I used to be self righteous, but I’m okay now!! Leaving my self righteousness behind, was like sawing off my own leg. After my head was dunked in water in the Catholic church at a few days old, I thought I had to be perfect. On school days, I had to bless myself with holy water… Continue reading I Used To Be Self Righteous, but I’m Okay Now
Author: Ann Beaudet
The World Needs You
How many times have you read a book or watched a movie or heard a song that has changed your life? How many times have you felt down, and a comedian tells a silly joke and you crack up laughing? The world needs you to do what you do.
For Heaven Sakes Train Wreck, This Ain’t Your Station, Keep Going!
It doesn’t matter about your struggle, you gotta get over it to get somewhere better! Focusing on your struggle messes up your future and All you have is now. A few years ago, I was in a relationship, and I got betrayed, and when I talked about how my life sucked, nobody wanted to hear… Continue reading For Heaven Sakes Train Wreck, This Ain’t Your Station, Keep Going!
Where Did April Goooo?
The late Bill wither’s wrote ‘Lean on Me’, and we all need somebody to lean on in Corona times. I lean on people and music to make me feel better. Health is wealth, and we are building our immune systems more than we are building our wealth these days. We are leaning on our hospital… Continue reading Where Did April Goooo?
You Can’t Have Sex, But You Can Plant Trees
It’s Friday Which means nothing in corona times. Every day feels the same. You wake up, do a sanity check, hook up with yourself, and decide what you’re gonna watch later. Planet of The Humans was offered free on Youtube during corona times, so I cleared my schedule to watch it. My hot take? There are… Continue reading You Can’t Have Sex, But You Can Plant Trees
Is Wearing Sweatpants The Ultimate Un-fashion Statement?
Karl Lagerfeld said wearing sweatpants is ‘giving up.’ I have been recycling a few pairs of sweatpants and jeans and cut offs throughout the entire coronovirus period. Occasionally I will ‘dress up’ in bamboo yoga pants, but that’s it! Sad, but nobody cares. And I feel really comfortable doing a yoga pose on the couch… Continue reading Is Wearing Sweatpants The Ultimate Un-fashion Statement?
Fiction Writers Are Entertainers First
Fiction Writers Are Entertainers First They live out loud through their stories and characters. They are conversationalists who unknowingly show you their personality in every chapter they write. They write their experiences all over their books. Often their imagined experiences too! They have eyes everywhere, and always have, since they can remember. At age 4,… Continue reading Fiction Writers Are Entertainers First
Thank You Healthcare Workers and Moms!
We all need a bit of extra mothering in this pandemic, to feel her care, and her loving arms wrapped around us, as she tells us everything is gonna be alright. My dear mom passed 10 years ago this month, but I can almost hear her Irish accent speaking these words to me, as if… Continue reading Thank You Healthcare Workers and Moms!
Spring Happiness Washes Away Covid Blues
First of all, I miss you! Second of all, I’m still happy. I am standing in line at the post office on a circle on the floor, 6 feet back from the person in front of me and 6 feet ahead of another person. I’m mailing a package to a friend I miss. I know… Continue reading Spring Happiness Washes Away Covid Blues
How Astro Vision Boarding Helped Me Write Hello Madison
Before losing our lifestyle to the coronavirus, we used to take classes, and cut pictures out of magazines to create a poster board of our dream lives, called a vision board. We would sit close together, share a glue stick, drink some tea, and chat, before hanging our posters in our bedrooms and drifting off… Continue reading How Astro Vision Boarding Helped Me Write Hello Madison
The Year Of the Pandemic And the Rat
We’ve surrendered to the pandemic in this year of the rat, but only some of us are behaving like rats. You’ve seen us hide food and supplies, and hoard them for later. We run the other way when we see people. We lost our food source when the restaurants closed down, and we line up… Continue reading The Year Of the Pandemic And the Rat
All We Can Control About the Covid Virus is Our Mental Attitude
Complaining and whining about staying home and social distancing won’t help, we need to attack it with everything we’ve got now – hand sanitizers, gloves, masks, social distancing, staying home, hand washing, and mostly with our FAITH. We need to believe we will defeat it in the long term, by doing whatever it takes in… Continue reading All We Can Control About the Covid Virus is Our Mental Attitude