Sunday, January 27, 2013

For Heather.....

I just found out that your lovely grandmother died in the night and my heart aches for you...I am so proud of you for all you had been doing for her, especially after everything else you have been going through this year...
I watched you be such a strong mother when you found out that your beautiful 11 year old daughter had a benign tumor and needed to have a very delicate surgery done to remove it. I cannot imagine the fear you were experiencing. You handled it all with such grace...
I am so grateful that you had asked me to take some photos of Maquel before the surgery.
I think the world of you and want you to know just how proud I am of you and how very grateful I am to have you in my life!
You are an amazing mother, a caring granddaughter and an irreplaceable and priceless friend!












Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Asia....

I am sure most of you (if anyone still checks my blog these days) know the love I have for travel...I am considering taking a big trip this year and/or next and Asia is calling my name.
I am thinking
Cambodia
Thailand
and Vietnam...
I would love some info if anyone has been there and also if it is safe for a woman to travel alone.
Or if you have any other must go places you want to share with me!!
Thank you!


Monday, January 21, 2013

Favorite new music....

Ben Howard is my new "play over and over again" favorite musician. Thanks to one of my very best friends and DJ Andy for introducing amazing music to my life...Thought I would share!



Tuesday, January 1, 2013

Hello 2013....


Another year passed by so quickly... 2012 was a good year. 
No European adventures, or severing of relationships (or tendons) so it was not as "standout~ish" as the previous year in that sense.  But it was good year complied of smaller things....Hiking to Cecret Lake a few times with family and friends, Pumpkin carving and soup parties, Sunday morning breakfasts with friends, my nephews soccer and basketball games, girls trip to Arizona (the least amount of traveling I have done in one year in so long), weekend in Moab, nights in Park City, bike rides, running Ragnar with some amazing women, lots of books read, the decision to go back to school, lots of Yoga, Winter walks, Fall hikes, snowshoeing, cooking, the list goes on....And you know what I continue to realize....just how very lucky I am.   The people in my life are what make me so happy. If richness were measured by the family and friends we are blessed with in this lifetime, then I would be the wealthiest person on Earth.
2013 is here....I have not made a list of resolutions per say, but I know that it is time for me to forgive myself and move forward, it has been long enough to be so hard on myself...
I am ready to be open to dating again (that is so scary to admit out loud).  To be open to change and growth in my job.  To be open to going forward with school and maybe deciding on a major.  To regain motivation to run and have some breakthroughs physically.  To make some travel plans. To set aside fear and self doubt.  To look deeper inside myself and figure out what it is that I feel is stuck inside of me and let it out...
2013 is a blank slate for all of us~ There is no better time than now to take a step forward in whatever direction you want to go in your life!
Here is to an amazing New Year to all of us!