I'm sure that most of us would agree that 2020 has mostly been a sh*t show. People have been sick, lost loved ones, lost jobs, and struggled with mental health. The pandemic has changed the entire way we live and interact. And for many it's not the only thing that has created struggles this year. [...]
Tuesday Truth. Number 50. I thought this quote would be fitting since I've just finished reading The Gratitude Diaries by Janice Kaplan. The tagline to the book is "How a year looking on the bright side can transform your life." I try to practice gratitude and search for the positives in less than stellar situations, [...]
Tuesday Truth. Number 49. As we move into November, and the autumn breezes begin to blow the leaves away, I move into the season where I become more consistent in reflecting on my reasons for gratitude. And as I move into that season, I'd like to take a moment to say that I'm grateful for [...]
They say the older you get, the quicker time flies. And I have to say that I agree. It seems like just yesterday that I was embarking on my year of "this is 40" monthly challenges and yet here I am today having already made it through my 41st year. As I shared on my [...]
Tuesday Truth. Number 10. Sometimes we can be like a record on repeat, just regurgitating words over and over. And like a broken record, the words become less meaningful. If this is you today, then stop uttering words ...just to go through the motions. Stop and realign. Are you living by the truths that you [...]
Aruba. I know that you all are waiting for photos from my trip to Aruba. They are coming. I promise. Photography. I'm clearing out computer space to import them. My laptop is already full and there's the moving of things to an external hard drive. I shot all my photos in RAW this time. I [...]
Silence. I wasn't going to post today. Silence. I'm having a melancholy day. It happens to me sometimes. Usually when things are racing along at too frantic of a pace or one of my teens is causing me internal angst, or it's winter (sometimes all of the above). As is often the case with melancholy, [...]
Gratitude. Gratitude is defined as the quality of being thankful. It is a readiness to show appreciation for and to return kindness. There have been numerous recent (and probably old ones as well) studies that show how practicing gratitude each day is good for our mental health. December tends to be a whirlwind of activity [...]
It's Friday. I can't begin to tell you how relieved that I am that it is Friday. This has been an exhausting week. Mostly because I've spent most of it in that "bordering on sick" phase. You know, the phase where you're coughing, congested, and have general feelings of malaise, but since you aren't [...]
Gratitude for Music. Today is Day 11 of my December challenge. I have pondered each daily prompt of gratitude. And I have taken photos. I have shared little snippets on my Instagram story. And I have journaled. I collected ideas and thoughts and felt grateful for this amazing thing called life. When I came to [...]
