Dare gioia – give joy. Dare to be happy. Some of you know that this word is more than a word for me. It is also a vision statement. A name. I chose gioia to be my word for 2012 – and it was no coincidence. I do want to choose joy this year, but bigger [...]
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Jan 22
nesting
When I was a little girl, I used to get frustrated with other children when we were threading beads on strings to make necklaces and they had no pattern but just took whichever bead was closest, whether or not its shape and color matched the other beads on their string. I didn’t remember this, until [...]
Dec 31
2012
2010 was an in-between year. 2011 was anything but. My oh my, what a year. So many things have happened, in and around me. So many things that I can’t or won’t write about, that changed me forever. Cracked me open, if you wish. I have been exhausted, stressed out, terrified. I have cried harder [...]
Aug 14
reflections
I just spent an hour reading back through my blog, page after page, back to the beginning of this year. Exactly 7 months ago I decided that my word for 2011 was to be dare. I gave myself permission to be courageous. I decided to stop letting fear rule my life. 7 months later, I [...]
