1. God
2. Friday afternoon going on forever
3. Friday afternoon memories
4. Hannah and David performing in the concert last night, grateful for their practice and that they have such supportive music teachers
5. WLG is working!!! Thank you Belle!!! :)
6. And thanks for saving my post, the electricity went off while I was writing it :)
7. Seriousness
8. Frivolity and acceptance of it
9. Simplifying after a couple of tries
10. Conversations
1. God
2. Helen’s gratitude and asking for help
3. More lovely writing from Belle
5. Had some computer problems myself, magically restored, I’ll never know, but grateful for cloud services and backups
6.Children who love reading
7. Good doctors helping my father
8.Phone call from my brother, didn’t matter what time it was
9. Sixth sense
10. Ode to Autumn
1. God’s Provision…Always
2. Having Dinner with Mom, just the two of us
3. Garrett’s insight to know just what question might be asked of me (and it was!)
4. Standing side-by-side with Amelia at the stove, each of use stirring and talking
5. Susan, who helped me wait
6. Bluetooth
7. this antiquated, backup laptop that still booting up when pressed for service
8. removable thumb-drives
9. the smart children at the Best Buy…thinking positive thoughts for their resusitation skills
10. Thanksgiving…in just one week!
At any given moment you (and I) have the power to say this is not how the story is going to end.
Very grateful for
An opportunity for, perhaps, change, escape, growth, and service
DVR’s of The Chew
A new book to read, a gift from Sue
Meals on Wheels—what an awesome service they provide
Marilyn and Nick’s enthusiasm
Three weeks without the air conditioning or heat on—saving$$$s
Exhaling
Learning about mulligans—and wishing we could take them off the golf course too!
The fact that you can feel the fear means you also have the courage to get beyond it. Otherwise, the fear would serve no useful purpose. ~Ralph Marston
1, God
2. Remaining calm
3. John C’s getting married
4. Liz and Tina helping me
5, An invitation from the student government
6. Beginning
7. Exercising some discipline
8. Belle’s insights which will help me with family members
9. Amanda’s wonderful writing about connecting and working with others
10. Staying grateful
1. For half the day, I thought it was Monday.
2. We got two closets cleaned out, and the big toy box in the boys room!
3. The freeing feeling that comes from getting rid of lots of stuff
4. Cooking with my boy…with delicious results
5. Winnie the Pooh
6. Board games
7. Being true to myself
8. Change
9. Helping
10. Going to bed early
1. God
2. Going with God
3. Belle’s miraculous insights, journey and activity
4. Helen sharing this which she embodies through her actions
5. Cassie’s coaching
6. John keeping in touch
7. Younger generation
8. Working through fear and doubt with help
9. Energy
10. “Energy is eternal delight” William Blake, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
1. Resilience has been something I have always wanted to attain.
2. When times are challenging, I do my very best to bring out all my resilient energies.
3. Last weekend, we took out every book, art supply, desk, Zentangle artwork, and piece of furniture from my beloved art studio and office apartment.
4. With the loving help of friends and family, this amazing move was accomplished.
5. Utmost gratitude to Rose, Dyan, Kevin, Barry, Tom, Maribeth, Mary Ellen, and all the others who helped with this transition.
6. My dear friend Holly, who is an Interfaith Minister, helped me clean the apartment and scatter blessings throughout it for the next tenant so they can have fun and happiness in that wonderful spot.
7. I have a million boxes to unpack, and I am pretending they are presents! I am still sorting for donations — yesterday afternoon, I unpacked 6 boxes and am donating 1 out of those.
8. It feels good to divest myself of things that others can use better than I can.
9. This transition feels like an integration, and it feels good, right, and smart.
10. And guess what? I am a resilient person! That is not a characteristic I have to long for any more — hooray! yahoo! yippee!