Be a lady they said. Your skirt is too short. Your shirt is too low. Your pants are too tight. Don’t show so much skin. Don’t show your thighs. Don’t show your breasts. Don’t show your midriff. Don’t show your cleavage. Don’t show your underwear. Don’t show your shoulders. Cover up. Leave something to the …
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Who We End Up Loving, (And Why Dating Sites Are BS).
It’s Monday evening, and the TV is on while I putter around doing miscellaneous things. Admittedly I like having the background sound on more than I appreciate what’s showing. But, as I sat down for a minute, by luck (not), a dating site commercial came on. Slick, beautiful faces fill the TV screen happily chirping …
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Happy Christmas Eve From Surprising Lives
Happy Christmas Eve from Surprising Lives featuring Christmas Eve by The Trans-Siberian Orchestra.
My Daughter’s Heart Surgery: Her Story, Fight, And being A Mother
True personal account of my youngest daughter’s endocarditis and massive heart surgery. The fight she went through, our faith throughout and the wonderful teenager she is today. By Amanda Ricks via surprisinglives.net
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If You have A Dream…
“I think that if you have a dream…you can do it..if you really really have that dream and you’re willing to sacrifice and you map out a plan that you’re not going to fail and even if you did fail I think it’s worth it, it’s worth trying to go for that dream.” – Steven Paul …
Science Says That Creativity Enhances Life
A while ago I wrote and published one of my Original Image Quotes about how creativity feeds the soul. I’ve known this but mostly failed to acknowledge and incorporate it into my life. https://surprisinglives.net/2018/01/07/creativity-nurtures-the-soul/ But my renewed awareness of this life enhancement came from a friend last year. In an email she said; “I’ve realised that the …
You Can’t Pick Your Family But You Can Love Them
I love this post by Floridaborne or Joelle LeGrendre, one of our regular guest authors. I’m sure you will agree with me, especially if you’re an animal lover. It may coma come as no surprise to frequent readers of my blog that 3:00 am and I aren’t strangers. Unfortunately, when I’m ready to sleep again, my …
Fall, The Season Of Thanks
Fall, why fall? Because the air has a crispness that fills your lungs with a coolness that soothes and refreshes. The summer slips away slowly, and autumn radiantly glows brighter every day dipping everything in hues of red, yellow, and gold. The ground crackles happily as you walk through carpets of fallen leaves. Frost starts to …
People Fixers: What Are They And Are You One?
An updated complete review of the type of people, called, people fixers, who try to always fix other people’s problems and life stress instead of allowing them to accept their emotions naturally and work through them in a scientifically proven healthier manner.
Perspectives On Apocalypse
Fictional Perspectives On Apocalypse 1. Most people hate the rain, ruins their hair and makeup. Gotta wear ugly rain boots, cars splash you when they pass. Some people love the rain. Standing in the pouring rain can be so freeing, and it’s always fun to splash around in the puddles. If you ever wondered how …
Sharbat Gula, The Afghan Girl: Where is she today? The full updated story
Sharbat Gula, The Afghan Girl, has mesmerised the world, first with her stunning green eyes on National Geographic’s Cover and now with her continued life story. For the first time read her whole story covering the last thirty-three years. New photographs included. By Amanda Ricks and Surprising Lives
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Lotte Hofmeester: Birth-16 Years On Updated Time-Lapse Video
In 2015, I posted a three-minute video of Lotte Hofeester which recorded the first thirteen years of her life in time-lapse as taken by her father. It was a cool video showing all the different stages and changes Lotte went through during those years of growth. Now there’s an updated video showing Lotte from 0-16 years …
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