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Birds of a Feather

  • by Catherine Matthews Images
  • Posted on November 23, 2019November 23, 2019

Birds of a Feather
Sense of belonging is a beautiful gift. You owe it to yourself to find that place where you fit at your true self.

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  • Gratitude

The Appreciation Equation (You might want to sit down. Turns out, it’s exponential.)

  • by Catherine Matthews Images
  • Posted on October 5, 2019November 25, 2019

Thursday night I got the game ball. It felt so great!  In my dubious athletic…

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  • Change

The Busyness of Avoiding

  • by Catherine Matthews Images
  • Posted on May 23, 2019May 23, 2019

My father tore the carpet out of our house a few weeks before my sister’s…

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  • Inspiration

Seeing Through the Memories of Your Heart 

  • by Catherine Matthews Images
  • Posted on March 3, 2019

Our book club recently read the Pulitzer Prize winning novel, Less by Andrew Sean Greer.  It was a…

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  • Children

Kindergarten- Where we all belong.

  • by Catherine Matthews Images
  • Posted on February 23, 2019March 1, 2019

I started my day in kindergarten yesterday.  Every day that I get to be in…

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  • Change

Make a Habit of It

  • by Catherine Matthews Images
  • Posted on January 6, 2019February 9, 2019

It’s 4:15 AM and my REM-induced travels are abruptly ended by my clock radio blaring…

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  • Change

Empathy Gap – Don’t Fall In

  • by Catherine Matthews Images
  • Posted on November 6, 2018January 20, 2019

As soon as I shut the door, I knew. I heard the click of the…

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  • Gratitude

Of Grapes and Friendship

  • by Catherine Matthews Images
  • Posted on October 17, 2018January 20, 2019

Last weekend, my best friend and I recruited a few enthusiastic volunteers (our husbands and…

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  • Change

Adventure Days!

  • by Catherine Matthews Images
  • Posted on October 8, 2018January 20, 2019

For the last couple of weekends, I have been shooting my daughter’s senior portraits.  It…

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Girl and boxer pups sleeping on a sofa
  • Change

A Girl’s Best Friend

  • by Catherine Matthews Images
  • Posted on September 29, 2018January 20, 2019

I remember when we picked him up. After months of looking, we found him at…

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Icicle River Leavenworth Washington
  • Change

Making Memories Under the Big Sky

  • by Catherine Matthews Images
  • Posted on September 22, 2018January 20, 2019

The summer before 5th grade, my father took me on a week-long backpacking trip in…

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  • Change

Two Sides of the Same Girl

  • by Catherine Matthews Images
  • Posted on August 10, 2018January 4, 2019

When I was a little kid, I felt strangely like two different people.  In retrospect,…

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Colonial Cemetery Savannah GA
  • Change

Stronger Than I Thought

  • by Catherine Matthews Images
  • Posted on August 5, 2018January 20, 2019

It was a spring, Saturday morning in Georgia.  My father must have been away on…

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  • Family

Wedded Bliss (and the not so blissful parts that make it truly a blessing….)

  • by Catherine Matthews Images
  • Posted on July 17, 2018January 20, 2019

Next week, my husband and I will be celebrating 29 years of marriage. As our…

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Father and daughter on the beach
  • Grief

Nothing Left Unsaid

  • by Catherine Matthews Images
  • Posted on June 28, 2018January 20, 2019

I thought this post would be easier to write.  I realize that no matter how…

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  • Family

The Magic of Motherhood – Part One

  • by Catherine Matthews Images
  • Posted on June 20, 2018January 20, 2019

Being a mom is a humbling experience.  I have learned more from my daughter in…

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birds
  • Coaching

What the Best Coaches Know

  • by Catherine Matthews Images
  • Posted on June 7, 2018January 20, 2019

Despite sitting at one of those back-bending cafeteria tables, I found myself completed enthralled listening…

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Boxer Pup
  • Dogs

A Warm Welcome and A Wiggling Butt

  • by Catherine Matthews Images
  • Posted on May 31, 2018January 20, 2019

If you visit our house, you will get a warm welcome from the four-legged creatures…

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purple flowers
  • Life Lessons

Don’t Mistake a Flower for a Weed

  • by Catherine Matthews Images
  • Posted on May 27, 2018January 4, 2019

On a hot day in July in 1984 in Fairbanks, Alaska, I met the man,…

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Skagit River with boulders and trees
  • Family

The Truth About Lying

  • by Catherine Matthews Images
  • Posted on May 3, 2018January 20, 2019

My dad had a second story apartment in the Casa Del Rey overlooking Broadway.  I…

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baby
  • Family

Never Pass Up A Birthday Party

  • by Catherine Matthews Images
  • Posted on April 22, 2018January 20, 2019

I was invited to a birthday party yesterday.  I never pass up a birthday party. …

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elk
  • Inspiration

You Can Lead a Horse to Water

  • by Catherine Matthews Images
  • Posted on April 14, 2018January 4, 2019

Earlier this year, I had the opportunity to hear Manny Scott, one of the original…

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Greek man working at fishmarket
  • Family

Grandpa’s House

  • by Catherine Matthews Images
  • Posted on April 1, 2018January 4, 2019

When I was a little girl, one of my favorite things was spending the night…

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  • Family

My Heart

  • by Catherine Matthews Images
  • Posted on March 24, 2018January 4, 2019

My daughter is a junior this year. She is our only child. The good Lord…

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grave marker from famine in Annagh Ireland
  • Family

The Truth Will Set You Free

  • by Catherine Matthews Images
  • Posted on March 8, 2018May 11, 2019

I was two months into my first year in a new school when I found…

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girls talking on a ferry
  • Family

Making Things Right

  • by Catherine Matthews Images
  • Posted on March 3, 2018January 4, 2019

When I was a new teacher, I applied for a job in a small town…

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Alaska wilderness
  • Grief

Do It For A Friend

  • by Catherine Matthews Images
  • Posted on February 16, 2018January 4, 2019

As I was driving home from work tonight, Corey Hart’s Never Surrender came on. You…

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little girls 1967
  • Family

Don’t Cry Over a Chipped Tooth

  • by Catherine Matthews Images
  • Posted on February 10, 2018January 4, 2019

My daughter missed her dentist appointment this week.  In general, she is a very responsible…

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Eagle soaring over the Skagit River
  • Family

Don’t Miss the Joy in Grief

  • by Catherine Matthews Images
  • Posted on January 20, 2018January 4, 2019

I was sitting at Finaghty’s Irish Pub the night before we were to celebrate the…

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Grandpa having tea party
  • Family

Looking at Life Through the Keyhole

  • by Catherine Matthews Images
  • Posted on January 11, 2018January 4, 2019

Over the course of this week, as we prepare to celebrate my dad’s life, we…

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Dad with daughter 1960s
  • Family

It’s the Little Things

  • by Catherine Matthews Images
  • Posted on January 4, 2018January 4, 2019

I think at the end of a life, it is the little things you remember…

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Girls hugging Grandma at Christmas Party
  • Family

Growing A Family

  • by Catherine Matthews Images
  • Posted on December 17, 2017January 4, 2019

Last night I went to my favorite Christmas party.  I have been attending this party…

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Greek old man
  • Family

Love in Black and White

  • by Catherine Matthews Images
  • Posted on November 16, 2017January 4, 2019

I think this is my very favorite picture and that is saying a lot given…

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Birds of a Feather Sense of belonging is a beautiful gift! You owe it to yourself to find that place where you fit at your true self. https://catherinematthewsimages.com/2019/11/23/birds-of-a-feather/
Have you ever had one of those dreams that is so real you wake up with a start, gasping for air, heart pounding? Maybe it’s meant to teach you something. https://catherinematthewsimages.com/2019/10/19/when-dreams-are-the-real-deal/
The Appreciation Equation (You might want to sit down. Turns out, it’s exponential.) Practicing gratitude is good for your health & it's contagious! Spread a little gratitude around & you'll see what I mean. #Gratitude #Inspiration #SEL https://catherinematthewsimages.com/2019/10/05/the-appreciation-equation-you-might-want-to-sit-down-turns-out-exponential/
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