It is said, “If God brings you to it he’ll bring you through it.” We all go through something. These past Christmas’ were my time. The few Christmas’ before my father’s death, I was unsure where he was. Was he still in the hospital or at his family’s home? As my heart had to stand the pain of not knowing and wanting to say, “Merry Christmas & I love you, Dad,” I had to practice what I preached by praying…
Let’s be real, we already know we are not going to be part of the 8% of the people who will be successful with their New Year’s Resolution. That being said, it’s about a different mindset, not striving to be successful at what the collective wants. So with the holidays barreling upon us, some of us have that dreadful feeling about having to even think about what to resolve in our lives. Step One Think back to all the things…
What heals us is spending time with that emotion. It’s the process of letting the feeling of emotions bring forth specific ones and letting them surface. This allows all of those moments and experiences attached to our past, such as respect or disrespect, come to light. As we follow these emotions given, we revisit but not wallow in the hurt. Our job is to let these visions and reminders show us what feelings are next to being explored and released. When…
With Thanksgiving in just a few weeks and Hanukah or Christmas right around the corner, I feel the collective of loving mothers inhaling with anxious breaths. The holidays are coming which triggers of long lists with “to dos” in our minds. We may be asking ourselves, “How do we give our families the presence of peace during this holiday season?” How am I going to get this place in ship shape with work and the kids? We stop, look around,…
Do you feel like your family abandoned and turned their backs on you? Are you left out of your family with nothing but the weird memories? We see the Normal Rockwell painting and wonder, “Does anyone actually live like that?” More times than not there are people just like us who are living the same way. We read the memes about how much family means or watch someone heartbroken because their family member is missing or passed. We think, “Wow,…
What Are Frustrations For? Have you ever been confronted with so much frustration, it seems like one disappointment after the other? Sometimes we feel like we are so far off track and don’t know how to get back on. Well, I found out today that we have these frustrations and disappointments to show us the true meaning or lesson of life. While running back and forth to all the classrooms on a daily basis as I help out every day,…
Here they come again, those thoughts that you already let go. You thought you already let go of that negative thought or sad memory. You thought that you meditated and prayed enough to show the thoughts how to leave your head. You might be asking yourself why they are back. Think about the exact time when they snuck in, what were you seeing or talking about that made them come back into mind? What triggered those old feelings…
A Daughter’s Birthday As I frost my daughters’ cake, I start to think about how lucky I am to have her in my life. Birthdays for an adult child are so different than when they were much younger. There was the Winnie the Pooh birthday theme, pool parties with line dancing that was learned from their camping experiences every year in Maine, and the birthday parties with face painting and painting nails. All of those parties are wonderful memories to…
Rising Senior Athlete, Are you ready for college? ATTENTION MOMS of a rising high school senior! If your child is college bound, be sure to share the following with them. It is crucial to start your college applications and essays right now! There is so much to do right now this summer!! Share this with them or print it out and stick it on the refrigerator, but be sure they get started on these important aspects. As moms, go to…
Sit With It Sometimes things happen in our lives that make us upset or make us think that the universe is against us. Just because we don’t get what we want, we will get what we need. When negativity shows up or your expectations of something are not aligned with what we want, sometimes we have to sit with the emotions. We don’t necessarily have to relive them, but ask why they showed up. What are we supposed to learn…