Tag: resilience
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What are we doing here anyway?
This is an oldie but a goodie, originally posted on 1/22/21. I always have things I want to talk to “YOU” about, but they often get stuffed down inside for a “better” time. There’s no better time, and I’m tired of stuffing it all down. So here goes! What the hell are we doing here…
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Recovery Update July 2023
As I pulish these posts, I hope that a future natural disaster survivor will find this blog and find comfort in my words. It is a long and tedious journey with lots of setbacks and small steps forward. You can’t lose hope, you have to keep up the fight. As of today here is what…
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Gratitude
Gratitude has been a buzz word for several years now, and with good reason. Starting your day with gratitude is especially powerful as it sets the tone for your day. Frequent reminders throughout the day don’t hurt either! I work for a local roofing company here in Southwest FL where there were 800,000 insurance claims…
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Getting back up
Resilience is generally about getting back up when you get knocked down. It has been 7 months since Hurricane Ian. It’s been a wild ride since then, but it’s also been a strange kind of pause. I have felt like I was in another dimension, where the only goal is survival and a grasp on…
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Hurricane Survivors
Part I We moved to Florida in March of 2020, as the world was shutting down. We had our struggles as we looked for work and housing, finally settling into our home on October 2, 2020. Just shy of 2 years later, our home was destroyed by a Ian, a Category 5 hurricane. Our part…