Finest Post Nominations - December 2022

Thank you Laks and Viswa for bringing to FP @Srama's eloquent wave to the last two months of the year.
For That Child In All Of Us!

Reading the snippet took me back to many a classroom from my kid's schools, the cycling class at my YMCA, and this description below reminded me of the blue sky and happy dogs from a 500 piece puzzle we had completed when house-bound at the very start of the pandemic.

The earth below seemed to be basking in the beauty of the sky and the sky above was smiling down at the colors of the earth! Kites were circling around. I had wondered about birds circling and had made a mental note to look it up. The moon in the sky seemed happy as the sun shone on her too on that beautiful fall day. Airplanes were leaving a contrail behind them as if in abandon or was it me just noticing the patterns of those contrails more in the sky. Every house had decided to let their pets out and the dogs were running around, barking, communicating with one another, with the walkers and the bikers on the street. As I continued the walk, inhaling the joyous smell of wood burning in fireplaces and backyards, catching bits and pieces of conversations of neighbors standing across yards and talk about this and that, all I could think of was the joy of the season.​

 

Totally agree, Mistt. Thank you for nominating DDream's wise and gentle response in
Anyone Been Through This Type Of Marriage?

"All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." ~ Leo Tolstoy

We react to problems and challenges in our own ways. When faced with a tricky decision, it is best to write our own list of pros and cons. DDream has given OP there suggestions on the simple yet insightful questions to to ask herself to arrive at a conclusion as to what she can live with, put up with.

 

Thank you Viji Jaan for nominating this honest reflection by @SGBV
Self Reflection :)

When our dear SGBV says December is the right time for self reflection to understand our progress through the year, one can trust that it will be a thorough and no excuses examination. There are many important reminders in the snippet that women would do well to remember at all times of the year. It is not right to choose any one of those as the most important, but I feel "Prioritize self" is something almost all women need to constantly improve.

 

It's been great to see two snippets from @Srama this month rather than the extremely rare species that they've become. : ) Thank you Viji Jaan for bringing this snippet to FP:
Doom Scrolling!

One time I was scrolling on my phone reading about how to cut down phone usage. : ) It said the average person scrolls about 890 inches of text daily, or 74 feet. In a year, a regular person would have travelled at least five miles with their thumbs. I looked at my thumb with a very sincere apology.

@Srama's snippet is sure to make all readers a little more aware of their scrolling habits.

Thank you for seconding the nomination, @maalti. A beautiful post indeed.

Not seeing you often in IL, Viji Jaan, but nice to see five nominations already from you this month. Thank you so much.

Snippet by @SGBV:
The Only Real Certainty About Death Is That We Are All Going To Die.
A thought-provoking write-up. It is important not only to value life and live it fully while we can. It is also important for us to interact with others such that we are at peace when our dear ones pass away:

After a fight, if others are not ready to apologize, I do that. Because at the end of the day, apologizing is easier than leaving them without a closure.
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None of these things can change someone's death. But it can make the living easy after the death of our loved one.​