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...

71 days….When the Week Kicks Your…

Problems are messages. ~Shakti Gawain~ Some days are good, and others are not.  It is the balance of life.  I understand that.  But for all the miles I have traveled, and all the lessons I have learned, it never ceases to surprise me when a day sucks me into a deep...

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...

Taking the Leap…It’s Book Launch Day

All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous unpremeditated act without benefit of experience.  ~Henry Miller~ Available on Amazon Leap Day.  That extra day smooshed into the end of February.  I like to look at it as having an extra 24 hours to be thankful....

Are you Living Your Life Like Punxsutawney Phil?

Alas! must it ever be so? Do we stand in our own light, wherever we go, And fight our own shadows forever? ~Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton Well Happy Groundhog Day! This is the day each year that we gaze towards a nervous rodent in a hole to predict the future. According...