Category: Be Radical
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What a Crazy Christmas Tree!
The O’Gara Clan has been known to be nontraditional in a lot of things. Holidays is when our nonconformity shines. This year is no different. Daughter #2 is attending a trade school for HVAC. She has tried a few things as she attempts to find her way along the path to adulthood. This is her…
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266 Days
I have been off social media for 266 days. That is 266 days of no mindless scrolling. There are three exceptions to my social media fast. When someone says “Hey did you see I posted…?” I have gone to look at particular posts. Almost all of them from my family with a few, very few…
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To Cow or not to Cow
What are your feelings about eating meat? I’m not a vegetarian. I like red meat. However, all social and cultural reasons aside, I can’t ignore the proof that not eating animal products saved my mother’s life. Her doctors gave her 5 years to live with a newly diagnosed genetic disease and that was 7 years…
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Be Real
I see red when a human puts on a fake air. It is difficult to explain but you know it when you see it. They try too hard to come across as they think you want to see them. Often they say things that they think you want to hear instead of telling you the…
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Grudge? Well….
Are you holding a grudge? About? I can hold grudges. I try not to hold on to negative things, but sometimes I catch myself complaining about past hurts. I say to myself, “Wait a minute, maybe I didn’t actually let that one go.” To hold a grudge is to be human. To forgive is divine.…
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I’m a Non Morning-Morning Person
What’s your favorite time of day? I am a big fan of sleep. I don’t like waking up but I covet mornings. When my husband and I got married we decided to set aside the first hour of the day for each other. We don’t pick up our phones. Our children don’t knock on the…
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I made it Halfway
I have been off social media 6 full months. What I have learned so far… I will keep you posted when I hit a year. Light & Love, Lori
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Excitement is Overrated
Tell us about the last thing you got excited about. The last thing I got excited about was…let me think…no…not that…maybe….hum… See the thing is I don’t get excited. I am a genuinely happy person and tend to stay that way. I got news my daughter and grandchildren who live in Texas are going to…
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Do I Enjoy Writing?
What do you enjoy most about writing? I’m not so sure that I enjoy writing. It’s something I am compelled to do. When I don’t write I get irritable. It’s like a compulsion. I would relate writing to eating. I can skip a meal, but can’t go long without food. Writing is like that for…
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Depends on the Goal
How do you plan your goals? I have always been a fly by the seat of my pants sort of human in my personal life. I spend a lot of time in my day job and career working toward goals and targets, so in my home life I prefer spontaneity. My life is very much…
Brendan & Lori O'Gara 