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Today ! I am prepared to be accountable to my goals, to my nutritional and health needs, to the awareness of my breathing. I love and approve of myself. I forgive myself for that which I’ve done (and would rather have not) and those things that I have omitted doing. I forgive others. I trust…

Monday October 24. You are in some section of the progress of this day. This is a canvas book mark created by Christine Mason Miller (also known as Swirly Girl). This day is no accident. It is a gift. It arrived at the door of your day: you didn’t order it, you were unaware of…

I will always think of one million zinnias when I look at this illustration for my book, US! CELEBRATING THE POWER OF FRIENDSHIP. I asked my friend, Kathleen, to help me choose between several very colorful illustration s of mine.  She immediately selected the zinnias.  When I attended her wedding it became very clear why…

If you are blessed, there are a few friends in your life for whom you would do just about anything.  And, then, when it was all over, you might be inclined to say, “It wasn’t a big deal…it’s my friend. I’d do anything…” Heroic acts or simple gestures.  Both find reason enough in the answer,…

How do you welcome your friend? Do you have qualifications?  Do your friends know that they can approach on certain levels, but not others? The friends that hold open their arms and embrace you, no matter what, are the friends you want to uphold, appreciate, honor and share your gratitudes with and for! US! Celebrating…

This is the OFFICIAL premier week of my latest book, US! Celebrating the Power of Friendship.  I’ve been dreaming about writing a book on friendship since I was nineteen years old.  I waited a few decades to more fully inform my experience! When was the last time you gave a friend of ours a flower…

Epiphany exists beyond the realm of reason. -mary anne radmacher – We do not cease to play because we grow old.  We grow old because we cease to play. – George Bernard Shaw – It isn’t the great big pleasures that count the most; it’s making a great deal out of the little ones. –…

None of us knew that Judah was ailing with a lung cancer.  Everyone that was fortunate enough to know my big black labrador retriever, Judah, just watched and learned. Didn’t matter how far from home we were, didn’t matter if the exercise romp had been long or short.  When Judah was tired of running, he…

Take a moment today to extend a quiet grace to yourself.  Perhaps you have been a little hard on yourself lately.  When your to do list is longer than your day, it’s easy to be critical of your own efforts.  Pause on that…and enjoy a little moment of kindness and grace. I became silent and…
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