POWERFUL

 The most powerful decision you can make, is to be happy for no reason.

FRENCH FRIES

 

FRIDAY NIGHT FIREWORKS

 

A BOY

 

9 DAYS TO GO

 9 DAYS UNTIL AUTUMN BEGINS

GRRRRRR

 I’m highly blessed. I know this for a fact. 

But some days I just feel grumpy and grouchy and 

GRRRRR!!!

MEG

 Happy Birthday my Cookie!

I love you ♥️

GOOD

  

QUESTION NINETEEN

Question:

List your 5 favorite movies of all time. 

Answer:

Return To Me

Sabrina

Several Brides For Seven Brothers

Pride And Prejudice 

The Unsinkable Molly Brown

MYSTERY OF LIFE

 

“The mystery of life is not a problem to be solved; it is a reality to be experienced.”

KENTUCKY ROADTRIP

 We took a weekend trip to Bardstown, Kentucky. The temperatures were way above normal, but the signs of fall were all around us. These are just a few of the things I saw! 

I WANT MORE

 ENOUGH IS NEVER ENOUGH 

I WANT MORE!

M.Y.

MORNING

 “I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic swaying somewhere behind the morning.” 

J.B.P.

TIME TO RESTRUCTURE

 

QUESTION SEVENTEEN

Question: 

List the last few times that you felt extremely happy.

Answer:

Holding my sleeping grandbaby in my arms.

Driving through the backroads of southeastern Kentucky looking at the amazing landscape. 

Having an in-depth conversation with someone I love. 

Putting time in my studio, just for me. 

Planning my next adventure. 

WORDS TO LIVE BY

“Learn from yesterday, live for today, look to tomorrow, rest this afternoon.”

– CHARLES M. SCHULZ

QUESTION SIXTEEN

 Question: 

What do you look forward to most in your week?

Answer:

I look forward to Fridays! Silly I know, but it’s still that teenage feeling…all great things happen Friday night into the weekend!

QUESTION FIFTEEN

Question: 

What did yo love most about your parental figure in your life? 

Answer:

I can’t really find any good qualities in my parents. I have very few good memories. They taught me what I never wanted to be. 

My maternal grandmother was a wonderful woman. I miss her very much.

My Foster Parents were truly wonderful people. They gave me the opportunity to have a normal teenage experience and to see what a healthy family looks like. I will be eternally grateful to them. 

QUESTION FOURTEEN

Question: 

What is it about your significant other that made you want to be with them?

What attracted you to them in the first place?

Answer: 

I think the thing I liked the most was that he learned and cared for my love languages and the things that make me happy. 

He understands that I need things to look forward to, that I need adventure and travel. That I need Friday night dates and dancing in the kitchen. 

He makes me feel safe and seen. He makes me a priority. That is something I never had before him. ♥️

NEW LEASE ON LIFE

Twenty years ago I sustained an injury to my knee. I saw a doctor, but life was happening and I was not the priority at the time. So I have lived with knee pain ever since. 

The last several years have become a true challenge. Stairs are a true issue. Walking, not too bad. But just standing up from my desk took a moment for my knee to get with the program. 

Last week I went to the orthopedic office and had some X-rays taken. To my surprise, my old injury is no longer my problem. My pain is being caused by some pretty lovely arthritis and best yet… bone on bone friction. 

Well, the doctor was great and told me the options and steps in the process. 

Then he came in with the largest needle I have ever seen. I was brave and did not cry, but ouch for sure. 

The dr said, I may get relief right away or in a couple weeks, or never. But I was to see him again in four weeks. 

I saw results immediately. Not just pain relief, but a total range of motion I hadn’t experienced in a very long time.

I no longer wake up with knee pain, I can climb stairs with no problems and I can even get down on the floor and back up again. Getting in and out of John’s tall truck isn’t an ordeal any more.

I don’t know what the next steps will be, but I am delighted to have the use of my knees again!

Hello new adventures!!!