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Kindness is spreading sunshine into people's lives, regardless of the weather... 
The Year Of Focus: Week Two
Word of  the Week: Kindness
Kindness - noun
the state or quality of being kindIf kindness is a choice, why on some days is it so hard to choose? When I think about the times when someone interrupts my schedule for what they need, do I respond with kindness? Or when kindness does not...

 
"Diligence is the Mother of good fortune"
The Year Of Focus
Word of Week: Diligent
A couple months ago, I attended a weekend scrapbook getaway and had the opportunity to relax, visit and be creative  which instilled a sense of renewal when it was time to return to my responsibilities. During one of our conversations, I learned the phrase "Chop Wood Carry Water" which basically means, just...

Found this blog post from 2008 - thought it would be good for the New Year...
This is something I’ve been wanting to write for some time — a Handbook for Life. Now, is there any handbook that can be a guide to every single person? Of course not. This is just a list of tips that I think will help many people in life — some of them common-sense tips that we often forget about. Consider this...

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...