Keywords: relationships
I miss that level of safety, of acceptance. It’s what I’m looking for moving forward. Someone to match my weird. To celebrate in it.
https://babycaniholdyou.blog/2026/09/17/how-i-want-to-be-loved

Keywords: Back In The Day , Celebrating , Family , Goals , Kids , Leadership , Marriage , North Dakota , Parenting , Rants , Relationships
So I cringe when I hear “You are lucky he is so hand’s on”, no the expectation is that we are both hand’s on. These aren’t my children, or his children, they are OUR children. My husband is not some fabled mythical creature who is rare to non-existent. He is my PARTNER. We are partners. Everything he does, I’ll do. Everything I do, he’ll do. We have a few things that filter more one-sided based on talent or preference, but there is no “women’s work” or “men’s work” in our household. To those who say, “I’m lucky he’s hand’s on”, I say “There’s no luck involved. I chose him and he chose me and we choose this every day.” There’s give and take in every relationship and Hubby and I decided at the beginning of this thing: that we are partners. So until the partnership is ended, there is no luck, only try.
https://nodakkelli.wordpress.com/2017/01/22/partners-in-time

Keywords: Diaries of a single man , Blogging , Diarist , diary , funny , humor , humour , Oban , Scotland , writing
An announcement in a recent edition of the Oban Times caught my eye. Sitting alongside adverts for funeral directors and a memorial sculptor was “a respectable matrimonial notice.” This wasn’t someone declaring the happy news of their marriage. Rather, it belonged to a 32-year-old American lady who was besotted with the idea of marrying a Scotsman and had placed a personal ad in the local newspaper.
https://acaricatureoflife.wordpress.com/2026/07/26/a-decent-proposal

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I’m a wife, mom of three, homeschool mom, entrepreneur, and lifelong learner. I earned my bachelor’s degree as an adult and am currently finishing my MBA while navigating family, career decisions, entrepreneurship, and the very real question of what I want the next chapter of my life to look like.
https://thejasminepivot.com/about-jasmine

As I wrote recently on one of my other blogs:
After much thought, I have come to the conclusion that I want to extend my interest in “Wants” (see http://Wants.Blog ) to more professional, career oriented “business interests“.
See “Business Languages” [ https://socio.business.blog/2026/10/04/business-languages ] By the way: since I write many blogs, in case you want to keep up with everything I write, it might make sense to subscribe to updates from my user profile (rather than individual blogs) — see https://wordpress.com/reader/users/internetonlineweblog 😉
Since such posts are also about wants — albeit wants with a particular orientation towards business, work (or also generally community-oriented interests), … perhaps with less of an individual perspective — I have also decided to share them here.
I am thinking to post new “profiles” I have added regularly (maybe weekly?). I am not entirely certain about anything — I am doing this in a spirit of “probieren statt studieren” (in other words: simply trying it out rather than over-studying it).
So this is my first installment! 😀
Latest profiles:

Keywords: Birth , Birthdays , Family , Winnipeg
Thirty-four years ago today I was in the early stages of labor with my first child. Although physically I was in agony, emotionally I was excited. All these months of carrying this baby in utero were about to end. I was finally going to meet this tiny creature who had caused me so much nausea and discomfort. My sleepless nights were over, or so I mistakenly thought. In actuality, they would continue for several more weeks.
https://iamkaren23.com/2014/11/23/those-labor-pains-were-so-worth-it
image source: https://iamkaren23.com/2015/05/09/second-week-in-the-peg

Keywords: Blog , let’s fight , listen to your body , Multiple sclerosis , together , workout
I created this space for the fighters. The ones who don’t want pity, don’t want excuses, just real strategies, motivation, and the mindset to keep moving forward. Whether you have MS, another chronic condition, or just life trying to knock you down, this blog is here to show you one thing. You can still be strong!
https://msfighter.com/2025/03/22/strength-pain-defiance-why-i-started-this-blog

Keywords: blogging , dailyprompt , Dreams , family , journey , life , monsoon , peace , sunday , writing
That inner peace is entirely about the people I love. I need to step away from this life knowing I am leaving a completely secure future for my family. That is the raw fire keeping me going every single day. I want them to have the solid foundation and stability I always craved.
https://threadtosuccess.wordpress.com/2026/07/26/a-legacy-of-inner-peace

Keywords: activities , How To , positive practices , positive psychology , retirement lifestyle , retirement vision
My current Retirement Lifestyle vision statement (below) is really defining the activities in which I engage. See link here on my review of how my vision statement was refined through my retirement transition to this current statement:
Active, Connected, Creative, Contemplative.
These 4 vision areas and my Putting Positive Psychology into Practice Tenets really define my daily, weekly, and monthly lifestyle!
https://retirementtransition.blog/2021/11/08/retirement-lifestyle-vision-statement-update