Counting Down to My Birthday!

This time of used to excite me as a child because I would be waiting to uncover gifts on Christmas. As I grow older the excitement has shifted from expecting gifts to celebrating my birthday and growing into another level of life.

This birthday coming has more significance for me as it is the closing of a decade and as I look back on the lessons learned, I am grateful. I have had to readjust and reevaluate what is absolutely important to me so I can focus my energy on those who matter. Myself included.

My goals for this new season is to continue to grow by facing old ways of thinking and removing or correcting them. Stepping out of my comfort zone so as to step into my gifts and all of that good stuff. Becoming healthier is always on my agenda so I don't even bother with the whole 'new year, new you' craze every January. I know I'm not going to anybody's gym in the winter (or the summer for that matter). But change and growth is afoot and I am embracing it all. Anyhoo, happy holidays and see you on the other side of this approaching solar eclipse!

A Pair of Pants...

It's a Saturday night in December. The last month of my third decade and I watched both of the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants movies. A pair of pants helped mend friendships after loss and heartache. I've always believed a good fitting pair of pants can make everything feel better.

I shed a few tears while watching these movies. I understood their painful moments as I have experienced similar pain one way or another in my short lifetime; this pain is what fueled some of my most intense poetry. Pain is a creative you-know-what. But at the end of that pain is a chance to grow and morph into something new.

Pain is the ultimate teacher and until you have felt her sting, you haven't grown. Allow your painful experiences to teach you. Open yourself to the lesson at hand. And even amidst the pain remember - today is always yesterday's tomorrow, so be great today!