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Christmas season growing up
As the Christmas season approaches, I always fall back into memories of the past. Often drowning myself in the negative thoughts of loss. Grief tugs at the future we lost, the things they will never see, the joy we can no longer share.
Memories swell as the room fills with the smooth sound of Johnny Mathis “it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas,” a favorite...

 
Week 28: The need for speed – running
Theme: Movie quotes
Craving that feeling that comes from an outdoor race, I was ready to sign up for the Twin Sizzler 5k when I learned my daughter had already signed us up for my birthday. I cannot remember the last official outdoor race I ran, but on July 4th, I finally had my opportunity to run. It was the perfect time to run, time for change, and time...

 
"Always keep your face towards the sunshine and let the shadows fall behind you" 
Theme: Movie lines and life 
July - Lessons from summer
We have barely touched our toes into summer, yet here I am looking for the lessons I need to learn. Maybe the education I want comes from the summers of my past. Perhaps it is because summer is our reminder to enjoy the outdoors providing more time to linger...

Grateful for this life - Happy birthday to me... 
Theme: Motivation
Week 26: Celebrating me (on this 26th day and 26th week)
In this season of my life, I am focusing on the ways to celebrate being me, taking the steps to uncover my place in this world. A place where I reveal and fulfill my purpose by living my truth. Through the years my purpose has transformed from figuring out who I was in...

Week 25: Putting in the work
Theme: Motivation
Time has left a peculiar questioning in my thoughts and I feel overwhelmed as I sit to write these words. The topic, putting in the work, was my theme I had planned for this week last November. The significance of the words come as a cue to the focus I need halfway through the year. In a season of transformation, my goal is to amend my life and...

 
Week 24: Tending list (halfway through)
I always begin a New Year with endless goals and motivation, but somehow since Covid, I am constantly restarting. Here we are, halfway through another year and I am still seeking change. This reminder of the halfway point in the year is not a judgement to me or anyone else, but instead, a reminder that no matter the date on the calendar, we can always...

Honest friends are the doorways to our souls, and loving friends are the grasses that soften the world. It is no mistake that the German root of the word friendship means “place of high safety.” ~Mark Nepo 
June: Motivation
Week 23: Lessons from a friend
Throughout my life, friendship has always felt easy. I meet someone with a common interest, and as we discover other commonalities our...

“Some of you say, “Joy is greater than sorrow,” and others say, “Nay, sorrow is the greater. ”But I say unto you, they are inseparable. Together they come, and when one sits alone with you at your board, remember that the other is asleep upon your bed.” 
― Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet 
Week 22: Don’t forget to write
A story of awakening appears as I reflect on the decisions...

 
May theme: Don't forget 
Week 21:  Don’t forget to laugh 
My mother-in-law Jane was filled with stories of laughter. She would find laughter in the toughest situations of her life and looking back I understand how it saved her. This became my inspiration. To discover ways to recognize the humor in discomfort.  I still giggle at the canoe trip we took in Cook Forest Pennsylvania where...

 
May theme: Don't forget to
Week 20: Don’t forget to dance
I’m going to learn to dance!  I constantly tell myself I will yet have not taken any steps to learn. This is my declaration to change that talk into action and learn a new dance. There are so many ways to learn, with endless videos that give lessons and step by step moves, there is no reason not to try.  My plan is to find a...