Comments on: Win a T-shirt with attitude. http://donnafreedman.com/2012/03/02/win-a-t-shirt-with-attitude/ Life is short. But it's also wide. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:16:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Allison Traughber http://donnafreedman.com/2012/03/02/win-a-t-shirt-with-attitude/#comment-17195 Allison Traughber Fri, 09 Mar 2012 16:41:55 +0000 http://www.donnafreedman.com/?p=3396#comment-17195 Wow! My sentiments EXACTLY! I think everyone needs this shirt.
Too often we go through our daily lives doing what we should but often spending time acting out of a reaction to things that happen to us. In 2007, I lost 5 special people in my life due to death, all within a 2 week period in April. I went to 3 of the 5 funerals. My mother past away in September and we lost our home to a wildfire in October. At the same time all of this was happening, my marriage was falling apart and my husband refused to do anything about it. I felt like I was married to a stranger on paper and hanging on because I had a 6 year old son who needed his mom to be strong for him. I dealt with one thing at a time and tried desperately to improve things with my husband for the sake of our commitment and our son. I soon realized that I was merely surviving each day and that is no way to go through life. We are blessed with this one life on earth and I did not want to waste another single day. I took the last insult from my husband that day. My turning point was when he put me down in a terrible way and I said to him, “How can you stand there and treat me like this when I have always shown you love and devotion?” His reply was, “Because I can.” — That was the moment I stopped hanging on. I decided I was not going to survive another day. I was going to stand up and thrive, not survive! I was not going to live “broke, stupid or lonely” and the only one who could change my circumstances was ME. I was sick of living in our furnished rental and not having a home to call OURS. I kicked my husband out and told him to think about what he wanted because although he would complain, he kept saying he didn’t know what he wanted to do. He wouldn’t try anything to improve our marriage but he didn’t pursue a divorce either. I felt like I was being dragged along and didn’t see how I could stop it. I reacted to my situation by hanging in and dealing with it, instead of standing up on my own two feet and changing my situation. The next morning, I started looking for homes online. Within a few months, I found a great bank owned home to buy which was valued at over $100k more than its cost. I bought it with my half of our insurance money and more wonderful things continued to follow. I created a new beginning for myself. I took online courses and met an amazing man to love, who truly cherishes me and my son. The most important thing I have learned since then, is that we are in charge of our attitude and what we do to improve our life. No one should go through life “broke, stupid or lonely.”

]]> By: Ann Marie Wood http://donnafreedman.com/2012/03/02/win-a-t-shirt-with-attitude/#comment-17194 Ann Marie Wood Thu, 08 Mar 2012 21:27:18 +0000 http://www.donnafreedman.com/?p=3396#comment-17194 I signed up to follow Surviving and Thriving on Facebook.

]]> By: Ann Marie Wood http://donnafreedman.com/2012/03/02/win-a-t-shirt-with-attitude/#comment-17193 Ann Marie Wood Thu, 08 Mar 2012 21:26:36 +0000 http://www.donnafreedman.com/?p=3396#comment-17193 I subscribed to MTN via e-mail!

]]> By: Ann Marie Wood http://donnafreedman.com/2012/03/02/win-a-t-shirt-with-attitude/#comment-17192 Ann Marie Wood Thu, 08 Mar 2012 21:24:09 +0000 http://www.donnafreedman.com/?p=3396#comment-17192 This is a great shirt! I’d love to wear it.

]]> By: okgirl http://donnafreedman.com/2012/03/02/win-a-t-shirt-with-attitude/#comment-17191 okgirl Thu, 08 Mar 2012 19:32:25 +0000 http://www.donnafreedman.com/?p=3396#comment-17191 Fabulous! Way better than those “Will Work for Beer” shirts. :)

]]> By: Dr Dean http://donnafreedman.com/2012/03/02/win-a-t-shirt-with-attitude/#comment-17190 Dr Dean Wed, 07 Mar 2012 23:20:16 +0000 http://www.donnafreedman.com/?p=3396#comment-17190 I’m linking to this on my roundup this week!

]]> By: Stephanie http://donnafreedman.com/2012/03/02/win-a-t-shirt-with-attitude/#comment-17189 Stephanie Tue, 06 Mar 2012 16:26:54 +0000 http://www.donnafreedman.com/?p=3396#comment-17189 love this shirt! lol would be a great convo starter don’t you think?

]]> By: Donna Freedman http://donnafreedman.com/2012/03/02/win-a-t-shirt-with-attitude/#comment-17188 Donna Freedman Tue, 06 Mar 2012 16:19:53 +0000 http://www.donnafreedman.com/?p=3396#comment-17188 @Jestjack: If you like the Facebook page, I think there’s a way to enter to win one…?

]]> By: jestjack http://donnafreedman.com/2012/03/02/win-a-t-shirt-with-attitude/#comment-17187 jestjack Tue, 06 Mar 2012 12:38:25 +0000 http://www.donnafreedman.com/?p=3396#comment-17187 If one wasn’t so lucky as to win a shirt…would it be possible to buy (perish the thought) one of the shirts?

]]> By: ImJuniperNow http://donnafreedman.com/2012/03/02/win-a-t-shirt-with-attitude/#comment-17186 ImJuniperNow Mon, 05 Mar 2012 14:56:15 +0000 http://www.donnafreedman.com/?p=3396#comment-17186 I’m assuming the saying on this shirt is a take off on Dean Wemer’s words of wisdom to the boys in Animal House?

I’ll take it! I’ll wear it everyday!

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