Week 23 – Luck o’ the Irish? Yes, please!
St. Patrick’s Day today, and there are all varieties of celebrations going on. Mom and I are just doing a quiet corned beef and cabbage dinner. For this week’s blog, it all brought …
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Week 15 – Tracking: Plan Wins Over Resolutions
It used to be an annual habit for me to set a resolution to lose weight. Didn’t work, but I finally found a way to make goals happen, whatever they may be. I took some time in 2015 to set …
Week 14 – Resolve to Drop Resolutions
Just as the tide pulls sand sculpture off the beach, most of our New Year resolutions disappear. Statistic Brain Research Institute found that only 8% of people who make resolutions are successful in …
Week 13 – Gifts of Christmas Present
On this Christmas Eve night, such a sacred night for so many, I am with my daughter as she recovers from surgery, watching every holiday movie we can get our hands on — and celebrating Love …
Week 12 – Tis the Season … of Family
This week for me has been about family, close and extended, and focusing on what’s so important about them. At the beginning of the week, my dear aunt passed away, the same day I caught a plane …
Week 11 – Giving Does Give Back
Five lovely years giving of my time, love and energy as a volunteer paid me back this week, literally. I received my first check as a team captain at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. I …
Week 10 – New Choices on Trial
Yes – in the court room! Our appearance was scheduled for Monday. I had wanted to give a young man a break to help him make something of his life. He wanted to rent the apartment and had two …
Week 9 – Ouch! Don’t Get Crushed under the Back Slide
Boy, did I blow it this week! As evidenced by being late on my blog post, just for starters. I backslid big time. And how did I realize it mattered? When an awful pain started in my BACK, then …
Week 8 – Little Wins, Grab Them, Hold Them, Love Them
So many challenges this week – get all the exercises done, mentally dismantle a battle ship, wipe out all electronic distractions, avoid opinions and go for 7 days stopping and substituting …