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Peace is a chain reaction of love. - A First Grader
Each moment we can choose again -
to extend a hand; to smile and laugh;
to forgive and forget; to love and be loved.
I wish you happiness and health;
love and laughter; and peace and prosperity.
With boldest wishes for the Holiday Season and New Year,
Tess Marshall
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Happy Holidays to you and yours, Tess. May your New Year be filled with peace.
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Right back atcha, Tess! And ditto what Jill said.
Man, this commenting thing is easy!
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“Peace is a chain reaction of love.” This is brilliant. Kids are just so darned wise, aren’t they? Beautiful message, Tess.
Happy Holidays!!!
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That is a wonderful quote. Leave it to the child.
In fact, I often listened to the “stories” my niece would make up on the spot. I knew she was channeling brilliant wisdom. Indeed, there always WAS a pertinent message she was sharing, without even realizing it. Parents are just so lucky…
Wishing you all that’s beautiful, Tess, all the warmth of love and kinship, this holiday season. Merry Christmas!
Love,
~Julie
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Tess,
Being here is a gift. So today, I thank you for gifting this site to the world, sharing your amazing goodness with so many.
Peace and joy to you and your family.
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Happy Holidays, Tess! May you roast many marshmallows and be surrounded by chocolate.
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Thank you for your kind words on my blog post. Peace to you as you strive to be a “messenger of hope”.
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Hi Tess. I’m astounded by this first grader’s quote
Wishing you all the best this Christmas.
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Jill,
Thank you and peace to you as well along with wonderful success in all of your endeavrs in 2010!
Jay,
I only want to make life easier for everyone! My plan for 2010 is to ask for gentle lessons;)
Lisis,
Yes kids are brilliant. Maybe we should all shrink back to kids again!
Lance,
I say You’re Welcome!
Julie,
I spent most of my parenting years envying those without kids. Not something I’m proud of but I’m being honest. 4 in 4 years when I was so young was just plain overwhelming. However I sure enjoy every word that comes out of the mouths of my grandchildren. Even Mac’s teenage craziness is sweet to me. Probably because she couldn’t upset me if she tried!
Lance,
Joy, peace and love to you and yours! Your snowman arrived and it melted;)
Heather I see that I follow you on Twitter and finally went to your blog. I loved what I read!
Davina,
Me too! Out of the mouths of babes…
Tess,
Love the photo–definitely encapsulates joy and peace….miss my NY snow days:) There used to be a day I thought it was okay to just plop down and eat snow…
All that you share here is an absolute blessing. You’ve definitely helped to enrich and enlargen my life with your wisdom, humor, boldness…..
Much peace to you and your loved ones. And “gentle lessons”–I love that and am looking forward to seeing how that unfolds in your life:)
Oh Tess those are such beautiful wishes. Thank you so much and also to you. Happy Holidays
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Love, peace and blessings to you too, my friend!!
It was a joy getting to know you this past year. Here’s to more blogging to come!! Never-ending blogging, I hope.
xoxo
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Happy holidays, Tess!
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You are a light to many people. We are lucky to have you out in the blog-o-sphere teaching us how to be bold and extract joy from life.
I hope all your dreams come true in 2010.
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ya very very happy holidays to you and all of you as well i am new to this site just joined it liked it a lot its going pretty good nice topics as this one and i want to comment on this and now i have just done it thanks!
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Tess…thank you for the simple Christmas Message. You know I love “simple”. The time, effort and wisdom you have shared this year can have no value attached - it is priceless. Thank you for everything.
BTW…that 100 Day Challenge seems like an awesome way to start the new year.
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What a beautiful sentiment to enter with the new year! Thank you and blessing to you, too!
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Hi Tess - wishing you, your family and friends, and everyone - the happiest of times and the most successful 2010.
Your words say so much - and we all have so much to give, share and learn from each other -
Blessed times - Hilary Melton-Butcher
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Joy,
Your funny, I used to plop down and eat snow myself back in the day. In fact if there was a fresh field of it near me I may do that as well! Thanks for the compliments and happy holidays. You’ve been a gem in my life this year!
Evita,
I figured we could all use some beautiful wishes!
Jannie,
Yes here’s to another year of getting to know each other and more laughs. Can’t get much better than that.
Dani,
Same to you!
Karl,
Thanks and I feel your a blessing especially in the workplaces of the world. Shine on!
Zubair,
Welcome and thanks for stopping by.
Joy,
Your welcome. Happy 2010!
Hillary,
Yes we do and I’m glad we’re here for each other;)
Stephen,
What a wonderful compliment. Know that I appreciate you for coming by and stating that…you’re so kind!
Awesome post/wishes Tess ..The warning at the beginning of the post made me curious…Happy Holidays and I wish you love ,laughter, peace and prosperity too ..Thanks for sharing ..
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Beautiful poem…happy holidays, Tess and here’s to a bold 2010!
Dearest Tess,
Now thats brilliant writing
Peace, love and immense abundance are my Seasons wishes for you and your family.
Happy holidays my bold and loving friend
Lots of love and Hugs,
Z
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