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3.5 stars I read Brenner’s “Drawing Home” a while back and this book gave me the same feeling of immediately being swept up and lost in someone’s world with characters that are interesting and all lovable in their own way. A perfect summer book, for me.
3.5 stars Liked this romance between two women, Delilah and her sister’s best friend. Interesting, fun and layered characters with some family drama thrown in.
Really well-done story about Georgie who goes back home to where she grew up to briefly collect herself after losing her job. She discovers her middle school dream book where she’d written down all the things she and her best friend were going to do and decides this is the perfect task for her as she figures out what to do next in her life. Thrown together with the older brother of her high school crush, she forges ahead and tries to find a way back to herself. This story is filled with interesting and layered characters who surprise you in delightful ways and worm their way into your heart. Loved the time I spent with it. with gratitude to Kensington and edelweiss for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review  Daily Joys – 186
A little bit of ennui. But really grateful I got sleep study moved up and all is healing well.  Daily Joys – 185
Wonderful family time. Grateful for a quiet day and remembering that everything is bonus from here on out.  Daily Joys – 184
Tired and in pain today. Grateful for a walk with a friend.  Daily Joys – 183
I feel quiet and grateful and content.  Daily Joys – 198 Wonderful time with my son. 
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Grateful to have things to celebrate.  I was supposed to go back to work early July but my doctor recommended I take a few more weeks off so now I will be resting all of July and will go back to work early August. I have been intentionally making sure my todo list for July is completely empty except for taking care of my people. I wake up every day reminding myself that I don’t have to do anything today. Eventually I exercise and paint and journal and read but I don’t even have to do those if I don’t want to. The idea is to rest. This months intention is: Invite Joy: Create some adventure. Go places. Do things. Hug your people. Take chances. We will see what this means for July. I think I will focus on rest instead. Here are some goals for July:
This is my list for now. July, here we go. Let’s do this. Let it be full of joy.  Daily Joys – 181
So proud of him. So grateful for the quiet days.  June was supposed to be the major month I planned to rest before going back to work early July. It was mostly restful but started with a lot of appointments I hadn’t planned on to ensure things were moving forward. This months intention was to Practice Joy: Breathe in the fresh air. Summer is here. Smell the water. Go outside. Sit in the sunshine. One more school year is over. Celebrate your life. I’ve been resting and enjoying the summer. It’s been pretty hot here so I haven’t enjoyed the fresh air as much as I would have liked to. I will spend more time on that in July. Definitely didn’t get to go to the water either. It was a good month. Here are some goals I had for June:
June was much better than May, still started a bit more hectic than I would have liked but by the end of the month I finally started to feel like I was really starting to slow down. I feel spacious and more rested. I will continue to try take it each one day at a time and look for the joy again and again. Because I know that I already have all I need and want. Everything else is bonus. Here’s to hoping July is full of joy. |
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