tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81536244740326165022024-03-05T18:32:28.238-06:00Let's Talk About WordsSusan Marie Schulhofhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14884436076147858668noreply@blogger.comBlogger474125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8153624474032616502.post-58286739034309311762023-08-10T19:04:00.001-05:002023-08-10T19:04:42.874-05:00Do you want to know the steps to make your dreams come true?<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfnG_1Py-YusjwBUeMuwf0qxrx7jZd6wK0_1gxOrJVkR4Zi4DYE0gvV2C954s2nOAvkmrda412x1sd1-Ob0JzBhyeJK6040wTBCs2gtzhtONl0Zcj1X8rpYOMbHojIp8Cj4Imb6TaJi1PeVTbKEvXjPfvaQ4DXQrzb--xihDPfD00hKv58UERxTQmULB8/s940/LSHOTC.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="940" data-original-width="648" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfnG_1Py-YusjwBUeMuwf0qxrx7jZd6wK0_1gxOrJVkR4Zi4DYE0gvV2C954s2nOAvkmrda412x1sd1-Ob0JzBhyeJK6040wTBCs2gtzhtONl0Zcj1X8rpYOMbHojIp8Cj4Imb6TaJi1PeVTbKEvXjPfvaQ4DXQrzb--xihDPfD00hKv58UERxTQmULB8/s320/LSHOTC.png" width="221" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br />If there was a book that gave you steps to make your dream come true, would you read it? Would you follow the steps laid out on the pages?<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> </span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Buy a copy here of my book to find out! The cost with Free USPS regular mail shipping is only $18.05 with tax.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.balboapress.com/en/bookstore/bookdetails/854853-little-stone-house-on-the-corner" style="color: purple;">Little Stone House On the Corner</a> (paperback)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The e-book is coming soon<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">A fiction story illustrates the steps that Tara and Ryan follow.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">“This is more than a home, Tara; this is a special house. It is a little house on the corner made of simple stone where extraordinary things happen to those who live here,” states Aunt Elsa as if she was reading it, but then she quietly adds, “It makes dreams come true.”</span></i><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Are you ready to find YOUR little stone house? The way to make your dreams come true is simply to BEGIN.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Believing</span></b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> is a simple task that takes much effort.</span><span style="color: #222222;"><br /><b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Examine </span></b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">your heart and your life to see what you really desire.</span><br /><b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Gratitude</span></b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> is where life begins and ends.</span><br /><b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Intentions</span></b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> create reality.</span><br /><b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Now</span></b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> is the moment. Live in this truth, not in the past or in the future.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpLast" style="margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Check out my other books here: <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://books.apple.com/us/book/living-red/id1541247023" style="color: purple;"><span style="color: #1155cc;">iBooks</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08NXS8M1R/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0" style="color: purple;">Kindle</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/living-red-susan-marie-schulhof/1138330483?ean=9781098339760" style="color: purple;">Nook</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://store.bookbaby.com/book/living-red" style="color: purple;">Paperback</a><span class="MsoHyperlink" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"> </span><span class="MsoHyperlink" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">(Living Red)</span></span><span style="color: #1a1a1a;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">Follow me on Twitter </span>@SchulhofSusan<span style="color: #1a1a1a;"> </span>and TikTok<u><span style="color: #103cc0;"> @susan_marie9</span></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">All through my day, no matter where I go, or what I do, I am always looking for the good in people, in the world, in my life or even just in my day.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>Susan Marie Schulhofhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14884436076147858668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8153624474032616502.post-84955966799920802852022-12-08T18:06:00.000-06:002022-12-08T18:06:15.743-06:00Measure of a life<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKLsxoN-WSX7KAEyBn7LbFn5V-2doTskCoSEHTtp_EWL80DrpFfFFkfdTlerp9_9M5sqfbbDwOAaJFZ5yejO3-M5Zt0L1IZ8Gf6jN9SDdZ5Q-BEaPh9tRAD8nNd-vh4JATCSkIv8PCNVzKerYA3IIM7Ky_onj2FmjQUFQaZlAfwghe47HmVWVJQOJg/s901/IMG_0782.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="762" data-original-width="901" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKLsxoN-WSX7KAEyBn7LbFn5V-2doTskCoSEHTtp_EWL80DrpFfFFkfdTlerp9_9M5sqfbbDwOAaJFZ5yejO3-M5Zt0L1IZ8Gf6jN9SDdZ5Q-BEaPh9tRAD8nNd-vh4JATCSkIv8PCNVzKerYA3IIM7Ky_onj2FmjQUFQaZlAfwghe47HmVWVJQOJg/s320/IMG_0782.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Would you make different choices if you knew the exact length of your life?</span><span style="color: #222222;"> <span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">A couple of nights ago, I finished reading a book called <i>The Measure</i> by Nikki Erlick. It was about a day when everyone in the world received a box that contained a string that tells how long your life will be. As I was in bed trying to fall asleep, I kept thinking about the choices I have made and the dreams I have followed. If I knew my life was going to end when I was younger, would those decisions have been the same. What about now? I turned 58 this year after getting my masters degree and buying my first home on my own. In 2019, I started a new job and also continued writing and publishing my third book in 2021. I still have more dreams and plans for the future, but what if I knew I only had a couple years left? Would I keep striving and reaching or would I be content with my accomplishments and maybe just spend the time with my family and friends? <span> </span>How do you measure a life? Is it measured by the length or by the quality of that life? <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: .25in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">I have great memories as a mother with my kids, but I hope for more.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: .25in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">I have traveled, but there are more places I want to see.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: .25in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">I have been in love, but I still would love to fall in love again.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: .25in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">I have wonderful times with friends and family, but I welcome many more.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left: .25in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">I have reached many of my goals and dreams, yet I have more.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">For me, the measure of my life is a combination of quantity and quality as I reflect on the past, present, and future. I would like many more years, but only if they are filled with purpose and meaning.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpLast" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Check out my books here <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><a href="https://books.apple.com/us/book/living-red/id1541247023" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #1155cc;">iBooks</span></a><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08NXS8M1R/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: purple;">Kindle</span></a><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/living-red-susan-marie-schulhof/1138330483?ean=9781098339760" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">Nook</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><a href="https://store.bookbaby.com/book/living-red" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;"><span>Paperback</span></a><span style="color: #1a1a1a;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><style class="WebKit-mso-list-quirks-style">
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</style></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;">Follow me on Twitter </span><a>@SchulhofSusan</a><span style="color: #1a1a1a;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: large;">and TikTok<u><span style="color: #103cc0;"> @susan_marie9</span></u></span></span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>Susan Marie Schulhofhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14884436076147858668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8153624474032616502.post-23537632339430810072022-08-28T15:05:00.002-05:002022-08-28T15:07:49.467-05:00Returning To My Roots<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Where can a writer share their words? </span></div><p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Calibri;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1ThfIgdg6qzYggsTWV5KjvpyVpzPMFyiD9Un6m31eYYGRXj5PfzxNGVh82aRH1hqTaD6q5AgNBRj0TaNa_x_1yZBuhN9eudgeVtBY0D6Qa4oSgxXOJpU_vgKr0YNqFKs4tkBVPtwpNNWHdV5rDcjcMmH5e26goOzERvbFEWxZtcaUaXxW5m-fIlvd/s964/Screen%20Shot%202022-08-28%20at%203.04.33%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="964" data-original-width="770" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1ThfIgdg6qzYggsTWV5KjvpyVpzPMFyiD9Un6m31eYYGRXj5PfzxNGVh82aRH1hqTaD6q5AgNBRj0TaNa_x_1yZBuhN9eudgeVtBY0D6Qa4oSgxXOJpU_vgKr0YNqFKs4tkBVPtwpNNWHdV5rDcjcMmH5e26goOzERvbFEWxZtcaUaXxW5m-fIlvd/s320/Screen%20Shot%202022-08-28%20at%203.04.33%20PM.png" width="256" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">In 2013, I started a blog, and then decided that I would write a post every day leading up to my 50<sup style="color: #222222;">th</sup><span style="color: #222222;"> </span><span style="color: #222222;">birthday. This turned out to be more challenging than I ever imagined; however, it set the foundation for my writing to become a habit. Obviously, I want others to read my words and feel inspired, encouraged, and entertained, but it is more than that. Writing brings me joy, and fills me with so much happiness. After writing a blog on positivity for ChicagoNow from 2016 until 2022 called Looking For The Good, I am returning to my roots back here. Through my time there, I have met so many other amazing writers that I hope to keep in touch with, but it is time to move on and see where my writing is headed. In 2013, my goals were to 1. Write a fiction book (done), 2. Travel and hike (done), and 3. Get my Master’s Degree (done). Since 2013, I have grown and changed in my life and my writing. I am not exactly sure where my life is heading, but I am trying to live in the moment and enjoy all that I have achieved. I was recently reminded about how short life really is, so although I still have some dreams and goals, I am learning to balance my drive with a little rest. Why reach my dreams if I can’t take time to enjoy them?</span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpLast" style="margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: verdana;">Check out my books here <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://books.apple.com/us/book/living-red/id1541247023" style="color: purple;"><span style="color: #1155cc;">iBooks</span></a><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08NXS8M1R/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0" style="color: purple;"><span>Kindle</span></a><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/living-red-susan-marie-schulhof/1138330483?ean=9781098339760" style="color: purple;"><span>Nook</span></a><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://store.bookbaby.com/book/living-red" style="color: purple;">Paperback</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: verdana;">And follow me on Twitter <a>@SchulhofSusan</a> </span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;">and TikTok<u><span style="color: #103cc0;"> @susan_marie9</span></u></span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>Susan Marie Schulhofhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14884436076147858668noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8153624474032616502.post-48641936335413124382022-08-02T22:18:00.001-05:002022-08-02T22:18:04.110-05:00Back to blogging here<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMGjphMHIBPFHPb_qSOwb5QcJHnfNz_YEQosjgLdyuGerN6nhbcD29rbvR3W41bZBU9mWvolmJTzkksgZh43d01rbNnBn_AcfpCXD3lxF6FWznT38rE52apI4oEfHX9h2cB8dtEZLxfETE7DTmOdFDyPotjE83phvp0uTqIsOjkPYKGOsHOJDZ4ZJu/s1016/Screen%20Shot%202022-08-02%20at%2010.16.45%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="228" data-original-width="1016" height="72" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMGjphMHIBPFHPb_qSOwb5QcJHnfNz_YEQosjgLdyuGerN6nhbcD29rbvR3W41bZBU9mWvolmJTzkksgZh43d01rbNnBn_AcfpCXD3lxF6FWznT38rE52apI4oEfHX9h2cB8dtEZLxfETE7DTmOdFDyPotjE83phvp0uTqIsOjkPYKGOsHOJDZ4ZJu/s320/Screen%20Shot%202022-08-02%20at%2010.16.45%20PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt;">In 2013, I decided to start blogging. I opened an account with blogspot <a href="http://susanmarieschulhof.blogspot.com/" style="color: purple;">http://susanmarieschulhof.blogspot.com</a> and set the goal to post every day for a first year. On my birthday in 2014, I achieved that goal. I continued writing and posting until I heard that ChicagoNow was looking for bloggers in the Chicagoland area. In September of 2016, I pitched a blog on positivity called Looking For The Good <a href="http://www.chicagonow.com/look-good/" style="color: purple;">http://www.chicagonow.com/look-good/</a> and began blogging there. I have reviewed restaurants and movies, interviewed various people, and wrote about my life and random thoughts over the years.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt;"> <span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">We were notified last month that Chicago Tribune, who oversees ChicagoNow, is closing us down, so I am heading back. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt;">Check out my books here</span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt;"><a href="https://books.apple.com/us/book/living-red/id1541247023" style="color: purple;"><span style="color: #1155cc;">iBooks</span></a></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08NXS8M1R/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0" style="color: purple;">Kindle</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt;"><a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/living-red-susan-marie-schulhof/1138330483?ean=9781098339760" style="color: purple;">Nook</a></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt;"><a href="https://store.bookbaby.com/book/living-red" style="color: purple;">Paperback</a></span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt;">All through my day, no matter where I go, or what I do, I am always looking for the good in people, in the world, in my life or even just in my day.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt;">Follow me on Twitter </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt;"><a href="https://twitter.com/SchulhofSusan" style="color: purple;"><span style="color: #103cc0;">Susan on Twitter</span></a></span><u><span style="color: #103cc0; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;"><span style="color: #16191f; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt;">And on TikTok <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@susan_marie9" style="color: purple;">https://www.tiktok.com/@susan_marie9</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>Susan Marie Schulhofhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14884436076147858668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8153624474032616502.post-2833249152048662042020-11-10T17:15:00.005-06:002020-11-10T17:16:35.401-06:00Promoting Diversity in Early Childhood Education<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt;">I wrote a post about Promoting Diversity in Early Childhood Programs as an Assessor and Training Specialist. 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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt;">A few months ago, my friend, Joao, told me about a great experience he and his husband had, and he felt like I too would enjoy it. I am very spiritual, and love to meditate and feel close to God and the universe, but I have never attended this type of retreat before. I have been on a day retreat and even chaperoned my daughter’s confirmation retreat overnight, but this one was a whole weekend. It was called “Manifesting your Desires” and was lead by </span><a href="https://www.eliaspatras.com/" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt;">Elias Patras</span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt;">. It was an amazing, transformational and unexplainable experience. </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt;"><br />These are the 3 things I learned on the retreat:</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt;">To answer my own question...yes, we CAN manifest our desires, but we must truly believe we can and that we deserve it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span><span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt;">You can learn more about my books </span></span></span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Susan-Marie-Schulhof/e/B00IBPFHV8" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;"><span><span><span style="color: #103cc0; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt;">HERE</span></span></span></a><span><span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span><span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt;">And follow me on Twitter </span></span></span><a href="https://twitter.com/SchulhofSusan" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;"><span><span><span style="color: #103cc0; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt;">Susan on Twitter</span></span></span></a><span><span><u><span style="color: #103cc0; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #16191f; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt;">Or read more positive thoughts </span><a href="http://www.chicagonow.com/look-good/"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt;">Looking For The Good</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt;">All through my day, no matter where I go, or what I do, I am always looking for the good in people, in the world, in my life or even just in my day.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Suppression is… A futuristic novel set in 2135. Twenty-four year old Peyton lives with her parents and her brother, Parker, in one of the few civilizations remaining and thriving in what is left of America after everything and everyone was almost obliterated by war. She is growing up during a period of time when humankind is making major advances in communicating with one another and even traveling through thought. When she meets Dallas, an artist, she begins to discover truths about life that surprise her, and she has to choose between the predictable life that she has planned or take a risk and choose the unknown.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">And follow me on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/SchulhofSusan" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Susan on Twitter</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">Or read more positive thoughts <a href="http://www.chicagonow.com/look-good/" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Looking For The Good</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> Every evening before bed, I reflect on my day, and pick one thing I am grateful for that specific day. It is simple and takes only a few minutes. My items of gratitude are not big sweeping things that happened usually. My goal this March is to look at life with a lens of gratitude so that my life is framed in positivity and good. I write a weekly blog for ChicagoNow called <a href="http://www.chicagonow.com/look-good/" target="_blank">Looking For The Good</a> if you want to read more.</span></div>
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A year ago, I was working two jobs in order to pay my bills and was just barely able to make my ends meet. I don’t live an extravagant life, but it was difficult to provide a home for my three college age daughters once the child support ended. That could be another article on the challenges of being a single mother though since after my divorce, the four of us lived in two-bedroom apartment for the next eleven years. Today though I want to explore the decision to put everything you own into a storage space and ask another person for help.
Eight months ago, I put all of my belonging in a storage unit and moved in with my mother. Before I was able to get a second job, I got into debt simply by charging groceries and miscellaneous other necessities. I was so grateful when I found a part time job to supplement my fulltime job; however it didn’t take much time before I began to spiral into despair, seeing no end in sight to this new life that gave me little time for writing, hiking, painting or even seeing my daughters that my soul desperately needed. I had a decision to make. Do I continue on this path with no end in sight or do I swallow my pride and ask for help?
After much prayer and conversations with my mother, I decided to move in with her and figure out how to get out of debt and live within these new “means”. The next step was determining what to keep and what to get rid of. This was almost as hard as asking for help was. How do I get rid of the children’s beds? Although one was in college and the other two had graduated and were making a life for themselves, it was hard not to have a place for them to come home to, but I focused on the idea that I didn’t want to be a burden to them later in life so I needed to get my life and finances in order.
I am still on this path, but I am taking steps to increase my income and to get out of debt. It was very difficult to give things away and put most of my belongings into storage. There have been and continue to be many tears, but it has helped me focus on the future. I now have fewer things to hold onto, and have been able to simplify my life. I am more grateful for everything and everyone in my life, and can see blessings in the little things. Having my life in a box is a journey, and I am learning to live it as best as I can.
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All through my day, no matter where I go, or what I do, I am always looking for the good. I try to find the good in people, in the world, in my life or even just in my day.Susan Marie Schulhofhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14884436076147858668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8153624474032616502.post-17089744789497852992016-12-31T08:54:00.000-06:002016-12-31T08:55:09.569-06:00Can Harper ride the waves of life?Riding Waves is a book about learning to navigate the joys and trials of growing up, falling in love and going to college. When Harper's relationship with Dan starts taking her down a path she doesn't like, she will have to make some hard choices.<br />
Can Harper ride the waves of life or will they take her under?<br />
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The sun feels warm on my shoulder as Ashley and I play tennis on the street in front of my house. We have been best friends since the sixth grade, and we just graduated from high school this year. I see a car coming so we stop playing for a minute to see if it is coming this way. As the car gets closer, we realize that it is her parent’s car, and that her brother Dan is driving. I wonder why he is here and if Ashley has to go home? Or maybe he is here to see my brother, Jake? Even though, I am seventeen and she’s already eighteen, neither of us have our own cars. We were too lazy to ride our bikes to the tennis courts today so that’s why we were just hitting the ball back and forth on the street in front of my house. I see Dan sometimes when I go to her house, but she likes to hang out at my house since I have my own room, and she shares with her little sister.<br />
I notice, all of the sudden, that it is one of those impeccable summer days with the sky a beautiful shade of blue dotted with a few puffy white clouds. Dan walks straight towards me as I turn away from the clouds. A bead of sweat runs down my forehead, and I brush it away.<br />
“Do you want to go out sometime?” Dan stammers.<br />
I don’t answer for what feels like an eternity until Ashley nudges me.<br />
“Um, sure. When?” I say as I notice that his eyes match the color of the sky.<br />
I really don’t know what to say. I have known him since we were in elementary school...<br />
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Nelson Mandela said, “No one is born hating
another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his
religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be
taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its
opposite.” </span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Words
can be powerful, but so can our thoughts. </span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 14pt;">Most of the spiritual books that I have read discuss how powerful one's
thoughts and intentions are. We create our experience of the world based on how
we think about it. What are you thinking? How are you responding? What are you
creating? Is your intention positive or negative?</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 14.0pt;">We all know that hitting someone and calling names can hurt, but
intentions and thoughts can hurt others as well as we damage ourselves. When
you hate others, you bring that onto yourself. When you are negative, you draw
more negativity in your life. </span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 14.0pt;">There are countless songs like the one by Sister Hazel that sing,
"If you want to be somebody else, change your mind." Not change your
circumstance, not change your words and not change someone else. Even movies
and books, people constantly focus on trying to change others. When you try to
change others, you bring that onto yourself.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I even spent years praying that people I cared about would change, and
was constantly disappointed. Relationships can indeed be the catalyst for
change, but the decision, the intention and the thought must come from within
that own person. The only person that I have the power to change is myself. If I
want love and peace in my life, I must give that to others in my thoughts, my words
and my actions.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 14.0pt;">All through my day, no matter where I go, or what I do, I am always
looking for the good. I try to find the good in people, in the world, in my
life or even just in my day.</span><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Learn more about my books </span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Susan-Marie-Schulhof/e/B00IBPFHV8"><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 14.0pt;">HERE</span></a><span style="font-family: "calibri"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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...I am happy to be alive when I
see the waves wash upon the shore, when I see the colors in the sky, when the
rain falls slowly on a warm afternoon. It does not cost me anything to
experience these gifts, and I do not need to travel to far lands or perform
great feats to see this beauty. I only need to stop and notice the beauty that
is all around me. I have come to understand that the joy that I experience does
not come from the beauty that I see, but from the beauty that I feel, the
beauty of a simple joy.<o:p></o:p><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Oh Grandma. This was from your Grandma Sarah.
Isn’t it?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She nods yes as I say, “It was
written before the war, and you still have it and now you want me to have it?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #990000;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Riding Waves</span></span></b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span>is a YA and NA Fiction Novel about learning to navigate the joys, as well as, the trials of growing up, falling in love and going to college. It appears that Harper’s life is heading in the direction of her dreams as she graduates from high school and begins to date her best friend’s charismatic older brother, Dan. As she struggles to balance her own needs with the demands of being in a relationship, she loses her best friend and is in danger of losing herself. She has some hard decisions to make when her choices lead her only to confusion and pain. While on vacation in Florida, she writes a poem comparing her own life to how she feels when body surfing. She realizes that just like in body surfing, she must decide which waves will take her to shore and towards her dreams, and which choices might take her under and cause her only pain. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Many people are shocked by the characters that “turn bad” or go over to the dark side. Even I find myself wondering what could happen in a person’s life that would make them turn on their family, but then I look at what we place value on in society. We praise people who make lots of money. We value power, possessions, control and money. That ultimately is what the people are enticed by when they begin to make the choices of evil over good. We can all be enticed by the dark side.</span></div>
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<br />Susan Marie Schulhofhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14884436076147858668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8153624474032616502.post-87032201040239064992015-12-24T11:23:00.000-06:002016-04-02T12:14:27.906-05:00Be thankful<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Buddha said, "Let us rise up and be thankful,</span><span style="font-size: large;"> for if we didn't learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn't learn a little, at least we didn't get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn't die; </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">so, let us all be thankful</span><span style="font-size: large;">." </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It is so easy to look at others and feel envious of all that they have, but no one can see areas they feel empty. </span><span style="font-size: large;">I have a gratitude journal that I write in often, not daily, when I need to shift the focus from what I am lacking in life to what I have in life. I try to stay thankful.</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Abraham Lincoln said, " Most folks are about as <b>happy</b> as they make up their <b>minds</b> to be." </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> While it is true that we can't control how others behave, you can decide how you will respond. Because our minds, thoughts and words create our reality, we can determine our own experience and the meaning we assign it. Can we choose happiness and peace no matter what life is sending our way? </span></span></div>
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