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Day to Day happenings in my life

by Sumojo

Rated: 13+ · Book · Personal · #2186156

The simplicity of my day to day.

This is where I write my thoughts, feelings and my daily trials, tribulations and happy things

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10 Most Recent Blog Comments:

Joy

Sep 29, 2025 at 7:49pm
In response to "Courage "

You were very brave, and several times over.

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Witchy Woman

Sep 29, 2025 at 5:30pm
In response to "Gym"

When my kids went to school, I did the gym thing until my job kept getting in the way and it fell to the wayside. Now, I go a couple times a week, just to keep myself limber. I've talked about going to a pool, and I really think I need to get it done and stop talking about it.
I'm terrified of heights, there's no way Everest would be on my radar either.

Witchy Woman

Sep 26, 2025 at 11:28am
In response to "Choose Wisely "

Choosing how we interact in this world is key, but getting people to look at the bigger picture of how their actions affects others shouldn't be difficult but sadly it is.

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Witchy Woman

Sep 21, 2025 at 11:53am
In response to "Spring has Sprung "

Everything you discussed sounds perfect to me and just like you I would want everything trimmed. My husband does the same as your husband, it looks natural. Vic and I have been together 22 years and I wonder the same thing some days.

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Glenny

Sep 19, 2025 at 1:56am
In response to "Dogs"

It is hard when it's time for our dogs to cross over the Rainbow Bridge. I lost my 'heart' dog two years ago and I still miss him.
I now have a rescue dog. We've only been together for one month but she is a lovely girl and I think we are both happy with each other. I can give her all the love I gave my heart dog. Ruby my new dog has a sad story from her past and so it's lovely to watch her settling in and become to trust me.

Before I had Ruby I used to do a lot of dog sitting for people in my local area I found that really helpful when I lost my dog Nacho.
I wish you all the best.

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Joy

Sep 15, 2025 at 12:52pm
In response to "Dogs"

Sorry about your dog's passing.
I can see your husband's point, which corresponds to mine with the passing of my cat. I guess you could get another dog if, ahead of time, you could guarantee a family member or a friend to take the dog, when and if you can't care for it.
In my case, anyone I know who lives around has a dog and no one wants a cat. In a dog's case, I would probably get luckier.

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Sumojo

Sep 14, 2025 at 9:55am
In response to "Dogs"

JACE

Thanks for commenting on my blog. You’re right, we’re quite lost, just the two of us without a four-legged companion. I’m sure we’ll find the right one for us soon.

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JACE

Sep 14, 2025 at 9:31am
In response to "Dogs"

What about making provisions for someone taking the dog should something happen to both of you? It seems sad to not share the love you obviously have for your pet.

Seffi

Sep 12, 2025 at 11:54pm
In response to "Childhood memories "

I vaguely remember the Lone Ranger. I may have had to watch it on my grandmother black and white TV after the obligatory Sunday Dinner.

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Witchy Woman

Sep 12, 2025 at 1:10pm
In response to "Childhood memories "

Topper was Hopalong's horse.

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February 9, 2022 at 10:05pm

#1026378

Power

Written for Journalistic Intentions ”It's the power that gives you the strength to survive."

According to Lao Tzu “Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.” So is being the master of yourself the power you need to help you carry on when life turns on you? You know, those times when all seems hopeless and you may not be able to find a reason to keep breathing.

On reflection I believe it to be true. (It’s not beer after all, Robert Waltz.) if you aren’t able to master or control your emotions or reactions in times of trouble all is lost.

I had written a poem about family being my power:

Family is my power, my reason to survive.
Without them I’d have no wish to stay.
They’re the ones who fuel my will to stay alive.
I watch their lives, have news of them each day.

It’s different now to how it used to be,
Back when they all relied on me,
To have the answers to their situations.
Ask Mama, she’ll give advice with good intentions.

My children now have children of their own,
Who go to them for sage advice.
But hopefully the way I’ve shown,
And that for me is quite suffice.

I had been giving this prompt some thought over the last week. I had thought it was my family that is the force that kept me going, but over the last few days I’ve come to realise they don’t need me anymore. I’m not suggesting they don’t care or love me in their different ways, but they are busy with their own lives and families. Some live far away and although they call regularly to check in, so to speak, I think it’s just another chore to tick off their to do list.

So I need to be master of my own destiny, master my feelings, master my need to be needed. To learn how to simply be.

What do I actually need to survive? I need the love of my husband, which I have. I need a reason to get out of bed each day, I get that from my daily habit of a walk before breakfast with the dog. A few good friends and activities, again which I have. And I need to harness that power of controlling my mind against those feelings or thoughts which creep in and whisper that without my large family to take care of life is meaningless.

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February 9, 2022 at 4:47am

#1026329

Traumatised

Written for Journalistic Intentions. Prompt:Trauma does not make you stronger. Trauma makes you traumatised. The end."

That statement is so matter of fact. It’s as if it’s set in stone. Everyone will be forever traumatised who experiences trauma? Surely not. Each and everyone of us is different according to some quirk of nature. Or is it nurture?
We all know ourselves on a level that is actually perfectly fine on an every day level. We know, most of us anyway, that we can or must roll with the punches of everyday life. No one has sailed through without some days which are shit.
However no one can tell how we’d handle being paralysed after an accident or if we lost a child or our house burned down.
I’m sure we think we’d know. Hope that we’d be brave, philosophical and cope with it in an adult fashion. And yet in truth who actually knows?
Personally, I know I could face losing my home to a fire, I know this because possessions aren’t that important to me. I’ve moved countries, left family behind and beautiful homes. What I wouldn’t react well to was losing any of my family to a tragedy. Would I fall in a heap? Possibly, but forever? I hope not. But who knows? Not I.
Yet I think that in some cases trauma could make someone stronger. It might elicit strengths they never knew they had. There are so many examples of trauma bringing out the best in people, making them angry or determined enough to not let the trauma destroy their lives but to make it even better.

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