I walked through a Publix parking lot this afternoon and noticed a lot of guys carrying flowers and balloons. Initially, this was a reminder that, on yet another Valentine’s Day, I am alone. But as I walked in and saw display tables lined with even more flowers and balloons, my thoughts turned elsewhere. I wondered… Read More Being My Own Valentine
This morning I woke up remembering this day 10 years ago as if it was yesterday. It was a day like any other, January 26, 2014. For some reason I was working from home which I didn’t normally do at that time. I’m in sales so my phone (hopefully) rings a lot. I picked up… Read More 10 Years Ago TODAY!
Weekly prayer list below: Gratitude list for January 15, 2024 – 1. Grateful for an awesome manager at the Sketchers store. 2. Grateful for an awesome home group meeting. 3. Grateful for not procrastinating on getting prep work done for a meeting. 4. Grateful for a nap. 5. Grateful for the incredibly beautiful clouds I… Read More Gratitude list for January 15, 2024 including weekly prayer list
Grateful for sharing something painful in a meeting I felt safe in. Grateful for a new attitude towards something central in my life. Grateful for acknowledging a success I have achieved that I truly didn’t realize until a meeting last night. Grateful for choosing to reach out to the CEO of a huge company regarding… Read More Gratitude List for January 3, 2024
Grateful for my workout… slowly getting back to it. Grateful for sharing my truth with my boss. Grateful for a wonderful conversation with someone that wants to start their own business. Grateful for my first day of no sugar. Grateful for a call from a very special friend and our years of sharing tears and… Read More Gratitude List for January 2, 2024
Grateful for waking up early and attending a 30 minute spiritual meeting online to start the year off right. Grateful for a call with my sponsor to catch her up on everything going on with me. Grateful for a call with a lady that is going to help me get my blog going again. Grateful… Read More Gratitude List for January 1, 2024
Grateful for going to my home group and seeing people I love. Grateful for meeting a lady at the meeting with 32 years in recovery and exchanging numbers. Grateful for being able to go grocery shopping. Grateful for being able to fall asleep in the midst of all the fireworks. Grateful for meeting a lady… Read More Gratitude List for December 31, 2023
Do you ever compare your insides to others’ outsides? For years I didn’t realize that was what I was doing. I learned what was causing it… For me, it was about not being spiritually centered. Anytime it happens, when it gets uncomfortable enough and I reflect, it always seems that is the reason. The most… Read More It’s Peaceful Inside My Own Hulahoop
79 of my former classmates met last Sunday night on Zoom for our 45 year reunion. I signed up and paid to go and then had what can best be described as an emotional relapse to the way I felt about myself and how I believed others perceived me dating back to 1975. Instead of… Read More My 45 Year Class Reunion via Zoom
I’ve done quite a bit of soul-searching this past week after reading many perspectives on the activities of late. I need to admit something that, looking back, is embarrassing to acknowledge. Growing up Jewish, I always thought I understood what prejudice felt like. Being told things like “it’s too bad they didn’t kill more Jews… Read More What Can I, as a White Person, Do?
