Saturday, August 13, 2016

Stronger than Yesterday has MOVED!

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     Hello to All! We have moved our Stronger than Yesterday blog over to Word Press.  Our new address is  careyportell.com/blog .  We ...
Sunday, July 3, 2016

I AM Capricorn

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     Born on December twenty-fourth, I am a Capricorn, the tenth sign of the zodiac.       According to astrology.com, we are all about ...
Sunday, June 5, 2016

The Butterfly Effect

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No you didn’t! Yes, I did! No, you didn’t.  For Real, I did! I know!  I’ve always been the one to say I’d never get one and here I am ...
Monday, May 16, 2016

Boys Catch Girls

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      Rifling through a random box in my basement, I encountered this photo of my Gerald Elementary Kindergarten class.   There is no rea...
Tuesday, May 10, 2016

Everything I need to Know

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     Three weeks.  High humidity.  Arthritis flare-ups.  Pain. I can't shake it.  Rarely do my bouts last this long anymore, but I se...
Monday, April 18, 2016

How AgrAbility & Vocational Rehab Keep Me Safe while Working on the Farm

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     In late 2014, I attended a Women in Ag conference in Columbia, MO that was hosted by the MU Extension called  Pearls of Production . ...
Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Chronic Pain? Redux-it!

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     Any of us with chronic pain knows that there is not one "cure all" out there.  We use many different forms of pain relief pr...
Sunday, April 3, 2016

Driving by my "Moment in Time"

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It is mid-March, I am pale from never leaving the confines of my home and cabin fever has taken its toll on me.   Grocery shopping needs ...
Sunday, March 20, 2016

That Black Angus Bastardo............

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      I had a run in with our youngest bull, not my first, but my closest so far.  All turned out well, neither one of us is hurt, unle...
Wednesday, March 2, 2016

Amberley Snyder-Using Her Tragedy to Change the World

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      Early in 2015,  a suggestion from Instagram guided me to follow a pretty spectacular cowgirl based on others that were already in my ...
Sunday, February 28, 2016

A Journal to my Heart

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      Just like my blog, I've started, stopped, started again and I feel that now is when my heart is telling me it is time to write a ...