A New Day; A New Way

February 19th, 2013
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They say that sharing is caring and I care so much about my readers that when I read the below post yesterday from the Bereaved Partners Support Group (@BereavedPartner on Twitter), I couldn’t wait to share it with you.
So many things in this article resonated with me: especially the idea of stepping into your fears and working through them to find something new in your changed life.
Healing and recovery happen.  It may not feel as though this natural process is happening to you but it is.  You must believe in a new way of life and even a … Read More

It’s A New Day

January 2nd, 2013
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Photo By Jonny Valiant I’m not making any resolutions for 2013. I feel when I do make resolutions that I’m setting myself up to feel bad if I don’t stay true to the resolution, no matter what it is. Instead, my goal is to try and treat each day as if it were a “new year” and do my best.  I expect that sometimes I will achieve my best in those twenty-four hours and sometimes I will not come even close. But the next day will be a new day and an opportunity to try once again to put myself… Read More

Happy New Year!

January 1st, 2012
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We will open the book.  Its pages are blank.  We are going to put words on them ourselves.  The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year’s Day.                       ~ Edith Lovejoy Pierce Happy New Year!  The idea that 365 days stand before us, fresh and unmarked, ready to be embraced is rather daunting. As I flip through my new 2012 Metropolitan Museum of Art calendar book that my Dad gave me for Christmas, I am hesitant to write in it because I want 2012 to remain unchanged.  What will this year bring?  Will I be ready?  How… Read More