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Hi... failte (Irish for welcome! and pronounced fall-thhha).
I'm a newbie to blogging, here just over a year, but what a great year it has been!
I've turned the corner to 50 recently and two things become more relevant...time and experiences!
Material possessions are less important! Using time wisely and truly experiencing each day holds a new significance for me!
If you wish..., a little of the back story...
I''m blessed to be married to a kind and loving man for 28 years, we have two children now 19 and 21.
As I approached 40 and searching for something more, whilst holding down my then part-time legal secretarial work, I trained as a voluntary adult literacy tutor, with the hope of helping adults improve their literacy skills and have a second, and better experience of learning!
However, little did I think that wanting to help others improve their lives would see my own life improve beyond measure also!
You see for years I found it difficult to know what to do as I watched our two children suffer at the hands of bullies. Their struggle began to change when I returned to education! Through education I slowly gained valuable knowledge, I grew in confidence and self-esteme and it had a ripple effect!
By 2014, aged 47 I had completed a Higher Certificate in Literacy Development and a B.A. in Adult Education. I love my work as an adult educator, particularly when adults trust me enough to let down their defences and 'let me in'. Then I can help them by getting to know what makes them 'tic' and what 'lights their fire!'.
As an added bonus along the way I've realised that I also have a love of writing and that writing is cathartic (providing psychological relief through written expression of built up emotions), both for my students and myself. This blog enables me to pursue that new-found interest and I've really enjoying reading your blogs, sharing comments, getting to know so many people and gaining new perspectives. I also like to share any little 'gems' of learning I've gathered along the way!
Thanks for sharing your stories and for helping me realise that it is all possible...and that together we write a truly better story!
Much love,
Marie x
January 9, 2019 at 7:53 pm
Yes Marie you’ve done the pingback correctly. It got me there … Dee is part of a team that post these prompts, I dropped out. This is the direct link to the site where the prompts come from Word of the Day Challenge … oh my pingback didn’t work but you can type that into the search on your reader.
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January 10, 2019 at 2:06 am
I don’t even know what a ping back is lol – great post!
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January 10, 2019 at 1:37 pm
So fun that you found a prompt to play along with. You did it right too. Pingbacks are a WordPress thing – here is the help desk post about it. https://en.support.wordpress.com/comments/pingbacks/
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January 13, 2019 at 8:13 pm
I’d checked the help desk post before but it didn’t really help…I need it step by step in plain English!!
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January 10, 2019 at 11:38 pm
You did the “ping-back” correctly! Good luck with Thriving not Surviving! 🙂
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January 11, 2019 at 10:31 am
Thank you so much for letting me know! My technology skills are thriving also!! 🤣
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January 13, 2019 at 8:25 pm
The link worked perfectly! 🙂
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January 13, 2019 at 10:14 pm
Thanks Caz!!
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May 3, 2019 at 11:26 am
I use to join in with Words Word of a day challenge too. Not daily, but I didn’t most times and when I realised there were no more updates, I was kind of sad. I have read nothing to see if they have stopped for a short time, or completely. But for how long it’s not been updated, I guess it’s stopped.
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