The Braley Blog
“Pete’s Daily Connection”
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There Is Good In Every Day!
We hear it said so many times: “Have a nice day!” Truth is … not every day is going to be a good day. In fact, you may go weeks without what you would call a good day. However, if you look closely, you just might find something good in every day. I was reminded…
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Raising Grampy: Grammy and Grampy Come To Visit!
(“Raising Grampy” is an occasional series written through the eyes of 5-year old Liam. It started when Pete was providing daycare for his grandson in Virginia. Liam now lives in Texas with his mommy and daddy.) Hi guys! It’s me, Liam, and guess who came to Texas? Grammy and Grampy! They came for my birthday…
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Self-Inflicted Injuries Can Make You Feel Stupid
Have you ever injured yourself in a silly way? Yeah. Makes you feel stupid doesn’t it? The other night I warmed up some leftover Chinese food. My wife, Priscilla, was working a 24-hour shift so it was just me for dinner. I usually don’t cook a big meal when I’m by myself. Some nights I…
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How Long Can It Last?
The weather in Southern New England has been FANTASTIC the last few days or maybe it’s even the last couple of weeks! I’ve always felt like we have some of our best weather in September. For the most part the humidity is gone, the sky is a deep blue (except for the wildfire smoke that…
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One Day or Day One. You Choose!
Sometimes word structure amazes me. That’s probably understandable since I spend most of my time either writing or speaking for a living but I read something this week that was so simple, yet powerful. It was a meme posted by my friend Jon Stetson. At first glance you might think, “Huh! Cute!” Let’s look into…
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It’s Not Over, It’s Just Different
You may know, or you may not know, that I had a stroke several years ago. I consider myself blessed because I didn’t lose my personality and based on how some other people have been affected by their stroke, I’m doing okay. True, I still have some deficiencies and I can’t do many of the…
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Your Perspective Changes
I came across a quote this week that made me think. (That seems to happen to me a lot, I know.) “When you have more years behind you than ahead of you, you think about life differently.” I can think of a couple different reactions to that line. “Why are you thinking like that?” Or……
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Living In The Moment: Not Always Easy
My grandson is here for a visit (his mom too), and I was immediately reminded of how he always seems to live in the moment. My daughter, Sarah, and grandson, Liam, flew into Providence from Corpus Christi, Texas on Friday. They had pretty good flights although it was a long day. There is just no…
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What Can I Say? I Love A Good Meatloaf!
I know you might find this hard to believe but my children love to pick on me. Actually about a number of things but in this incident it’s my love for meatloaf. We went to Profile Tavern in Freetown yesterday. My son, Hunter Braley, was singing there so we met up with some friends for…
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Why Do We Get So Offended?
I saw a video this week from syndicated radio host Bobby Bones that asked why we get so offended. There are plenty of things that happen every day where someone gets offended. It’s probably always been that way, to some extent, but now we have the internet BLASTING stuff in front of our faces that…