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"The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living." 
52 Weeks of gratitude: Week 7
As I mentioned my brother Joe's Valentine birthday, with his death almost 15 years ago, a friend asked me to share my favorite story of him. This thoughtful question brought him to life in touching detail allowing me to focus more on his memory instead of his death, and I giggled as I recalled this moment...

 "What screws up most in life is the picture in our heads of how it is supposed to be."
52 weeks of gratitude: Week 6 
Throughout life, we are crestfallen when things do not unfold the way we had planned. I have found myself daydreaming responses before they actualize. Images of the future I imagine form in my minds eye before knowing the answer. 
All the possibilities that arrive when we land...

"I will never forget the moment they told me that your heart had stopped. Even though mine broke in that second, it strangely kept beating." ~ Zoe Clarke Coates 
52 Weeks of gratitude: Week five
It will be 20 years on Wednesday since my father died. I still grieve that loss...
3/12/44 - 2/7/98
Twenty years of reality rumbles painfully through me as the truth of your existence collides with...

"Happiness is the joy you feel moving towards your potential." ~ Shawn Achor 
52 Weeks of gratitude: Week 4
Hard to believe we are already into the fourth week of the New year yet I am still inspired by the power of gratitude and the happiness it brings.
Recently while listening to a podcast featuring Shawn Achor, I was reminded of the powerful ways in which gratitude can improve our lives. In...

Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world
~Saeah Ban Breathnach 
Taking care of myself has always been important, but without a routine, things slowly fall out of place. A missing piece to the puzzle leaving elements lacking. Exercise, but not choose healthy foods, choose...

"Be happy with what you have while working for what you want." ~Helen Keller
52 Weeks of Gratitude: Week 2
This week I am grateful for the power of habits and our ability to transform our life any day and at any time. Regardless of whether the habit is good or bad, the first step is the quest for change and since the day after Christmas, I introduced my goals with a new routine to connect current...

"What a privilege it is to have a body, to breathe, to walk, to be." ~Willow 
52 Weeks of Gratitude - Week One
Welcome to Week 1: Body
With the start of a new year, I frame my intentions towards who I want to become. This year I am returning to daily gratitude on this journey to a better self. Reaching for the opportunities brought by the clean slate of a New Year.
When focusing on gratitude,...

It is time to put aside your Eeyore tendencies and find your inner Tigger. While optimism is both genetic and learned, it is something we can improve if practiced.
Join me on a year-long journey with gratitude leading the way and watch your attitude transform. Both, thinking positive and surrounding ourselves with positive people make gratitude infectious. Find your people and uncover gratitude...
Reframe...

"All we have to do is decide what to do with the time that is given to us."
Gratitude: Week 52 (June 18 - June 24)
Did you notice how swiftly a year went by...
I did it, I completed (52 weeks) of documenting gratitude by cultivating lists of grace-filled moments each day and writing weekly stories on my journey. This immeasurable expedition of transformation and growth was a welcome shift to start...

"Gratitude is the vitamin for the soul" 
Gratitude: Week 51 (June 11 - June 17)
It has been a wonderful ride, goal, and commitment that even I  was unsure I would be able to complete. But here I am, with one week left to go both glad of sad that I am done.
I plan to continue my personal journals of gratitude because of the amazing renovations enriched within me, yet ready to move on to other...