Happy Thursday-Friday, Journeyer! I had a different topic slated for today, but then I received an exciting comment from blogger Live by Surprise. I’m surprised, humbled, and oh so happy to be have been nominated as a Very Inspirational Blogger this week! Liv’s comments on my blog posts are always one of my week’s happy highlights and I’m just plum … Read More
Chocolate is Salad, Happiness is a Smorgasbord
Happy Sunday, Journeyer! Right now, we’re returning from an out-of-town trip for Big Guy. I have to say that in this moment, as Warren drives through intermittent freezing rain and snow, I’m grateful that my boy doesn’t have use of his license right now. Chuckle… I guess there really are two sides to nearly every emotion… My youngest was driving … Read More
Healing and the Two Sides of Spirituality
One of the key elements in The Five Facets Philosophyis the spiritual facet. I chose the term spiritual over religiousbecause each of us is born with a spiritual essence. Though organized religion attaches itself to spirituality, our spirit is not linked inherently to organized doctrine. Our spirit is our very essence; at its core it includes things like our … Read More
Happiness is…
Happy Sunday-Monday, Journeyer! Fortunately for me, it’s a snow day today! The post I began writing seems to have disappeared when my computer did an automatic reboot. I wonder if I’ll ever learn not to leave a dozen started and unsaved windows open… No worries, though, because the thoughts will eventually come back to me in some new and refreshing … Read More
Angels, Friends, and The Fool
Happy Sunday (now Monday), Journeyer! It’s been an equally delightful and dreary week. The frigid temps forced me to break out my coat of all winter coats, a knee-length down parka, and my furry hat. You know it’s cold when I break out a hat. Brrrr… I especially miss sunshine this time of year… We arrived home one … Read More
Healing and the Two Sides of Time
Dear Journeyer, Earlier this week, I asked you to name one of the stumbling blocks that holds you back from healing, from living your best life, even in the face of adversity. One of our neighbors responded with a single word: Time. Oh, Time, what a two-sided hat you wear: Friend. Foe. It’s true, isn’t it? Sometimes the hands on … Read More
Celebrations
Happy Sunday, Journeyer! It’s been a week full of celebrations and settling down… Warren and Big Guy and I left for a North Carolina visit with my family on the 28th. With our hectic work and travel schedules, we’re only able to make that trip about once every year or two, so it was nice to gather at a … Read More
Bucket Fillers
Happy Sunday, Journeyer! I’m preparing this post from the passenger seat of our very loyal minivan! Yes, we’re on the road, again. Like my mother’s father, I give all of my vehicles a name, usually some form of Bessie, which is what I remember my grandfather calling his prized pickup. Our Bessie, a 2004 Chrysler Town & Country, started … Read More
Visions of Sugarplums
Journeyer, as most of you know, Christmas is my most favorite time of year. I love almost everything about the season: The lights… The sounds… The spirit of giving and that beautiful thing that is the gift of receiving… The wonderful smells that waft through my house be they during my holiday baking days, the ham cooking on our family’s … Read More
Loosening My Load and Christmas
Journeyers, it’s been a busy week filled with holiday preparations and putting the last touches on our #BestTeachersGifts Giveaway! I made a surprise presentation to the fourth grade classes at a Groton Elementary School, to an educator who definitely understands the pay-it-forward phenomenon… He’s going to share the items with the other two fourth grade classes! One of our … Read More