Leaps

What?  How could two months have gone by without a post?  Surely cyberspace lost the 60 posts in between, the ones I thought I'd posted.  Surely they didn't NOT leap from my brain to the page?! 


This is leap year and aside from the extra day this year, there are many things different in my life.  We have had a mild winter - my ideal winter, since I live in a climate with winter.  Not much snow, not much below zero batterings on my skin, no school closings, no "stock up now" moments.  


I am feeling more liberated in my ability to say "no", a lifelong lesson for me.  Ok, I've only taken baby steps, but those are steps I haven't taken before.  I am also learning to say "ok and thank you", when people offer me help.  This has also been a lifelong struggle for me.  (Ok, you say, you struggle to say yes, and you struggle to say no........what???!!!).  The struggle is all in the timing.  With the help of my adorable and wonderful house cleaner, I am also getting more organized.  Dorota just says, "let me do it and make your life easier".  Bless her soul and her thoughtfulness and generosity of time.  Kelly continues to make my life easier in ways I never imagined.  She is always thinking of me, and there to do the little things (and big things) that make me smile and never cease to please.  Like bagging up untold amounts of "stuff" from my garbage cans and taking them to the street, like offering to pick things up from the store, like inviting me to dinner (and enduring the disruption with bedtime for the kids that ensues when Nana is over).  Scott continues to be our primo chef, turning out unbelievably healthy meals, full of bursting flavor and love, making my life oh-so-easier, because I don't have to cook on those nights.  I have learned to accept help around the house from Phil, who continuously tries to make my life easier, in the little time he has between shifts.


So leaps, yes, I've been making them and am better for it.  Now if I can make the leap to serious writer......yep, that is coming, I feel it, I know it.....Stay tuned, great things are about to happen!

Packages

The beginning of a significant year means many things. It is the perennial blank canvas that we all have at the beginning of a new year. It is the recognition that my new year can start at any time, and move forward 365 days and conclude. But most importantly, it means that significance can change every day. Focus can change, life can be adapted, creativity can go where it darn well pleases, thank you very much. I saw two of my dear sister friends this weekend, each of who has their own creative spark (all of my friends are talented). I also took a trip to Iowa for a quick overnight stay at Phil's home in Iowa. My friend Marie observed yesterday that we are at the best places of our lives, we can follow our bliss, follow our hearts and enjoy the ride. I tend to agree. Seeing my son and his creative energy on Friday, time with friends and my love, seeing my daughter and her husband and family later today.....yes, this is my bliss. Adding pursuit of my creativity makes a significant package. So while I sit in this little country house in Iowa, waiting for my love to awaken from his slumber, I am able to formulate my creative plans for this year and write the first chapter of my significance for 2012. Life is great. Stay tuned, great things are happening all around me!

Significance

That is my word for 2012. I will strive for significance in all that I do, in all that I share, and all that I observe. Stay tuned for more info on this topic. Great things happening all around me!

New Year..........New Opportunities!

I am energized by the new year and all of the opportunities there are for me this year.  I attended a Patti Digh launch party (www.37days.com) tonight and have not been able to sleep........just energized with inspiration, ideas, opportunities.  Yep, there is that word again.  Opportunity........mine to create, mine to bring to fruition, mine to claim as completed and significant (yes, Patti, I did listen.........I am striving for significance this year rather than success).  I love the ring of significance.  Because in the end, that's what it's all about, did I make an impact?  What will I be remembered for?  2012........Opportunities.....stay tuned, great things are happening all around (and by) me this year!