Strong Journey

Fears conquered Heights have been something I have feared for as long as I can remember.  The feeling of falling has kept me from many adventures.  Not ever seeing any reason to push through and overcome this fear has allowed me to keep within my comfort zone and in control of whatever situation I might find myself.   A few years ago Charlie and I went on a backpacking trip to a place at the base of Mt St Helens.  The beginning of the hike was a beautiful trail along the edge of a cliff that led us to a vertical ladder.  As we approached the ladder Charlie said, "I didn't want to tell you about this for fear that you would say no."  He was right, I would have.  We had our backpacks on and looking down this 40ft ladder sent a sense of panic.  Not wanting to back out I began my decent.  Charlie had gone first and stood at the bottom to talk me down.  It wasn't near as bad as I thought it was going to be and there was a sense...

While in Hawaii we had the opportunity to ride this quad through the jungle, over the lava and then on to the sand.  We spent hours exploring the small piece of shoreline making up this beautiful Island, and what a thrill it was!  Charlie loves finding new places and exploring paths less traveled, so this was a dream come true for him.  Thinking back on this experience it struck me that we should live each of our days eager to explore every path we find.  Don't allow the bumpy road you might have to go over to detour or stop us.  With enthusiasm seek to find the hidden treasures waiting to be found.  Charlie actually found a large glass float while we were out there!  Instead of seeing each day as one that will be the same as the last, determine to turn each morning into the beginning of a 24 hour adventure that holds nothing but opportunity! Enjoy your journey! Monday:  10 minute warm-up     Upper body, core, and car...

The reset button has been pushed! I don't know about you but every now and then I need to reset.  These past few months I have really struggled to keep my head in the game.  Being extra tired but not able to sleep, having my hair come out in clumps, and getting sick three times in a month kind of took it out of me!  My motivation levels were dropping rapidly and I wanted to quit everything.  This isn't really a good place to be and I wasn't liking it!  Fortunately, a trip to the doctors determined that my thyroid was low, which explained most of what I was experiencing so that was good. But, it didn't mean I was going to get myself back in a day! Charlie and I had talked about going to Hawaii during Christmas break but after looking for a place to stay on Kaui and finding nothing I gave up.  Fortunately, Charlie didn't so off we went on Dec 26th and would not return until Jan 2nd!  It took me a couple of days to really settle in but once I ...

"It doesn't matter, because it's me!" Over the weekend we had our grandkids here for a sleepover.  When we're together I like to have crafts for them to do.  Our project for this time was Tye Dye shirts.  I explainded how to tie the rubber bands along with the option of making stensils that they could create whatever they wanted.  Our oldest granddaughter, Sophee, decided on stensils to write out the word LOVE.  She took the greatest care to spray the dye just right so the colors would be what she invisioned.  We were all so impressed with what she was creating and so was she.  Charlie was admiring all the work when he said to me, "look" as he was pointing at Sophee's shirt.  I didn't understand what he was referring to until he told me to look at the L - it was backwards!  Oh no, I wasn't sure what to do!  She was so careful in making it as perfect as she could and to point out a mistake had the potential of taking all that pride...