Category: Thoughts
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N is for Nine #AtoZChallenge
N is for Nine I am a 9, a 36/9 to be exact. On top of that I am in year 9, thus closing a cycle. About a year ago I picked up my mom’s copy of Dan Millman’s The Life You Were Born to Live (in German). Since then I…
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B is for Book #AtoZChallenge
B is for Book I read the book, quickly, the way I devoured the likes of Harry Potter and other childhood favourites. It was the first time that I read an ebook and that on my phone. I suddenly had a hard time putting down that computer we call phone (I…
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“I remember” – the speech I did not give
On the 23rd of February 2016, my mother passed away. Exactly one month ago. Just in case the opportunity would have arisen at her funeral for a little speech (I held a speech at my grandmother’s funeral), I sat down and jotted down a few words in honour of my…
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Breaking the Silence
I have been silent for some time now. The month of February only say 7 posts, of which two were guest posts (if you have not read them yet, please check them out). One was about Carnival in Cologne by Conny Kaufmann and the other about Mardi Gras by Diana…
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Learning About Compassion – #1000Speak
Today, is the 20th of February 2016. Today, I am 27 and a half years old. Today, my blog is 345 days old. Today, my daughter is 2 years, one week and 6 days old. Today, the 1000 voices speak for compassion mouvement, #1000Speak is one year old! Now, that…
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Forgiveness #1000Speak
I forgive you what you have done. I forgive you for the hurtful words you have spoken. I forgive you the pain you have caused.
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The Other Writing In Books
I opened an old children’s book of mine, my eyes lingered on the golden handwriting, it was dedicated to me by my grandparents as I knew everything about fairies and elves. I smiled, I did not in the slightest remember the book and even less that it had been a…
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I remember him my own way
Yesterday, when I checked my phone in the morning, I could not miss the headline of the day, David Bowie had died. I do not have a deep connection with Bowie’s music. It was not the soundtrack of my youth. Still Bowie did make his appearances here or there.
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The year is ending
The year is coming to its end. Tomorrow at midnight all 365 days of it will be completed. This will be my last post of this year. But please do come here tomorrow as there will be a guest post. Tomorrow my new guest series, about traditions, will start with a…
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A Touching Walk
Up the steps and onto the Place de la République we walked. Camera teams, big crowds and people emotionally touched and shaken greeted us. Two weeks and a day after the terrorist attack in Paris, I joined my family on our yearly Thanksgiving walk, which started with paying a tribute…
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Merry Christmas! Fröhliche Weihnachten! Joyeux Noël!
I would like to wish you a very nice Christmas! That you will make a lot of happy memories during these 12 festive days to come, that you will share good times with your loved ones. Let your heart and mind come to peace, feel the magic, and listen to…
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Horrible Teachers No Girl Wants To Have
Last week, I read the post The Thing All Women Do That You Don’t Know About by Gretchen Kelly and an avalanche of memories came back. Not just this post triggered them, there is also the fact that recently I have been thinking a lot about teaching, good and bad methods, about teachers…
Solveig Werner 