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September 12, 2015
Cathedral of Light in Leon, Spain – 108-130/200 Camino Photos
It’s amazing that the one country in Europe where I speak their language, I still haven’t been too. (Of course, there’s Great Britain but sometimes that felt like a foreign language too! -a fag is a cigarette & getting pissed means getting drunk?!)
Anyway, I hope to make it to this unusual land & culture one day soon. I can’t wait to see all the Gaudi art in Barcelona! ;-)
Originally posted on Journey Taker:
Little needs to be said about my visit to León, Spain as I walked the Camino de Santiago. As one of the largest cities along the French Way, it is a highlight of the trip. The cathedral in the old part of town is rather plain on the outside. But the inside! It is a marvel. I believe you will agree …
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September 11, 2015
Asking for Help – Please Share and Help Me Find My Sister
My novel takes place in a country, El Salvador, where many people lost track of the children and many children were orphaned out to other countries for the money.
I would love to help this young man find his Korean family, especially his sister. When I saw the post, I was just glad to see that she is most likely alive. Unfortunately, many of my Salvadoran compatriots can not say the same.
Please contact me if anyone else is from a repressive country and are looking for your lost family. I will do anything I can to help.
Peace,
Sherrie
Sherrie Miranda’s historically based, coming of age, Adventure novel “Secrets & Lies in El Salvador” is about an American girl in war-torn El Salvador:
http://tinyurl.com/klxbt4y
Her husband made a video for her novel. He wrote the song too:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/P11Ch5chkAc?version=3&rel=1&fs=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&wmode=transparent
Originally posted on A Good Blog is Hard to Find:
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I have tried before to locate my sister. I have failed. Part of me wants to never try again. A lot of me hates that part of me. I will try again because there is always a chance she might see this. One can hope.
My name is Jason Chandler Cushman and I was born in Pusan, South Korea in 1981. I have a sister who is a few years older me. I believe she is probably 37 now and her name was Ahn Jung Hee, my birth mother’s name is Kim Ie Soo. Our mother left us on a street when we were young. I was 2 years old and my sister was 5 I believe. We were taken to an orphanage and my mother later returned for only my sister. That was the last time I saw her. I found this…
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1 Tactic That Will Help You Grow Your Following: Meet and Greet
I thought I had already done this, but it looks like I am wrong. I would add that the best way to get your blog seen (even if it doesn’t bring them back to your blog) is to have it automatically post to your FB, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google + and other sites. (I think there is a Pinterest link too, but I haven’t figured out how to add it – One thing I love about Pinterest is that you can automatically post to FB & Twitter!) So, go for it! ;-)
Sherrie Miranda's historically based, coming of age, Adventure novel “Secrets & Lies in El Salvador” is about an American girl in war-torn El Salvador:
http://tinyurl.com/klxbt4y
Her husband made a video for her novel. He wrote the song too:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/P11Ch5chkAc?version=3&rel=1&fs=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&wmode=transparent
Originally posted on Dream Big, Dream Often:
What day is it??!! Meet and Greet Day!
Ok so here are the rules:
Leave a link to your page or post in the comments of this post.
Reblog this post. It helps you, it helps me, it helps everyone! So don’t be selfish, hit the reblog button.
Edit your reblog post and add tags (i.e. reblogging, reblog, meet n greet, link party, etc.), it helps, trust me on this one.
Share this post on social media. Many of my non-blogger friends love that I put the Meet n Greet on Facebook and Twitter because they find new bloggers to follow. This helps also, trust me.
And if you leave a link and don’t follow me, how about ya show ole Danny some love ?
Now that all the rules have been clearly explained get out there and meet n greet your butts off!
The Reblog post will publish at…
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September 10, 2015
One Person Really Can Change the World
Here’s another quote that goes along with this theme.
Never believe that a few caring people can’t change the world. For, indeed, that’s all who ever have.
Margaret Mead
I believe we all do change the world. So . . . the question is “Will you change it for better . . . or worse?”
Sherrie Miranda’s historically based, coming of age, Adventure novel “Secrets & Lies in El Salvador” is about an American girl in war-torn El Salvador:
http://tinyurl.com/klxbt4y
Her husband made a video for her novel. He wrote the song too:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/P11Ch5chkAc?version=3&rel=1&fs=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&wmode=transparent
Originally posted on Dream Big, Dream Often:
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I will never believe that I cannot change the world. I am encouraged daily with emails, comments and inbox messages that prove this fact. The Dream Big blog is now read in 142 countries around the world and the sphere of influence is amazing. I get emails from around the globe describing acts of kindness, volunteer work, regained health, debt reduction and the like. All attributing their work to the encouragement they found on the pages of this blog!
I am one man, living in a small town near Charlotte, North Carolina with a Dream to help others. Don’t tell me it can’t be done.
You can change the world if you want to. Or you can decide to change one person’s world. Or you can decide to change no one’s world. It is all up to you.
You are only limited by the limits of your…
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September 7, 2015
Success Inspires, But Failure Connects
I especially think this is important in our writing. Whenever I discuss my failures, I get many more responses than when I discuss how great I did something. But failure is also important in our characters. My protagonist was a shy, naive and often scared child when she went to El Salvador, but she came out of it a strong, confident woman.
Sherrie Miranda’s historically based, coming of age, Adventure novel “Secrets & Lies in El Salvador” is about an American girl in war-torn El Salvador:
http://tinyurl.com/klxbt4y
Her husband made a video for her novel. He wrote the song too:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/P11Ch5chkAc?version=3&rel=1&fs=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&wmode=transparent
Originally posted on The Nef Chronicles:
“You are human and mortal; we are the sum of our weak moments and our strong.”
Mercedes Lackey
“To share your weakness is to make yourself vulnerable; to make yourself vulnerable is to show your strength.”
Criss Jami
“Failure makes your story worth telling.”
Jer Monson
How we portray our success as well as our failures has a great deal to do with how we relate to others.
It took me years to get this. I grew up with the “never let them see you sweat” mentality. And, because people only saw the polished success, they only got half the story.
“Success and failure are two halves of the same coin. If we want our lives to be as impactful as possible, it’s important to share both! By presenting a full picture, we can use our experiences to help other people acknowledge their individual potential, mitigate their fear of failure…
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Other ways to say…Infographic…
Of course, we must keep in mind the old adage of “Show, don’t tell.” And really consider if there is a way to show these things, rather than finding a fancier word. JMHO.
Sherrie
Sherrie Miranda’s historically based, coming of age, Adventure novel “Secrets & Lies in El Salvador” is about an American girl in war-torn El Salvador:
http://tinyurl.com/klxbt4y
Her husband made a video for her novel. He wrote the song too:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/P11Ch5chkAc?version=3&rel=1&fs=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&wmode=transparent
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
MONDAY FUNNIES with MAXINE…
Another fun Monday thanks to Chris, The Story Reading Ape! It’s half an hour til noon here in SoCal so we have plenty of Monday still here to enjoy the Monday Funnies!
Peace, love, dove,
Sherrie
Sherrie Miranda’s historically based, coming of age, Adventure novel “Secrets & Lies in El Salvador” is about an American girl in war-torn El Salvador:
http://tinyurl.com/klxbt4y
Her husband made a video for her novel. He wrote the song too:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/P11Ch5chkAc?version=3&rel=1&fs=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&wmode=transparent
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
September 5, 2015
PRAYER FOR A POET
Beautiful poem that expresses that need inside all of us, for the strength to carry on & do the right thing! Thank you, Keith!
Sherrie Miranda’s historically based, coming of age, Adventure novel “Secrets & Lies in El Salvador” is about an American girl in war-torn El Salvador:
http://tinyurl.com/klxbt4y
Her husband made a video for her novel. He wrote the song too:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/P11Ch5chkAc?version=3&rel=1&fs=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&wmode=transparent
Originally posted on keithgarrettpoetry:
Written words,thoughts from inside,
I speak so differently than my pen that writes.
Not as happy as I’d like, pray this for me,
Lord in the sky, spirit up so high,
Lift the anger that hurts my soul.
Take away this haunting fear that rests in my mind,
Give me strength, the hope and desire to live on.
I die inside so slowly though my body may be strong,
Let me feel peace like quiet in the night,
Let me feel love as I am the saddened one.
Prayer for a poet, I speak these words to you dear God,
Stand by me when I am weak,
Let me rest in your arms.
Keith Garrett
September 4, 2015
Why You Should Focus on Keeping Your Word
A few years ago when I was trying to finish my novel, I made a sign that says “Do What I Say I Will Do.” I added a bullseye with an arrow right in the middle.
This lateness habit of mine really came home to roost when I found out someone was avoiding me because they didn’t want to show their rudeness at my constant lateness. This was AT WORK! So, finally after years of being the “late one,” I have stopped being late. I get to places early. And the universe is giving me KINDNESS in spades!
Living in SoCal, I am still occasionally late (One time, a brother texted his sister that there was a bomb in her car! I don’t know who was more stupid: the brother or the sister who called the police!)
But 9 times out of ten these days, I get to where I’m going with 15 minutes to spare. It feels great being the early one! ;-)
Sherrie Miranda's historically based, coming of age, Adventure novel “Secrets & Lies in El Salvador” is about an American girl in war-torn El Salvador:
http://tinyurl.com/klxbt4y
Her husband made a video for her novel. He wrote the song too:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/P11Ch5chkAc?version=3&rel=1&fs=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&wmode=transparent
Originally posted on Dream Big, Dream Often:
I frequently get frustrated with people that say they will do something and then fail to keep their commitment. “I’ll meet you at 6:00” they say, then roll in at 6:15 with a casual “sorry I’m late.” Or “I’ll call you first thing Monday morning” they say, then respond with “I was just about to call you” after you call them at noon on Monday. I believe that keeping your word, especially in the small things, is a gigantic key to your personal and professional success.
How often have you committed the crime of not following through on a commitment, regardless of the “importance?” Let me open your eyes to a fact: your word is a direct reflection of your character, period. If you say “I will call you back on Monday at 9am” and then fail to do so, it speaks volumes about you as a person. It…
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My Book IS My Baby!
The following is a response I wrote to an author who wrote “My Book Is Not My Baby”
Stephanie,
I feel as though I should apologize to you and all mothers. At my book release party, I told people “I never had a child and this (book) is my baby.”
I can’t even imagine the feelings one goes through while pregnant, during child-birth and after, when one has to deal with that child. But I purposely never had a child because I knew the entire process is painful, very difficult and even heartbreaking at times.
Crying Baby
In my case I did feel all these emotions with my novel, from writing the first draft, to the final ms that was turned into the editor, to the exposure of my book to the world. There are many things that are out of my control, and there are many things that are not, yet I didn’t control them.
At one point, I had a misunderstanding with the editor and I, unintentionally, insulted him. The only way I could begin to convince him that it was a mistake was to give him a tip ($200, a little less than 20%). All along this process, I have been hurt and have responded badly because of misunderstanding or not being clear enough, or even sometimes people actually were rudely insulting me or my work.
Looking back, I almost always overreacted. But, whether it was my fault or someone else’s, my heart has been broken several times throughout the process. I have had sleepless nights and days that I walked through like a zombie. I have cried, gotten angry, been too mean and sometimes, even too nice.
Would it have been worse, had I had a child? Definitely! That’s why I never did. A child would have broken my heart over and over. But, like with the novel, I would most likely have come out of it a better, stronger person.
So, although it feels like an apology is what is needed, all I can say is I didn’t feel the physical pain that you and other mothers felt, but the emotional, psychological and heart-felt feelings were there every step of the way. I could not have handled the physical pain, at least that’s what my mother always thought. She was sure I never had a child because I was afraid of the pain. What she didn’t understand was that it wasn’t the physical pain I was afraid of.
I hope this makes sense.
Sherrie
Happy Baby
Sherrie Miranda’s historically based, coming of age, Adventure novel “Secrets & Lies in El Salvador” is about an American girl in war-torn El Salvador:
http://tinyurl.com/klxbt4y
Her husband made a video for her novel. He wrote the song too:
