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🇿🇦Norma Den's avatar

Yay some positivity again. I love the fact, Sean, that you so often point out the positives and blessings in our lives. Sad so many negative folk like to share their negativity to pull others down to their level. The sheer blessing of waking each morning, the trees, birds, and Gods countless blessings chase away all negative thoughts. My husband is late stage Alzheimer’s, and yes, I had my down days and weeks, but I came to realise It is what it Is, deal with it and look at the blessing of 60 years together, the ups and downs, the benefits of traveling many places due to his work. Nothing to be sad or sorrowful for. A great family and so much more. As the Swahili saying, now famous, goes, Hakuna Matata. Smile and the world smiles with you. God bless each and every one of your readers and of course you and Jamie and the dogs.

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Terry's avatar

Love your attitude and I couldn’t agree more! Taking care of my Mom with dementia- I can relate!

While remembering those days, I can serve her well. Blessings Norma !

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🇿🇦Norma Den's avatar

Many blessings to a fellow “traveller” on the rocky road.

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Christi Gibson's avatar

I wonder if there's something about Sean that draws those of us caring for a loved one with dementia? My mom's on the slow fade, and the friend who recommended Sean is caring for her mom, too. I think maybe we're all looking for something like his kinder, gentler humor!

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🇿🇦Norma Den's avatar

Hi. I find his blogs so uplifting & hopeful. Alzheimer’s/Dementia is an awful thing to witness as a loved one is on The Long Goodbye (Nancy Reagan’s term). May you be strengthened & blessed on your journey.

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Matt Ovaska's avatar

Bwana asha feway

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Pubert Earle Bozemann's avatar

OK Matt, Back at cha, whatever you said! What Tongue is dat? I admit it you whipped me on Dat one!

Pubert

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🇿🇦Norma Den's avatar

Marie. I hope you have a wonderful trip to South Africa. We get an awful lot of bad press, and yes we have our problems. Not many places with no problems but we have such an amazing variety of scenery, gorgeous beaches, fantastic shopping and the wonderful wildlife. 🐆🦓🐘🦛🦏🦒. You’re sure to have a ball.

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Pubert Earle Bozemann's avatar

Excellent Nora Den. HAKUNA MATATA to you too. But caution! Fart in Church just one time, and schools out Sucka!

Your friend,

Pubert

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🇿🇦Norma Den's avatar

Blessings & thank you from South Africa.

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Marie's avatar

Norma Den…..I am coming to your country in 4 months!! I’m so excited!!!

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Pubert Earle Bozemann's avatar

You too EC!

Pu

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dennis c's avatar

I thought that your reply was a play off Gunga Din...until I saw there was a real Norma Den. Oh well: hello, South Africa!

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🇿🇦Norma Den's avatar

I like that. My husbands name is Gordon and my Mother teased him by calling him a

Gunga Din. Thanks for the memory.

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Lander Bethel's avatar

"One love, one heart..., Let's get together and feel alright." Dark chocolate crumbled into vanilla ice cream. Okeh, man. By the way, Bob Marley wrote that upbeat song when Jamaica was sharply divided about an upcoming election. It did help bring people together and prevent some bad things from happening.

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Kristine Miller's avatar

Dark chocolate and Bob Marley.....very Okeh!

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Pubert Earle Bozemann's avatar

Uh oh KM! Didn't know you was into it! Pardon me...

Pu

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Kristine Miller's avatar

No, just dark chocolate and Bob Marley's music lol! No mood altering for me.

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Pubert Earle Bozemann's avatar

Lander B, plus a healthy dose of ganga! You know, small "mood stabilizer!" And no I ain't an advocate!

Pu

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Lander Bethel's avatar

That’s pretty funny. That’s out of my territory, too.

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Cheryl Tremain's avatar

This is my fourth story I've selected from the many, many choices presented to a new Substack reader. I was reminded of walking the shoreline looking for a whole sand dollar. They are tricky to find 'cause with some part being covered with sand, you have to almost pick up each one. Usually, it's not whole.

I haven't a clue who to pick to read, I've read soo many authors blurbs about their offerings.

Reading this story made my heart smile. I felt great about my pick just like the happiness of finding a whole sand dollar. Thank you.

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Anne Arthur's avatar

Stick to Sean's column and you'll read lots of happy things every single day.

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Cheryl Tremain's avatar

Thank you!

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Karen Irby's avatar

And look for a chance to see one of his shows. He's wonderful, and he gives GREAT hugs! Blesses my every day...

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Cheryl Tremain's avatar

Thank you, I will. I don't know about shows yet. I'll look it up!

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JD Britnell's avatar

You absolutely picked a top notch one Cheryl!

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Cheryl Tremain's avatar

Thanks! Funny thing, when you don't know anything . . so you have no bias . . ignorance actually opens your mind to consider a whole new world! What a concept, ignorance being an asset!?

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Pubert Earle Bozemann's avatar

PONE, interesting story bout the origins of the word Okey. Yous in the "feel good" bidness, and you do a dang good job of it. O course we all know there are plenty of serious problems in the world, and I know you do too. I guess most folks tend to fixate on the bad and take the good for granted, at least while making conversation. More fun to talk about or "git the sap rising." Yor gift is making good stories fun or emotionally engaging. But yet and still, we still all gotta deal with life's realities... I'm wid chew Bud!

"Either you deal with what is the reality, or you can be sure that the reality is going to deal with you."

- Alex Haley

Your friend,

Pubert

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Eve's avatar

I appreciate that Sean consecrates his writings to the uplifting . Because we so need to be reminded of this reality of life. Sean’s innate, God given ability to do this keeps us balanced.

I venture to say most of us are bombarded daily with the problems and anxiety in our country, in our world.

Sean reminds us every day of another side to life, to ourselves. Thereby enabling us to keep perspective and better carry on in the midst of reality’s harsher side.

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Pubert Earle Bozemann's avatar

It's the truth unfortunately!

PEB

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Beryl Dixon's avatar

Chocolate makes everything more than ok. And Sean, your writing is way beyond ok.

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Paul McCutchen's avatar

a chocolate pie really makes things better!!

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Cindy  Rivers Guthrie's avatar

wonder how chocolate on top of pimento cheese would be. nah!

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Pubert Earle Bozemann's avatar

Now I would smoke one a dem PMc!

Pu

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Carla's avatar

I think okeh is different in every family. In mine..it’s thumb twiddling on the front porch and a fresh pound cake every Sunday…..an affirmation that things will be okeh…

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Nancy's avatar

My mom sat on her front porch every evening twiddling her thumbs, and she was known as the pound cake lady. Good memories!

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Paul McCutchen's avatar

And I bet she was in a rocking chair

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Nancy's avatar

Absolutely

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Karen Berger's avatar

It's the "front porch" part that brings back a bazillon precious memories!

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Really old man!'s avatar

One of my favorite preachers frequently said,”Blessed is he who expecteth nothing for he shall not be disappointed!” We shouldn’t allow negativity to dominate our thoughts! Okeh?

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Paul McCutchen's avatar

sounds good to me

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Shirley's avatar

Don’t tell your wife, but I just love you. God really gave you the gift of gab and writing it down so everyone can understand it. There is good everywhere if you just open your eyes and look. OK?

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ricpayson@yahoo.com's avatar

Good morning and happy Friday to all yall. Well Sean allow me to teach you something that I didn't accept until i was a senior citizen. So here it is...

Wait now what the hell was it...

I can't remember.

My point is that I look for the good things in life, in people and in the things I read and watch. I ain't got time for the bad stuff. Been there and got the shirts.

Thats why I look forward to reading Sean's stuff and yall,s comments. Remind me to tell yall about the best beer in the world. Lets have another cupajoe and maybe one little square of Hershey,s

Peace

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Paul McCutchen's avatar

I never thought that losing my memory would be a good thing

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Pubert Earle Bozemann's avatar

Ricky Dat ain't a Hershey you stepped in is it?

Pu

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Karen Berger's avatar

Anyone of us can have our personal feelings about everything going on in our country today, but, IF it's so bad, WHY are millions of immigrants paying thousands of $s and traveling hundreds, experiencing untold hardship up to and including death at times, and thousands of miles to come here! It's because our bad is not as bad as what they left. They want to come to the greatest country on Earth. My Grannie always said, " if you think you've got it bad, just look around and you'll see someone else who has it worse." I'm BLESSED and HIGHLY FAVORED to have been born in the country I was born in, to the family I was born in, and at the time God chose to put me here! As many complaints as I could come up with I can name many more good things, blessings, just as you did, Sean! Thank you for always bringing the focus back to the positive!!!!

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Gay Taunton's avatar

Okeh and Amen❣️

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TJ Reid's avatar

Or look in the faces of a sleeping grandchild nestled in your arms or hear the purr of a feral cat that is now at home in your house with a full belly. Neither one of those are fattening like chocolate. God Bless you!

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Jan(et) Lord's avatar

Reminding me of the following song lyrics by Bob Marley-

“Everything's gonna be alright

Everything's gonna be alright

And nobody's gotta worry 'bout nothing

Don't go hittin' that panic button

It ain't worth spilling your drink

Everything's gonna be alright

Alright, alright”

This morning is definitely a no worries & everything’s gonna be alright kinda day. I will be celebrating my granddaughter’s 11 birthday with six of her closest girl friends after school. They’re having a pizza party with pizza from Screamin’ Mimi’s, Coca Cola, homemade brownies. They will also be lots of giggling, gossiping, talking fashion, & watching movies until late into the night.

I mean what more could a Nana ask for💗

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Karen Snyder's avatar

Chocolate, dancing grandpas, all night singing, the beautiful Gulf, and Gaither homecomings… Every last bit of this sounds more than O.K. to me. Everything always works with a little change of perspective. ❤️

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JD Britnell's avatar

Absolutely Karen, I hope you are having a good day!

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Teresa Reddick's avatar

…and a lot more Sean of the South!!

❤️❤️❤️

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Sonya Tuttle's avatar

Some folks enjoy being negative. I choose to be positive and happy. You make me smile!

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