Posts Tagged: journey

A New Project on Amazon

November 12th, 2014
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Hey there Resilient Readers:

This morning I am very excited to share news with you about a project which started last year and is now completed!!

It’s a new ebook about grief and I am included (Cry Laugh Heal is Chapter 21; don’t worry the chapters are short!) along with other bloggers and writers whose work I consider to be truly fantastic!  I am beyond flattered to be included in this wonderful project that we hope will help others in their grief.

The book is titled “From Grief To Greatness” and it was written and organized by a great guy … Read More

A Meaningful Monday

November 10th, 2014
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Hey there Resilient Readers! It’s Monday! While I too am saying “Uggg!”, I also am reminding myself that today is not a day to be hurried along just because it’s a Monday. Mondays always painfully remind me that the weekend has ended, but Monday can be a signal that a new week is at hand and the time is now. No day of the week can be taken for granted for we have no idea what life holds for us. The circumstances of our lives may not be what we thought they would be at this point.  You might have… Read More

Mornings of Good Karma

October 31st, 2014
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Wednesday night I was so tired I forgot to set my alarm clock.  Needless to say, I overslept by a half hour.  I must say I felt more rested Thursday morning than I usually do but that extra thirty minutes of sleep put me behind in the things that I usually do in the morning to ready to go to work. I looked at the clock and asked myself, “Do you really need to do all of those things this morning?  Would the world fall apart if you happened to do them later in the day?” I decided that some… Read More

Danny Meyer: One of the Good Guys

October 29th, 2014
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Danny Meyer Photo Courtesy BravoTV I have never met Danny Meyer but I have eaten at two of his infamous restaurants in Manhattan: Shack Shack, which now has a location in Washington, D.C., and serves great juicy burgers and tasty crinkle french fries and Blue Smoke which offers fantastic Southern food, especially barbecue. Danny Meyer is the author of an insightful book, “Setting The Table” and owner and founder of 10 outstanding restaurants in New York City.  Business is so good at his restaurants that most of them remain open today since the first day he opened them for business.  … Read More

A Fabulous Friday Mindset

October 17th, 2014
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By the time Friday arrives on my doorstep, I am usually ready to attack a pint of ice cream, preferably Ben & Jerry’s chocolate chip cookie dough. I sometimes allow myself this indulgence because after all it’s Friday and I’m using the ice cream as a way of patting myself on the back for having survived the turmoil of another work week.  I wouldn’t say that eating a pint of ice cream is healing in the classic sense, but it certainly heals my soul at a time when I need it. But also know it’s not good for me.  That… Read More

Greeting A New Day

October 14th, 2014
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Bodega Bay Coast By Michael Flick “Just take my hand, lead, dance with me… and I will simply follow the blueness of the water, the white waves rolling free… where the earth beneath my feet and stars make my heart whole again… in long and priceless moments of shared solitude…” ― Oksana Rus… Read More

I Am A Hopeful Sinner

September 29th, 2014
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So early yesterday morning I found myself sitting in church once again mentally going over the week that had just past. I was happy to be quietly sitting in my pew and even happier that the priest who was saying Mass was someone I enjoy listening to. As the familiar and comforting celebration of Mass unfolded, I began to think about some of the things that I said or did that I wished I could take back: times when I was impatient, times when I offered my two cents when I should have kept my mouth shut, times when I… Read More

The Ever-Changing Game of Life

September 22nd, 2014
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A Quote By Mary Oliver The wise quote above, written by Mary Oliver, seems on the surface to be expressing a rather obvious idea. Right? When I first read it, I almost dismissed it for I had brought Oliver’s thought into my mind too quickly and didn’t really let the underlying message sink in. Then I read it again and let it float around in my mind while I began to apply it to my own life. How many times do I go through the day rereading the chapter I read the day before?  In other words, if I keep… Read More

6 Unbreakable Sibling Bonds

September 2nd, 2014
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Today is a post giving you a little slice of my family life.  A shout-out to my brothers and sisters if you will. I am the oldest of six children.  We are four girls and two boys and are incredibly close in age: there is only seven years between me and my youngest siblings who are twins. I have written a lot about the healing gift of friendship and the important role that my friends play in my life but I haven’t said much about the healing gift of my siblings mainly because I know they don’t want to read… Read More