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terri fitzsimmons
Nov 282 min read
a day to practice gratitude
What things do I have to be thankful for? Isn't this the question posed to us as we prepare to indulge in our Thanksgiving feast? Well, I...
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terri fitzsimmons
Sep 162 min read
BEYOND COPING
Weaving our way through life is anything but easy! Just when we think we have the universe figured out, WHAM! We get blindsided! Aging...
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terri fitzsimmons
May 302 min read
AND SO I BEGIN MY 75TH CHAPTER
In just a few days, I will begin a new chapter in my life. Once again, I have been reflecting on the past year of my life. And oh, what...
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terri fitzsimmons
Feb 92 min read
MY PEN REMEMBERS: Picking up where my illness left off
I can't believe it has been over three months since I have been writing! Yesterday morning I woke up as if I had been in an ongoing coma....
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terri fitzsimmons
Oct 3, 20232 min read
A TIME TO CELEBRATE
Today I have the pleasure of celebrating a dear friend's birthday. Now, I have only known Kris for a year, but already she has claimed a...
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terri fitzsimmons
Sep 3, 20232 min read
LIVING WITH A PURPOSE: Can it Prolong our lives?
The Japanese have a word for a sense of purpose "ikigai." (pronounced ick-ee-guy). The meaning is 'that which gives your life purpose.' ...
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terri fitzsimmons
Jul 24, 20232 min read
HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU HAVE?
What are you waiting for? I am aware of the number of years, months, days stretching ahead of me, far less than those behind me. I know...
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terri fitzsimmons
Jul 23, 20232 min read
YOU ARE HERE
You are here in the present moment. You can actually point to and feel exactly where you are. Visual depictions of destination points...
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terri fitzsimmons
Jun 1, 20232 min read
AND SO I BEGIN MY 74TH CHAPTER
Today I beginning the seventy-fourth chapter of my life. Yesterday I recaptured my adventures in my seventy-third chapter before I closed...
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terri fitzsimmons
May 7, 20232 min read
GO AHEAD. MAKE MISTAKES
If there's one thing I have learned as I got older, is that I will continue to make mistakes. There is no getting around it. Because I am...
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terri fitzsimmons
May 1, 20232 min read
THRIVING: IN A NUTSHELL
I have been on several podcasts lately talking about how to thrive after retirement. How do I condense my ideas into a twenty-minute...
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terri fitzsimmons
May 1, 20232 min read
NOODLE IN THE POOL
For the past month, I have been quite ill, bedridden with the flu which did not want to leave me! I tried everything from hot tea,...
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terri fitzsimmons
Apr 8, 20232 min read
FROM SUFFERING TO THRIVING
Sticking to a routine is not easy. Believe me, I have faltered so many times! But there is that voice inside of me that tells me I can't...
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terri fitzsimmons
Apr 1, 20232 min read
SMALL STEPS LEAD TO GIANT LEAPS
Since I started this blog I reconnected with a group of five women who have retired within the past five years. They have shared with me...
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terri fitzsimmons
Mar 30, 20232 min read
Why lead a mediocre life? Learn to go from being in a state of dis-ease to self-actualization
Dis-ease is a situation of unease; it is a body that is not at ease, which means that the body is not within proper function. Now, most...
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terri fitzsimmons
Nov 12, 20221 min read
How Can I avoid Pollution?
The other day I was walking with my friend when the conversation turned to all the evils in our world, from rigged elections to...
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terri fitzsimmons
Nov 5, 20221 min read
Start Your New Life with These Books
The first book on my list of must-haves is 'The Daily Stoic' by Ryan Holiday: 366 meditations on perseverance, and the art of living. The...
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terri fitzsimmons
Nov 4, 20222 min read
Beginning my 73rd Chapter
I have been given a new leash on life. November 8, 2022, marks the fourth anniversary of the fire in Paradise in which my fiancé and...
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terri fitzsimmons
Nov 3, 20221 min read
Welcome to my new website!
I have been working on my new website and I am super excited to show you the finished product! I hope you like it!
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