Self-Care Stories #5. Gratitude. 34/51. #LifeThisWeek. 68/2020.
An update from Denyse: today I am having more surgery to manage some infection that has taken hold in an area of my abdominal wound from 21 July surgery. Sigh. However, I will be glad to get it done, and unlikely to pop back to comment until I am home. I should only be in overnight. Send all good healing wishes, please!!
Writing about self-care is a regular optional prompt.
I wrote last time here about self-care in COVID-19 times.
The COVID-19 times are not going away any time soon, so this time I have broadened my view to remembering my word for 2020:
G R A T I T U D E
This blog post: so hopeful, and giving me (and readers) guidance on how I was going to find gratitude each day for:
3 6 6 D A Y S of 2 0 2 0.
Then mid-way through the year, quite a reality check! Here is what I wrote then…..
A word (or more) from me:
How did I, or have I, tried to find gratitude in each and every day to fulfil my goal of an instagram post every day?
I did, and have but on some days it was much harder than others.
These are but some of my gratitude-based photos (not all were shared on instagram) that remind me:
EVERY
SINGLE
DAY
of what I am grateful for.
So, my self-care remains in good form as long as I am also doing my utmost to find gratitude. It can be obscure but I am a determined person and like to think I see things through!
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- Grateful for my parents.
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- Grateful to be Me.
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- Grateful to oral sciences.
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- Grateful for Oral Surgeon’s Care.
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- Grateful for 3 years!
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- Grateful for my HNC Surgeon’s Skills
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- Grateful for husband and sense of humour.
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- Grateful to be a Mum.
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- Grateful for art and creativity
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- Grateful for HAMILTON!
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- Grateful for Prosthodontist’s skills
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- Grateful for flowers planted by me.
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- Grateful for bulbs which bloom.
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- Grateful for a river and time to contemplate.
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- Grateful for reflections! Lake at Toukley on northern side
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- Grateful x 8!
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- Grateful for health care & covid neg.
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- Grateful for Calm App Every Day.
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- Grateful to Women Who Shared Their Stories.
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- Grateful to be ‘out of’ another surgery.
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- Grateful for Family Visits.
Now, how about a little self-care from me to you…via a short video taken last week at my favourite spot: Soldiers Beach carpark. Looking north to Norah Head Lighthouse.
Take care everyone one…self-care always first.
Denyse.
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