Yankee Doodle Paddy

Guest Blogger Month II: Post #26

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Love KNOWS no bounds.  I’ll repeat that:  LOVE knows NO bounds!  By that I mean, all of us can experience it. Young or old, strong or weak, men or women, sick or well, feeling high or at our lowest, it doesn’t matter, ‘cuz love knows no BOUNDS.  If you watch commercials around Valentine’s Day they always show this perfectly curated sort of love.  Everyone looks pristine and happy, financially secure (of course, so you can buy those diamonds), and healthy.  However, often it is when we are none of those “Madison Avenue” creations that we need love the most.  Today I am sharing with you two amazing people who have been brave enough to come forward for the Guest Blogger Month of LOVE.  For Post #26 I am sharing the love stories of the beautiful Kerry and the lovely Paul. They have both had a rough go in life. They deal with health issues and yet still continue to love.  Part of that is because they have been shown love to them. When many in society run to the hills when someone suffers with mental illness or a physical disability, Kerry and Paul have angels in their lives to prove, yes LOVE exists!  I will share Kerry’s powerful love story first and let Paul reveal his after. And please, please, read these with a tender heart. Because one day surely we too will need one!

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Guest Blogger Month II: Post #24

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Today I am going to do something a little different.  Due to the fact that I have received more LOVE stories for this Guest Blogger Month than actual days in February, I will have to post a couple stories on a single day.  This happened last year as well, seeing as I had 33 guest bloggers. However, for today, I wanted to incorporate two bloggers together in one for Post #24.  Why?  Well for several reasons. Both Katie and Adrian are bloggers themselves and have published these stories on their own blogs.  As individuals, they are more alike than different, as they are both people of substance living a purpose driven life helping others. They defo get what LOVE in action means.  And since my own blog is called Yankee Doodle Paddy, this post today embodies that. The amazing Katie is from my birth home, the good old USA!  And the awesome Adrian is from my soul home, the emerald isle of Ireland!  Continue reading →

Guest Blogger Month II: Post #23

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Sian is one strong lady, inside and out!  I know this because she has participated in my #30daysofgratitude challenge two years in a row.  She is honest, to the point and the hardest working person ever!  She is the owner of Elite Pilates in Ireland and a total #girlboss.   But strong as she is, she has had her share of knocks that would take the wind out of the best of us.  What has kept her going? You guessed it, love!   I’ll let the awesome Sian, Guest Blogger #23, give you some insight into why LOVE wins! Continue reading →

Guest Blogger Month II: Post #22

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I won a competition!  I was so excited and also so surprised.  But then again you can’t win a competition unless you enter, right?  The competition was being run by a lovely lady I met through Snapchat.  I still didn’t know much about her but I loved her username: thesassysurvivr.  My prize arrived, yippee, but the best gift has been getting to know the amazing lady named Janelle. Wait until you read Guest Blogger #22’s  LOVE story of not only surviving, but of thriving!

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Guest Blogger Month II: Post #13

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I know many of us have had some exposure to autism. But not many of us have had to live with it day in and day out.  From afar it might not seem like fodder for a blog post on LOVE. But actually it is just the element that makes love appear and grow.  It certainly has in Kassandra’s heart and home. It is time for Guest Blogger Post #13 and may your heart appreciate her perspective on what “normal” is really like!

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Guest Blogger Month II: Post #8

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As I mentioned before, last year there were 33 Guest Bloggers for the Month of LOVE series. When I invited folks to share love stories again this year, I hoped some who shared last year might come back for a return visit. And so I was delighted when my dear friend Nicola from Simply Homemade Blog messaged to say she had a story she wanted us all to hear. I read it and boy was I in a flood of tears.  It is beautiful and it is an honor to publish it on Yankee Doodle Paddy. Continue reading →

Guest Blogger Month II: Post #7

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Offering up my blog to guests to share their experiences of LOVE is just as scary for me as it is for those who are bravely submitting stories.  You never know as a giver if people will want to receive.  But I decided last February when I started this series that each year I will do it anyway.  In spite of the nerves.  That is courage.  It is being afraid and doing it anyway.  And to my amazement people have accepted the invitation.  My heart explodes with joy to read and publish these incredible stories. Today’s Guest Blogger Post #7 is another example of a beautiful treasure.  Wait until you read Naomi’s love story!  Continue reading →