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Have been told as long as I can remember that I am strong. I would tend to agree.....My life has been full of opportunities to use that strength, and those life circumstances to grow and evolve, to push myself beyond my boundaries and find new places to explore. There is a strength that simmers inside of me when life’s greatest challenges occur that I cannot explain. My latest challenge has been the catalyst to finally start my blog and find a passion to become a life coach to other women!  Helping them find a life they are wildly passionate about, like I have! Life is a gift and a treasure, and it is what we make it! We are not the things that come to challenge us, we are the choices we make in the face of those challenges! I LOVE MY LIFE and am never looking back and you should too:) If this sounds like it is for you! CONTACT ME FOR MORE INFORMATION! This is MY life and through all of it, I AM GRATEFUL! GRATITUDE CHANGES EVERYTHING! We can ALL do hard things that end up changing our lives! :)

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Tetris......

There have been a lot of moving pieces this week.....I have been preparing for the kid's summer party......I am a guest reader in the...

A pang of grief......

I have written freely about my grief that circles around......always giving it a voice.....and I do not think my grief is so...

The time is near!

It is nearly time for me to launch my women's series! And I have so many emotions......most of all I am excited! This sort of thing was...

The questions that make me wince........

I have written often about the questions my kids ask and my answers......the reality is that despite what their dad has done to me, and...

Half of a family........

Yesterday Mads said " let's do that as a family".......then she stopped herself and said well as part of a family.....or half of a...

Sunday FUNday...........

We started off yesterday going to church.....and each time we get to be at church and among all of those folks, and Pastor Niel, I am...

Neighborly things........

I have lived in this house nearly 8 years and haven't really met too many neighbors......just passing one another with a wave........or...

Midnight Meditation........

I have talked quite a bit about meditation in my life and the power it holds there now.....was just talking to somebody the other day...

Flaws......

We all have them right......things we do, or have deep inside of us that don't make us proud....make us feel less than......and I am not...

The places I have been.......

I was thinking the other day about our lives.....and that they are a tapestry, truly....of all the places we have all been....those...

Signs, love, and what lies ahead......

Yesterday was my sister's birthday as I had said.....and as I worked out, there was a dragonfly hanging outside my window......and I knew...

My sister's birthday.....

She would have been 37 today.....that seems insane to me considering she is forever ingrained in my mind as a teenager.....cannot ever...

More yes less no.......

That is my new motto.....and it is serving me well.....it is important I think to push ourselves to try stuff, while keeping our...

Betrayal bubbles..........

Grief is such a strange process........it is not linear.....just swirling about us......bubbling as it needs to......and betrayal is just...

Catching my breath......

The kids are with their dad this weekend.....it has been a whirlwind.......I tried to get them to bed a little earlier last night so they...

My kids........

My kids are my heart......they truly are.....hanging with them is one of the most comfortable things I know in this life......the three...

More kindness.......

We have been staying with Renee's sister's house, her name is Rachelle and her husband's name is Mike and they have been so kind to us...

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It never gets less amazing to see how Gabe touches people.....all of his life he has had a profound effect on those that encounter...

The kindness of strangers.......

We had such a fun day yesterday......getting to go on a pontoon boat at a lovely lake house.....pulling up to an ice cream place and...

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Have wanted to blog for as long as I can remember. Writing is my therapy. For years I have used my social media platform as an informal blog, and it was time to do the real thing......the catalyst being my husband walking out on us six days ago, seemed like as good a time as any to begin a brand new and brave journey! Recently I discovered that I want to become a life coach and help other women who have walked in my path! The sky is the limit and I am ready !!!😊

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For years, I have served as a helpful role to those seeking inspiration, help, or advice. In 2000, I finally decided to own that role and be intentional about it. I started writing about my passions, my thoughts, and curious wonderings about our society. I founded Gratitude Journeys Life Coaching with a mission to give others a taste of what goes on in my mind, and it has been a wild success ever since.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson 

"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”

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