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Today's daily excerpt comes from  How to Be a Good Mommy When You're Sick  by Emily Graves. supportive people and ditch the Negative Nancy-types. Or if you can’t ditch them, don’t be afraid to tell them that their negativity is neither helpful nor welcomed. Quite often, negative people can be kept in check with some difficult but necessary honesty. The fact is that nothing is worse than having to be around a person who is constantly being negative when you are ill. You surely don’t need this in your life when daily tasks and taking care of a new baby or growing toddler are already tremendous challenges. Do not be afraid to let go of or avoid negative people and replace them with people who have positive natures and are willing to let their sunny dispositions shine on you. If you can’t completely get the negative types out of your life, try to minimize the time yo Looking Good (and being on time) Picture 108a—suggestion Honestly, looking good is the icing on the cake. If yo...

  excerpt from  Learning to Feel  (Kris Girrell) --  2 Emotions Drive the Bus! Sarah catches me over the dinner table with what occurs to me as a random—out of the  blue—question, but which for her is a continuation of her inquiry: “How did it feel when your first wife broke up with you?” “Honestly, I don’t remember how I was feeling. I guess I felt numb.” “Well, you must have had a conversation or something when she made that announcement. Can’t you remember any of it?” “I remember feeling sad and I remember one day riding the train into work and—it was a rainy day—and the rain rolling down the window seemed to map onto the reflection of my face as I stared out. But really, that’s all I can recall.” “I find it hard to believe that you didn’t at least talk about it.” I would be willing to wager that while most of us know we have feelings, being able to  access those feeling is somehow altogether different and more challenging. When we were  children, f...