By elizabeth patch, on July 30th, 2011
 mother and baby on the beach
Two things I love about going to the beach are
finding seashells and watching people.
A perfectly flawless shell is a rare discovery,
but the shells that are tossed and worn by the tides
are far more interesting in their unique individuality,
because of the imperfections.
The variety of people
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By elizabeth patch, on July 23rd, 2011
I confess.
I secretly love it when someone compliments
a new haircut or admires my outfit.
But what really makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside is when I get praise for
something other than my appearance.
Notice my garden, ask me about my writing, compliment my children or my home, praise my drawing
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By elizabeth patch, on July 15th, 2011
Do these two conflicting “to do” lists
sound familiar?
1. Things I MUST do:
the house, the kids, the job, the shopping, the errands, the bills, the yard, the cooking, the cleaning
(and on and on and on!)
2. Things I WANT to do:
hang out with my friends, read a novel, take a class,
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By elizabeth patch, on July 9th, 2011
Take a walk through a garden nursery,
or flip through a seed catalog,
and you might become overwhelmed
with the variety of sizes, shapes, colors and forms.
Huge, thick-stalked sunflowers,
tiny clusters of delicate forget-me-nots,
the adorable faces of pansies,
lilies in every color of the rainbow.
Flowers that love cool, damp shady locations,
and flowers that thrive in
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By elizabeth patch, on June 25th, 2011
Graduation Day: Letting Go and Moving On!
I am a high school teacher,
so I have been to dozens of graduations.
It’s always pomp & circumstance,
caps & gowns, friends and family,
flowers and balloons, tears and cheers.
And for a few brief hours,
all those kids who had separated themselves
into rival cliques,
the trouble-makers and
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By elizabeth patch, on June 11th, 2011
Life is no picnic if you never enjoy a real one!
The 4 Steps are really just 4 words:
1. Choices.
2. Forgiveness.
3. Moderation.
4. Love.
1. I make healthy choices whenever I can,
but forgive myself when I don’t.
Everyone
occasionally indulges when it comes to food!
It could be snacks at a backyard get-together
or
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By elizabeth patch, on June 4th, 2011
Summer Pleasures
Swimming…
Riding a bike…
Picnics and hikes…
The backyard and the beach…
Swinging in a hammock full of daydreams…
No bikini required!
© Elizabeth Patch, all rights reserved, from “More to Love”
Finally, it’s summertime!
Picnics, parks, gardens, pools, lakes, the ocean,
bike rides, hiking, hammocks, flip-flops,
BBQs and cook outs, farmer’s markets,
long days, warm nights, fireflies, butterflies…
so
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By elizabeth patch, on May 14th, 2011
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Go ahead. Get it all out of your system.
Complain about your body.
Whine about how ugly you are.
Go on and on about how much you hate yourself.
I hate my butt! My legs are too fat!
Everything about me is too fat!
I hate my hair!
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By elizabeth patch, on March 26th, 2011
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It’s Springtime!
Daffodils! Tulips!
And apparently it’s also time to panic about what you look like in a bathing suit…
LadyLand
is a fake magazine cover
I created for my own amusement,
inspired by the magazines at my grocery store checkout line.
(you know the ones: diet advice with outrageous dessert recipes
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By elizabeth patch, on March 20th, 2011
 In the Springtime, I become slightly obsessed with
going outdoors and working in my yard.
After a long, dark winter stuck inside,
I just love all the garden chores:
raking up the dead leaves, pruning back the roses and butterfly bushes, adding compost, transplanting things that need moving around, starting seeds, planning what goes
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