is from The Gro Co. We started getting new blooms within weeks!
Gifted one to my dad 10 yrs ago and it booms non stop in his hot and humid bright bright bright bedroom LOL. He gives it thanks and waters it 1/3 cup water every Sunday morning
I always quietly commemorate November 3-4, the weekend my 1 year old started sleeping through the night and I got my brain back. Still don’t know how I survived one year on 45-minute bursts of sleep here and there.
I also like to make a bowl of hearty oatmeal with sunflower seeds and blueberries on the eve of my other kid’s bday because that’s what my husband made me when labour started and it was the best oatmeal I’ve ever had. So, a first labour anniversary?!
We’ve started celebrating the birthdays of my 5-year-old’s favorite stuffies by sticking a candle in whatever small dessert we’re having after dinner and singing happy birthday.
Wow, CoJ timing is spot on sometimes. Really needed this little lift – today is my 16 year wedding anniversary while I am in the middle of a pretty difficult separation and divorce process. I am grabbing onto every small ray of sunshine during this hard time, and this reminder to notice and celebrate anniversaries of non-romantic beautiful things in our lives is perfect – AND my grocery store orchid I got for mother’s day last May is re-blooming, I’m so PROUD!
Hi Mlaf, I went through a divorce a few years ago and just want to send you a bit of across-the-internet encouragement. The middle part of separation and divorce is tough, but it gets better. I’m sending you lots of good wishes for new beginnings: for the arrival of spring, for blooming orchids and other flowers, and deep breaths of fresh air in all parts of your life!
As regards friend anniversaries…. I know people in Portland and other places have stared COJ reading groups and walks. Is anyone up for a book club in NYC? I would love to do this, and have no idea how to start the ball rolling. PLEASE, someone, anyone, respond!!!! My closest friend moved away in the pandemic, and I would LOVE to do something like this.
They are happening in Manhattan and Brooklyn. Fill this out and maybe you can get connected:
Thank you Andrea, trying to figure this out now!
Yes, to the first orchid blossom, taught me to bloom where planted (grit+ patience+ love+ belief).
My favorite “anniversary” is the anniversary of when I went on anti-anxiety/anti-depressants. I don’t know the exact date, but it’s sometime in mid-March. I like to give myself a mental hug, say a prayer a gratitude to whoever makes generic lexapro, and have a private, celebratory smile that I am no longer constantly drowning at worst and treading water at best but have safely made it to shore.
Me too! Same! It’s like I was treading in rough seas and someone inflated a cute lexapro raft and I floated into shore. Glad to see you made it to shore too! Cheers!
So, I sort of feel that Lexapro saved my life, but now after ten years on it, I’m coming off of it. I feel it’s the right decision for me at this time, but it’s hard, if anyone has anything to add about coming off lexapro, or any other antidepressants, I’d be interested.
Bobby I tried it a few years ago and it was hard – lots of side effects and brain zaps, and i tapered extremely slowly – and then a few months later I was low as ever and decided to get on bupropion instead, to see if the side effects would be less burdensome. I’m glad I went through it because I had to know if I really did need it. Now that I know I do, I don’t worry about whether I should get off it anymore. I’m sorry if that’s not encouraging though. I hope it works out better for you when it’s out of your system.
Oh my goodness, I had the exact same feeling about (generic) Lexapro – I was out at sea for so long, fighting the waves and trying to keep my head above water. When my PCP wrote me a prescription last July it was like I finally made it to shore and could rest. I’m so grateful and am going to think of a small way to mark the anniversary this year.
I am SOOOO excited for her book! Pre-ordered it months ago and can’t wait to curl up with some wine and a small bowl of nuts *wink, wink* and enjoy it!
Always love her wry and spot-on humor. Did not know she had a book coming out, but now ordered! Was a great gift for a new(ish) parent in the throws of sleep deprivation/child obstinacy/joy of parenting.
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