Loving, Spiritual Beings

We recently found out that our family dog has lost his sight. He is an 11-year-old miniature pincher named Max. He’s been with us since he was six months old. We’ve moved two times since we brought him home.  He has always adapted very well to new surroundings. To be honest he’s been a pain in my ass for almost a decade. He peas on the floor often. He was diagnosed with diabetes last year so now requires insulin injections twice a day. He is stubborn, , with an attitude. But we love him and at times even enjoy his company. Ha ha The diabetes has caused him to develop cataracts. 100% on one side, 80% coverage on the other, at the time of his last visit in November. He can’t see my hand in front of his face. He is now dependent upon his other sense completely. He knows how to navigate the house from memory so if we leave a chair out of place he will run right into it, snout first. The day we realized he woke up and could not see we called the vet to take him in. Thankfully his bl...

Brené Brown says    “ Shame cannot survive being spoken,” Brown says. “It cannot survive empathy.” and because I know this to be true I tend to share my Shame almost instantly. The sooner I share it with a trusted loved one, the less shame I will feel from the situation.  Yesterday I tackled a shame storm that has been with me for a year now. My bedroom closet has been filling up with clothes as I went through a weight loss journey from 2016-2017. I had been trying to sell clothes but it was slow going. I was filled with guilt for how much money I had spent on those clothes. Mind you, the majority of my wardrobe comes from Target/Meijer/Walmart and clearance shopping. Still here I am with 20 feet of hanging racks stuffed full from size 18/20 2XL down to a Small 4/6. So today I set out to get rid of what I believed would be 99% of these clothes. In reality I found only half of them were actually too big. I am down to about 10 feet of hang space now. I wanted to get it ...

A few weeks ago my pastor preached about practicing  daily Prayers of Examen. Certainly not a new practice to the world, but a new one for myself. I’ve been trying to use this method for the last few weeks and I find it to be helpful info using my meditation exercises. Nothing particularly extraordinary happened in my world today so I thought I’d share my day via my daily prayer of examen since I’ve not yet done today’s prayers. God, I welcome you into this space in my head and my heart where these words are traveling from. Thank you for giving me another day to be here on this earth. I am grateful for the time that I was able to spend with Nadine today. We had a good conversations about her return to school and campus next weekend. Thank you for your grace at my appointment at the clinic today. I’m thankful to have been able to attend today’s global outreach board meeting. I feel it was very productive and am excited about the plans that we have for 2018. Today I am especial...

Every year on New Year’s Day I follow my social media news feeds chock full of resolutions, goals, words for the year, etc. Instead of making resolutions I’d like to create a vision for what I’d like my life to look like in 2018. A page I follow on Instagram @yogajournal put up a post last week about taking inventory of your life before you create your vision. They recommended that the reader inventory the following items in your own life: *Career *Finances *Romantic life *Community *What part of the world you live in *Your home I am currently a Real Estate Broker/REALTOR in my professional career. I am also a mother of four which is a lot of work so I include this because being a mom is in line with a career in many ways! I make a good income running my own business, and while I don’t have as much investment as I would like for retirement I recognize that I am very blessed with what I do have. As far as romance is concerned-I am married, and my husband and I have had a ...