Thursday, July 14, 2016

Pandemonium Day by Merrillee Whren

From time to time several of the Sweet Romance Reads authors write fun and silly calendar days. I've talked about bicycles, chocolate, popcorn, pie and π, just to name a few. Today is pandemonium day. Pandemonium doesn't sound like something to celebrate, but let's take a look at this day that celebrates chaos and disorder. Sometimes I think my desk has an ongoing celebration of this day. 
You can take this day and recognize that pandemonium is part of life, but we can look for ways to find equilibrium as we deal with things that don't always go as we had hoped. Take a different look at the disorder in you life and try to reduce the stress by not trying to do everything yourself. Look on the bright side. The chaos won't last forever. I reminded myself of this when we were doing our kitchen remodel a few years ago. Here's the chaos.


Here's after the chaos.


We can't let the things overwhelm us. Let's take a lesson from today's celebration. Stop, take a deep breath and be thankful for the order that eventually follows. 
Is there something chaotic that you've been dealing with?
The first book in my Village of Hope series, SECOND CHANCE REUNION, recently won the Inspirational Reader's Choice Award. I'm giving away a copy to one person who leaves a comment. I will draw the winner's name on July 15, 2016 at 9PM PDT.
  
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Merrillee Whren is the winner of the 2003 Golden Heart Award presented by Romance Writers of American. She is married to her own personal hero, her husband of  thirty-five plus years, and has two grown daughters. Connect with her on her Facebook page and sign up for her newsletter.

15 comments:

  1. A beautiful kitchen remodel! Thanks for sharing the before and after photos. No chaos here right now. :-)

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  2. Melissa, we only have chaos in the kitchen when our granddaughters come over. The older one calls it "Grandma's happy kitchen."

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  3. I teach junior high..Summer is my break from chaos...actually I love teaching 7th
    and 8th grade, even though they keep me hopping.

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    1. Cathy, I used to be a teacher. I know what you mean.

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  4. I love second chance stories, and I think your remodel is beautiful. I'm lucky and have no chaos in my life, at the moment.

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    1. Thanks, Michele. Good that there's no chaos for you.

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  5. Looks great! A few years ago we remodeled our bathroom and I thought it was going to take forever. The chaos drove me crazy, but we got through it and now the bathroom is beautiful. Right now we are dealing with the chaos concerning my mother's recent fall and breaking her hip. Have to be honest I'm tired of the chaos, but I know we will get through it soon. Thank you for sharing :)

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    1. Lori,
      I pray you will get through all the chaos.

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  6. Yes we went all the way to the studs in our kitchen remodel - and so did the dishes in bathroom sink for 2 weeks and ate microwaved food since fridge was in dining room!!

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    1. Yours sounds just like ours. We lived in chaos for 3 months. We ate over at our daughter's house a lot.

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  7. Great remodel. Thanks for the before and after pictures. At the moment, no
    chaos. But there had been when we redid our front picture window, built a
    garage & deck and added a deck door in the dining room where Windows use to be. All worth the disturbance now that it is done.
    Carol Smith
    penelope223(at)yahoo(dot)com

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    1. Carol, it is worth the mess to have the final product.

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  8. Love the remodeling pictures! We recently experienced the chaos of evacuating two floods, and give God the glory we still have a home! Water level has dropped 9 feet from the river behind my house. Enjoying peaceful country days! :)

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  9. Lynn, I can't imagine dealing with a flood.

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  10. No chaos here. I am looking forward to reading SECOND CHANCE REUNION. I Like reading your books. Thank you for the opportunity to win.

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