Welcome to

1001 Things To Be Happy About!

Be Resileient!    Celebrate Life!

Rebecca is a

mother, sister, wife,

problem solver,

writer,

and daughter of God.

I have lived all over the world, owned and run a variety of businesses, created and taught several classes on everything from Spies to Time Travel, written books and articles, homeschooled my children, and learned to laugh when the other option is… well, not laughing!

I love learning, solving challenging problems, creating new things, and going new places. Most of all, I loves my family and the gospel of Jesus Christ. 

Join me as we explore the joys of life, the quirkiness of being human, and the things that make us laugh and fall in love all over again. 

♥️

 

Rebecca’s Articles

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A Great Place to Learn More About Rebecca, Positive Thinking

and Resilency

Traditions!

Traditions They are powerful. Emotional. Binding. And deceptively simple to create. All you have to do is: do the same thing—say, cook blueberry pancakes for breakfast—at the same time each week or month or year—say, Sunday morning— with the same people—say, your...

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Ordinary People- Jeremy Renner

A friend called today and said she wanted to see Wind River, the new movie out with Jeremy Renner, Kelsey Asbille and Julia Jones. And I suddenly remembered—I’m in that movie! Well, sort of. I’m an extra, bringing my “daughter” to school in one scene, and at the park...

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Productivity Cheats

Productivity Cheats There are only 24 hours in each day, and until someone starts selling time turners on Amazon, that’s all we’re going to get. The good news is that 24 hours translate into 1,440 minutes in each day. And a lot of yours are going to waste. From time...

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Resilience– 7 Steps to Bouncing Back

Resilience  When hard things happen—and let’s be honest, they happen to everyone nearly every day!—learning to bounce back is key to happiness! I’d been married 25 years when I discovered my husband was not who I thought he was. As my heart shattered into a thousand...

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Silent Night

This year we made a short Christmas music video as our family's Christmas card. Merry Christmas! And may the peace of our Savior be with you all year. <3 Silent...

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And Is Kind

I went to Italy last week, and the trip was, of course, amazing-- in all the ways you are imagining, and in some ways I'm pretty sure you're not imagining. I went to church in Vicenza, in a small American military ward (congregation), and it felt like home. I looked...

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Reality

Tonight after CrossFit, where I’m getting better, I had a reality hit me.  I’m completely single. Not temporarily. Not for a moment, sort of a little bit single. I’m completely single. I looked around my bedroom and it was shocking. Everything is only,...

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Looking for the Dead Body

I’ve been on a roller coaster lately with great highs when something beautiful happens and I find myself soaring in the clouds, seeing the big picture and feeling so blessed I can hardly comprehend it.  And then the stresses of life hit me full force, my knees...

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