Shannon's Life in the Midwest

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  • Haiku: Untitled

    My dress didn’t fit

    When I got ready today

    Damn it menopause

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  • Question of the Day 3.20.24

    Daily writing prompt
    What tattoo do you want and where would you put it?
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    I’ve been thinking about getting a tattoo for years. I don’t have any because I could never decide what to get and where to get it.

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  • Question of the Day 3.17.24 đŸš†

    You’re going on a cross-country trip. Airplane, train, bus, car, or bike?

    I would love to take a long, scenic train ride.  🛤ī¸đŸžī¸

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  • Question of the Day 3.16.24

    Who is the most confident person you know?

    Steph Curry of the Golden State Warriors.  That’s an observation.  He is not known to me personally. 

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  • Question of the Day 3.15.24 đŸĨšđŸĨ´đŸ˜”đŸ˜Žâ€đŸ’¨đŸ˜ đŸĢ¨đŸ˜ŠđŸ˜ļ

    What strategies do you use to cope with negative feelings?

    Feelings like anger, sadness, confusion and insecurity are normal.  Sometimes negative feelings may be completely justified.  It’s not realistic to think you’re going to be bubbling with glee and confidence every day.  There is a wide range of human emotions that we all experience.  It’s part of being human.

    It’s important to honestly examine your life and adjust your attitude, habits, life situation or the company you keep if you consistently have negative feelings. 

    Honor your emotions.  Process emotions but don’t let them influence you to make harmful or destructive decisions. . Don’t let emotions control you like a toddler. 

    Change what you can if it makes you unhappy and learn to navigate through what you can’t change.  That takes maturity, common sense, self respect and practicality.  (I have no background in psychology or therapy.  I’m talking about the normal range of emotions and not issues needing psychiatric intervention.  That’s ok if that’s needed.  I just want to be clear about what I’m talking about.)

    Writing in a journal has helped me sort out my emotions since I was a young girl.  It’s been a good form of expression and a place for self examination.   ✍đŸŋ📖

    Prayer, Bible study and asking the Holy Spirit for guidance gives me a foundation of faith Christ which has never failed.  🙏đŸŋ✝ī¸

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  • Thursday Morning 🌞👟☕⌨ī¸

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  • Question of the Day 3.14.24

    What activities do you lose yourself in?

    Reading a good book. 📚

    I don’t go out much anymore but when I did I loved to dance. đŸĒŠ

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  • Question of the Day 3.13.24

    What movies or TV series have you watched more than 5 times?

    New Jack City

    Wizard of Oz

    The Sound of Music

    The Temptations

    Grease

    New Jack City premiered when I was a teenager.  It’s about New York City organized crime during America’s crack epidemic.  I saw it in the theater about five times. 

    The Wizard of Oz came on TV regularly when I was growing up.  I watched it annually. 

    The Temptations is a mini series about the legendary R&B group by the same name.  This film runs on cable channels like VH1 and BET often. 

    The Sound of Music airs on network TV around Christmas.  I watch this film at least in part every year.

    Grease is the classic musical about teenage love.  It is broadcast on cable TV often

    Post Script

    After posting this I thought about this subject some more. I have more to add to the list

    Holiday Heart

    Great Balls of Fire

    Coal Miners Daughter

    Baby Boy

    Holiday Heart use to run on BET all the time. BET is the only place I’ve ever seen this film so I’m grateful to them for giving this film a larger audience. Holiday Heart is about a man that worked as a drag queen in a nightclub who helped care for a little girl who had an unreliable mother due to a drug problem. This film is a tear jerker.

    Great Balls of Fire use to come on TV all the time but I haven’t seen it in a while. Great Balls of Fire is the story of 1950s performer Jerry Lee Lewis. Jerry Lee Lewis is an interesting character, was charismatic and the song Great Balls of Fire is super catchy.

    I watch Coal Miners Daughter whenever I catch it on TV. It’s the life story of Loretta Lynn who grew up in a large, poor family was a child bride and became a country music legend. Sissy Spacek won an Oscar for her work in this film.

    Baby Boy is about a young man from Los Angeles and his dramatic relationships with family and friends. This film was released in 2001 and has a cast of actors that have have successful careers in Hollywood such as Ving Rhames(also in Holiday Heart), Taraji P Henson, Snoop Dogg and Tyrese Gibson. Baby Boy ran on BET on weekends for years. (BET aired about ten movies in rotation for a decade or more. The same few consistently. I’m not kidding. That was the extent to a lot of their programming. It’s almost as if viewers were forced to watch these movies. I wrote them an e mail once and complained. I’m glad a few of the films were actually good.) I really enjoy Baby Boy. The internal conflicts of the main character are kind of Shakespearean to me.

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  • Lent Book Review: Daily Guideposts, 40 Devotions for Lent

    I listened to “40 Devotions for Lent” on audiobook. The format of this book works much better in the printed format than on audio book because it’s a collection of short daily devotions. I also didn’t care for the narrators voice. However, the book has encouraged me to think about the Easter holiday and it’s meaning for longer than just one day. I would recommend this book in a visual format so it can be digested the way it was intended.

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  • Question of the Day 3.12.24

    Are you superstitious?

    Not at all.

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