Good Things Come to Those in Recovery

I've been neglecting this blog lately. I haven't written very many posts in the last few months, and I don't have any legitimate excuses as to why, except that life happens. I've been really busy with some new things that have come along, Good things. Really good things that I have been spending quite a …

A Month of Gratitude – Update

For the month of July my Healthy Habit was gratitude.  Each day I focused on the things in my life for which I am grateful, and I did my best to post about it everyday, but I missed a few here and there.  This habit has been, by far, my favorite and my most successful.  After …

Gratitude – July 23

Happy Wednesday!  It was a good day today, with much to be grateful for.  It was much like yesterday, and the day before, uneventful, no drama and, really kind of predictable.  I really appreciate looking for, and finding, things to be grateful for on uneventful days.  It takes more careful observation throughout the day and …

Gratitude – July 13

I am finding that to be more and more true.  When I think about all of the things that I have to be grateful for, I am much happier.  Today, like all the days before it, was full of gratitude worthy moments for me. Austin and I went grocery shopping.  It seems like it's been …

Healthy Habit #7 – A Month of Gratitude

It's July 2nd, so it's time for a new Healthy Habit.   At the beginning of the year, I decided that rather than making resolutions I knew I wouldn't keep, I would try to develop some new healthy habits that would, hopefully, replace the not-so-healthy ones that I have.  For this month, I had one all …

Bring it on, 2014!

I wasn't going to write another post this week, but it seems that 2013 warrants some reflection.  It's been quite a year, and even though I'm not sad to tell it goodbye, I feel like I have had some victories that are worth celebrating.  I may not have felt victorious then, but hindsight sometimes reveals …

Happiness is…..what?

It's been a great day so far.  We went to our home group meeting this morning, came home and did our chores, and then took a nice long nap.  And now, mid-afternoon, we are enjoying a nice monsoon thunderstorm.  I love being able to open all the blinds and watch the rain pour down.  Not to …