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House Irritation

Michele Kearns

Well, hello there. Sorry it’s been quiet on this blog but I’ve been feeling a little punk the past few days.

Today’s bloganuary prompt is “What irritates you about the home you live in?”

Well, this happens every time we get heavy rain (an inch an hour).

Flooding happens because the storm and sanitary sewer’s can’t hold it so up it comes in my basement. However, I have waterproofing so when the crappy water hits the porous concrete, it does down to the nether regions. All that is left is sludge for the insurance company to clean up.

At least it only happens once every 6 years.

Other than that, I LOVE my house.

Bio: Michele Kearns is the founder and HUG© (Hope Unites Globally) Award-Winner of JoyReturns. She shares her adventures hoping to inspire widows to move through grief and rebuild their lives. Michele is the amateur photographer behind the blog OgleOhio.com.

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Thursday Trash

Michele Kearns

Funny how today’s writing prompt “What chore do you find the most challenging to do?, arrived on a Thursday – trash day. Because I HATE taking out the trash. Going around the house emptying the wastebaskets, tying up the trash bags, hauling the bins out to the curb is a pain.

When Joe was here, I took the cans out upon arriving home from working. His philosophy was the last one home put out the bins. It made sense since I worked the late shift. But sine he’s been gone, it’s become a dreaded chore.

It seems unnatural to interrupt the flow of my quiet evening with taking out the trash.

I must work on being grateful for the ability to bag up the trash and roll it out to the curb every week. Maybe by giving thanks, my perception of taking out the trash will change.

May God bless you with a trash-free day.

Bio: Michele Kearns is the founder and HUG© (Hope Unites Globally) Award-Winner of JoyReturns. She shares her adventures hoping to inspire widows to move through grief and rebuild their lives. Michele is the amateur photographer behind the blog OgleOhio.com.

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What Is Success

Michele Kearns

This quote that is attributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson perfectly sums up my definition of success.

To laugh often and much: To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children, to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others, to leave the world a bit better whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you lived. This is to have succeeded.

However, it really is a quote by Bessie A. Stanley. This portion is what I strive to do every day.

to know even one life has breathed easier because you lived. This is to have succeeded.

Why? Because as Matthew 25:40 puts it, what we do for others we do for Jesus.

The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.

Matthew 25:40 (NIV)

Is this difficult, yes. Especially when you work in customer service and your job requires telling people “No” a lot everyday.

But nothing worth doing in life is easy. So do it anyway.

May God bless you with the ability to do life’s tough, routine work.

Bio: Michele Kearns is the founder and HUG© (Hope Unites Globally) Award-Winner of JoyReturns. She shares her adventures hoping to inspire widows to move through grief and rebuild their lives. Michele is the amateur photographer behind the blog OgleOhio.com.