Dec.
16 Post Secret:
"Frank, I'm sending you my
key to her house- it hurts too much to keep and throw away. I'd rather
it be here. No secret- just the pain of a love we could never get
right..."
Dec. 23:
"I've been
praying that God would do an "It's a Wonderful Life" thing with me and
show me what life would be like without me. I'm not looking for
catastrophic differences. Just something to show me that I'm
living for something."
"All I want for Christmas is a positive pregnancy test."
Email: Frank-
Last year, a couple of weeks before Christmas, I posted this secret to the PostSecret App.
I received so many responses of heartfelt encouragement
and offers of prayers. It was amazing how much love the PostSecret
community shared. I was devastated when my pregnancy test came back
negative two days before Christmas.
Amazingly enough, a month and a half later, a trip to the doctor
revealed that I was pregnant! I can't thank the PS community enough for
being an amazing group that I could lean on. Thank you for the
encouragement, thank you for the prayers. My beautiful baby girl is now
three months old. Merry Christmas to my PostSecret family<3 p="p">
"I know my purpose in life is to change the way people see the world. And themselves."
Postcard: There's a bubble that says: " 'I can't. She asked
if I could spend Christmas with her.' I can't wait till I have a
girlfriend so I'll have an excuse to spend the holidays with another
family."
"My happiness is your happiness. Your happiness is my happiness. I know what we have is love."
"I have a few things on my Christmas list, but I would give all of them up if that could give my dad a job."
(The
postcard has a Christmas tree that says: "All I want for Christmas
is...sweater, sneakers, money (things crossed out) to see my dad smile
again."
Dec. 26 Christmas: I worked all day
Christmas. I went home and had a roast beef dinner with my family.
After that I read a bunch of Christmas articles from the newspapers.
I
don't know about you, but Christmas is a 2 month event. It starts on
Nov. 1, at least for retail. As soon as Halloween is over, you pull out
all the Christmas merchandise out.
Amnesia: Here's
some good news. This woman who had amnesia and was wandering around
Toronto, has finally been identified as Linda Hegg. She had
schizophrenia. She has a university degree in languages.
"Police say an amateur web sleuth helped them make the connection to
Hegg, who was reported missing in the United States after she had
already arrived in Canada."
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/mystery-woman-turned-toronto-shelter-amnesia-now-identified-165630945.html
Mayans:
Here's an article from Yahoo. It says: "...one of the most advanced
civilizations in the ancient world. They had
advanced concepts of astronomy and mathematics, and they had an
intricate system of calendar." I didn't know they were an advanced
civilization. I was thinking: "Why should I believe what some people
from centuries ago thought that the end of the world was happening?"
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/geekquinox/mayans-actually-wrote-why-end-world-happens-tomorrow-202840768.html
Apocalypse: There
is often lot of talk of the end of the world. I remember in 1999, I
read a book about the millennium. I forgot what the book was called.
It was for kids/ teens. It mentioned in the year 999, everybody thought
the world was ending, and they gave away all their live stock by
setting them free. The world didn't end, so they returned to normal
life.
There was panic of the year 2000, and nothing bad
happened. Last year, there was "The Rapture" and nothing happened. I
wrote about it, like I was watching a MTV Live
promo and the hosts said: "This is the first show after the rapture!"
The audience cheers. lol.
Dec. 27 Consumer culture: Yesterday was Boxing Day, so I find this subject fitting.
Clothing: On
Nov. 19, 2012, I read an article by Courtney Shea who writes "The
Weekly Challenge." It's a self-improvement column. She has to spend a
week wearing the same outfit.
Article: "In her 2011 book To Die For: Is Fashion Wearing Out the World,
British journalist Lucy Siegle reported that the average British woman
currently buys almost half her body weight in garments per year, and
owns a whopping 4 times more clothing than she did in 1980." (Same for
Canadians.)
The article mentioned the movie The Fly where Geena Davis asks Jeff Goldblum why he has 5 identical suits. He says it's about not wasting time thinking
about fashion, and makes him think about more important things in life.
Me:
I
find the challenge easy. I have a black shirt from work that I have to
wear, and wear black dress pants. Prior to getting the uniform shirt
this year, last year I had 5 black shirts I had to wear for work because
you have to wear black.
When I worked at the Soup place, I wear a selection of shirts I owned. I don't buy clothes, because I mainly get them from my
sister.
Save your money: On Nov. 13, 2012, I read an article in 24 by Joanne Richard.
It talked about people hoping to win the lottery and your kid's athletic skills will win them a college scholarship.
Money
guru Nathan Dungan: "In both instances, you are suspending rational
thinking for an outcome that will most likely lead to disappointment."
It talked about how we spend too much money going out to eat.
Rob
Livingston (president of Capital One Canada): "We're using food as a
way to reward or treat ourselves- we learned this is the No. 1
motivating factor behind why people
overspend."
Facts:
"Women overspend on groceries, clothing, and personal care items.
Men overspend on bigger ticket times like education, shelter, and vehicles.
In planning for a secure future, men hope for a salary increase at their current job.
Women hope for a new job that pays significantly
more."
Words: I've been reading and have come a lot of words I don't know, so I went to dictionary.com:
Oryx: "a large African antelope, Oryx gazella, grayish with black markings and having long, nearly straight horns: an endangered species."
Coccyx: "a small triangular bone forming the lower extremity of the spinal column in humans, consisting of four ankylosed rudimentary vertebrae."
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