The Truth About Your Comfort Zone…

We cannot become what we want to be by remaining what we are. ~Max DePree~   It’s less than one month until the fourth.  I always said I was not going to be one of those people who looked at the “day” with dread.  So, each year, I’ve tried to...

The Grateful Mother

I remember my mother’s prayers and they have always followed me.  They have clung to me all my life.  ~Abraham Lincoln~ For you fellow mothers out there, tomorrow is the day designed just for you by….who? It’s interesting, as I have often believed...

60 Days Left…Moment By Moment Change

‎Transformation is not five minutes from now; it’s a present activity. In this moment you can make a different choice, and it’s these small choices and successes that build up over time to help cultivate a healthy self-image and self-esteem. ~Jillian...

The Gardenia Bush

All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another. ~Anatole France~ I told them I was worried about them moving the Gardenia bush.  I stood...

Day 93-Love Thyself

Clear your mind of can’t. -Samuel Johnson Hitting the first week mark of the 100 day JOLT challenge, and we are still going strong. It feels good to have set a goal, and even better to have shared it with you all.  Putting it out there makes it real for me, and makes...

The 100 Day JOLT Challenge….

Accept challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory. ~George S. Patton~  It is 100 days until the 4th of July.  Some people would think that would be a statement of dread on my part.  After all, it is the anniversary of Stephen’s passing.  And, I...