Why Community is Important

  “Community is the most important aspect of one’s life” - Linda Witte How did I get to this idea of writing about community...well, I sat down to write a post about my amazing trip to Fort Myers, (which by the way was amazing) but my heart just wasn’t in it at all?  I kept focusing on our little **community of travelers and the little tidbits of arguments and things that went wrong during the trip. I just couldn’t focus on the...

What is Trust? My Journey to Understanding

What is trust? My Journey to Understanding Trust is a firm belief in the reliability, truth, ability, or strength of someone or something...or at least this is the Google Definition of trust. Not too long ago, someone, I love dearly said to me, “I can’t trust you with my feelings.”  I understood that I made some poor choices and they were angry with me, I had apologized, and I was so confused with this statement.  How could I lose the...

Choices and Decisions – What Makes Me Who I Am?

Did you know that your choices and decisions create who you become?  Are you happy with who you are?  Sometimes I really hate myself, sometimes I love myself, sometimes I accept who I am and at other times I want to change who I am.  The bottom line is that we all want to be accepted for who we are and not for who people think we are. I am a 59-year-old woman.  I play many roles. Wife, mother, inlaw, aunt, cousin, friend, blogger, teacher,...

How to Forgive Yourself

How do you forgive yourself...this is a hard topic to delve into, but if the past two months haven't taught me anything, it has taught me to forgive myself. Sometimes you just need to put yourself in a time out for your own mental health! As I sit here in Tampa Florida, taking a mental break, I realize life is really great and I really needed this mental break to reflect and get back on track.  Being here in the sun (and some rain) and taking...