I used to think magic didn’t exist. Until I realized I was magic. Guess what? You are magic too… …so, do not put out your fire simply because someone else doesn’t understand your flame. You continue to surround yourself with the light, never losing hope, and go where your soul feels most alive. The world is full of magic that is patiently waiting for people’s senses to grow sharper…don’t dull yours just because they don’t understand or simply don’t believe. INSTEAD… Be The One… Be the girl they never saw coming. The one who calms and centers and truly claims their heart. The one who leaves a little glittery chaos…

This is dedicated to my trainer Shirley Shepard, and CLUB FITNESS who kick my ass on the regular and keeps me inspired on the DAILY… Hey all you beautiful, hopeful souls, those who love to work out and for those who don’t!!! Let me ask you something…Do you ever feel inspired and stuck at the same time? I know I certainly have…and yet, sometimes that “stuck” isn’t really STUCK at all…it’s more of a choice thing. On purpose and for a purpose! Believe it or not, us humans have our own innate way of dialing in our thought processes and that process is as unique to each one of us…

The past is gone, that aspect of your life is over, forget about any limiting beliefs associated with your past! Whatever it is, know that you can start again from wherever you are right now. Think about the desired outcome you want for yourself and then decide what you can do from here to achieve that. If you make moves and take action towards the things you want, you will end up more fulfilled than if you spend that energy lamenting over how you wished you’d done things differently from the beginning. Don’t keep rehashing that mental loop. “You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start…

Hey my dearest Sunshines!!! My writing often contains souvenirs from my life — a song I have heard, a quote I have read, a bird I have seen, a person I have loved, an adventure or a human experienced I have encountered — which I then write about. …and I am constantly seeking these experiences, however random, abstract, or perhaps extremely concrete… So a couple weekends ago I was staying at my aunt’s in downtown St. Pete. We were there for the Gasparilla Volleyball Tournament in Tampa, Florida — and every year, this is my opportunity to stay with my Aunt DJ. I love staying with her. It’s our little…

Well, well, well my sweetest SUNSHINES! Happy day today…or any day really!!! So as all y’all (yeah in the south, we say “all y’all”…it’s like the super size of y’all) have probably noticed, I talk about meditation and sunrises and practices and habits a lot and for a reason! I do my morning practice and while I have yet to become some quasi wannabe zen master (although this is an ever evolving process, so keep your eye on this lady)…this girl does speak a little Yoda – so here comes today’s offering! Know that moments of happiness are fleeting. They come and go, and being aware of this actually heightens…

EMOTIONAL DISTANCING: SEPARATING MYSELF FROM WHO I USED TO BE Amid all this social distancing, (which really should be called physically distancing) I can’t help but think about something that has been transforming in me and created some emotional distancing on my part, from myself…and the effect it has had on the progress of my writing… Can I be transparent? Throughout my years, I generally responded to life based on my emotions. I’ve never been one of those people led strictly by logic. The idea of trusting logic over my own emotion has always been foreign to me. If I am to take any action based solely on the constructed…

I read an amazing story about a “PAY IT FORWARD” circumstance that spontaneously occurred at a Whataburger this past week and it is a GREAT STORY! I have included the link above, so be sure to click and read it because it is proving to me, my theory of 2021 is unfolding as I type!!! I recently wrote and posted a blog about 2021 and in it, I wrote, “I am looking forward to seeing how 2021 continues to blissfully transcend us all.” This was based on a theory I hit upon…and it goes like this… “Yes, there is no escaping how unfortunate 2020 was, and certainly I wasn’t immune…

In the summer of 2009, I began a walk with grief that was unlike anything I had ever experienced. Yes, I had experienced the death of loved ones before and I was not immune to grief, yet those experiences were nothing like this. My world simply went dark and I felt as if I was drowning in my own emotions. What I thought I was equipped to handle, I was in no way prepared to deal with… At the time, I didn’t fully recognize there were things that saved me. My family’s love, my love for them, and my desire to create beautiful moments despite my constant flow of tears.…