Be true to you.
There is no one in the world like you, and you are just the way you should be. When the year piles up, sometimes it can weigh us down and be heavy on our shoulders. It’s easy to think we should be different than we are. Take time today to shed all the shoulds, and relish in being you.
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I tried something new and I love it! I posted from my phone. New to me and so freeing!
https://booksavors.wordpress.com/2020/10/22/something-new/
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A Surprise at Cannon Beach https://wordpress.com/post/teachersbooksreaders.com/9257?authWpAdmin=true
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The right link for Tammy’s post: https://teachersbooksreaders.com/2020/10/22/a-surprise-at-cannon-beach/
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Thank you. I appreciate the help
Tammy
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Tammy, here’s my Cannon Beach post written the first year I did SOL. Mary Helen commented on it. https://pleasuresfromthepage.blogspot.com/2012/03/foggy-morning-at-beach.html
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Thank you for sharing big this post. Cannon Beach really is a magical place. I can’t believe you saw deer in a beach
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The link didn’t work, and I really wanted to read about Cannon Beach… my family used to go there, and other nearby beaches when we lived in Portland (a long time ago).
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I just found the link below but not until I was already sending my comment!
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Thanks for finding the link. I am working off my phone while I am traveling cross country
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HI!! It’s been awhile since I shared. Here’s a new one. Enjoy
https://beingokaye.wordpress.com/2020/10/22/choose-your-battles/
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Being a good girl is part of who I am.
https://justforamonth.blogspot.com/2020/10/too-hard-not-to-be-good-girl.html
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Today I relish time with two friends. https://lcinmo.wordpress.com/2020/10/22/evening-of-delight/
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Remembering.
https://www.juliekcox.com/blog/sweet-prince
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Hair + laughs: https://ruthayreswrites.com/2020/10/22/buzz-buzz-laugh-laugh/
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I made a new “I should” list https://deb-day.blogspot.com/2020/10/i-should.html
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A recent project sharing old family pics on Family Search and Face Book prompted me to write this character sketch about Aunt Nan.
https://pleasuresfromthepage.blogspot.com/2020/10/52stories-3952-my-aunt-nan.html
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I had parent teacher conferences Thursday night and got side tracked. Here’s my post for the week – stopping to notice positive parenting interactions.
https://enjoy-embracelearning.blogspot.com/2020/10/i-won-parenting-lottery-this-week-sos.html
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Chiming in late this week! The story my heart wanted to write this morning: https://quimbynotramona.wordpress.com/2020/10/24/relationships-over-rigor/
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Did you see Lucy Calkin’s workshop on conferring last week? This is exactly what she urged people to do. You might want to ask Ruth if this piece could be a Big Fresh
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I did not attend that one! There were so many to choose from. ☺️
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Took me a while! I love this concept. Here’s my offering, with some of the best advice I’ve ever been given:
https://litbitsandpieces.com/2020/10/25/dont-should-on-yourself/
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A series of continual revisions – no time for SHOULDS or SHOULD NOT HAVES!
https://wordancerblog.com/2020/10/25/add-change-remove/
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I love this idea so much! You made the process of revision concrete for kids. I can’t wait to try this
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At first it may not seem like I followed the prompt. To be fair, I didn’t actually read it before writing. BUT, it was better that way, because then Ruth’s prompt was more affirmation than prompt!
I was inspired by Julie — to write about books. Thing is I don’t read nearly as many books as she does. But I do read a lot of picture books! And I love them! They are fantabulous, fun, inspiring, and all around great. So I decided I’d embrace me — the relentlessly positive kindergarten teacher, and share one of my new favorite picture books.
Hope you enjoy my post, and the piece of PIE 😀
https://creativitylovingeducator.com/2020/10/28/join-me-for-a-piece-of-pie-1/
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“shed all the shoulds”
such wise advice, ruth
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