Or maybe Lessons of Wonder?

I’m back! I’m getting ready for the big day tomorrow. What a change that will be. And hopefully much more collaboration than I’ve had in the past.

Anyway, the fill-in-the-blank for today is… I’m grateful for the lesson I learned when… we all learn lessons throughout life and is there a way to put them in order of importance or what we’re grateful for? Would I be grateful to learn the lesson that I shouldn’t trust anyone I work for? Or maybe the lesson that living a life of back pain comes with sacrifices but it also requires a great deal of adjustments. But maybe another lesson would be simply learning to tie my shoes when I was four or the ABCs? Of course I’m grateful for those.

The one word journal for today is Wonder… Wondering is a good thing in life. Being curious is good for our brains I understand. It stimulates brain growth and enhances memory. As a writer, I’m always having to wonder because I put the what-ifs in play all the time!

Okay, gotta get back to unpacking and getting ready for tomorrow!

I’m starting earlier today!

Today’s fill-in-the-blank is Someone who’s always been there for me is… my mom! I have to say that because from my birth until now. Even now she’s here helping me pack stuff up! She’s always the person I can talk to. She’s always jumped to help out in a pinch.

The one word journal for today is Harmony. I’m not really sure the last time I felt total harmony! And in the choir I always sang the melody. It was up to the bass and tenor sections to add the harmony! Yes, I’m using it as a play on words.

It’s time to get back to work! And I have to pack these calendars up!

Never you fear, your post is here! Just spent the day packing!

The fill-in-the-blank for the day is Three things I’m grateful for this year are… Hmmmm… that’s kind of a tough one isn’t it? I can think of things I could have done without… but, okay, seriously. I’m grateful for having a supportive family surrounding me, I’m grateful for the new job and I’m grateful that I had the summer to spend writing not only my novel but for my job at the Goderich Sun!

The one-word journal is Abundance… I have done writing, in abundance and I’m loving it! I’m going to stick with that! There are things that are NOT in abundance that really need to be again so we’ll go with the writing!

Mom is here helping with some packing and we’re working on a puzzle so… later!

It took me THREE tries to get into WordPress just to write this and I have been boiling eggs so I now have only a few minutes left!

Tigger came out last night, came into the bedroom and cuddled with both of us for a while before disappearing. Now that I’ve left it will be interesting to see what he does in my absence.

The fill-in-the-blank for today is I feel hopeful when… and I feel hopeful a LOT but then things morph and I move on to feel hopeful about something else. It’s a lot, really, but hope, or faith, is, sometimes, all we have! And that’s how I feel right now since I feel so overwhelmed. Both Thursday and yesterday I got down to the beach. I feel so grounded there. I feel so light there! Like everything is going to be hunky dory!

The one word journal for today is strength. What is your strength? I think mine is resilience and there are times I wonder when I can just let my shoulders down, let everything go how it’s supposed to and not have to be standing up to repeat problems! What’s that song? I get knocked down, but I get up again… but I am getting too old to keep bouncing back.

Tomorrow I have a few calls to make!

Until then!

I’m happy to share that after a couple of days of thinking the best place for Tigger was back at the only home he has ever known he’s coming around. My mom came over and coaxed him out. He was so much more relaxed after that so I told her she has to visit frequently now! He’s more relaxed. He’s eating and drinking again and even using the little box! He seems to prefer scoping the place out after it gets dark outside… maybe he’s just not used to the light.

Anyway, that has been quite the Challenge which is today’s one word journal!

The fill-in-the-blank is Something I’m happy I did this week… it hasn’t been a very happy week for me! That said, I did get my articles submitted which I’m more than happy with and I’m preparing, mentally, for the new job. I guess I’m happy with Larry and I doing a jive last evening… however I don’t advise dancing on laminate/hardwood floors with cloth-bottom slippers on! I almost wiped out a couple of times but it was the happiest I’ve been, oh and taking some creative photos last evening! Will share one here.

Last night around 9:30 Tigger thought he would come out of hiding and he wandered around the living room. I thought this was a good thing. I went to bed, late mind you, but was happy that he was scoping the place out finally. Thought maybe we were at a turning point… but this morning he’s back hiding where he was and I feel awful! I feel like I have failed the little guy and I regret even putting him through all this. My mommy suck hates me and won’t even come to me and be with me and cuddle. He looks at me but then turns his head away.

Anyway, it has given me time to… publish The Letters That Survived! Which jives well with today’s fill-in-the-blank which is… My creativity is on display when… I’m publishing what I have spent months working on. And this was definitely a new undertaking having three and having to edit for consistency the whole time.

The one word for today is Reflection which I feel like I have been doing a lot of lately and I pretty much summarized that in my opening paragraph. I guess if I do reflect on my emotions they are in turmoil for so many reasons… and having spent these last months writing so much, I’ve realized just how much of my life that is! In so many ways I regret not calling Leo back last fall about the possibility of Haven of Secrets being turned into a movie. I couldn’t believe it at the time AND I had just started a new job. Is it worth still calling?

I guess the word for today should have been regrets! Which is not an option on this month’s calendar!

Today is an incredibly difficult day as I begin the process of transitioning. I don’t do change well… I never have. I know I have stated that many times but I think, since I’m most comfortable sharing that on my blog, that it’s an incredibly stressful day for me and I’m near tears as I type this.

The fill-in-the-blank is… Today, I choose to focus on a positive thing like… well, I’m doing my best to focus on getting Tigger into his carrier and take him up. And I pray he adapts well because I’m there with him. I don’t know how any of this works anymore. I haven’t moved cats since 2013 when we came here. I must say, though, that Chester, at that time, was 8 years old, same as Tigger and, because I was here, he adapted very quickly. I’m taking Tigger first though because he’s the one who lets his anxiety lead him to peeing on things. I’m hoping a fresh environment with no other cat or horse smells will alter that. I’m doing everything I can to breathe and pray that all goes well. Of course I have to be putting out my own anxiety pheromones that he’s probably picking up on!

The one-word journal is Opportunity… I have a new opportunity about to begin. I’m anxious despite discovering on Monday, that I didn’t do anything wrong at my previous job. But I’m still anxious because of what they did to me. I have the chance to rebuild a department and I’m terrified but excited about the opportunity.

Have you been joining in this month so far? Share if you wish to!

Combining the two today is a bit of a chuckle. But we’ll do that in a moment.

Today’s fill-in-the-blank is One way I helped someone is… The first person I think of is an employee I had who came to me asking, initially, for letters that she needed. Then, shortly before I was released from my duties, came the big one! She had a shot at a job that she’d actually trained for and I was her reference. She is now happily working at that job and I couldn’t be prouder!

The one word for the day is Intuition. That is something that I think I have down pretty good. Some people ask me how I know certain things and I have to admit that I really don’t know, all the time. I just get a feeling. I believe it’s a significantly higher power, in my opinion, who is speaking to me at the same time as so much has happened in my life that you become wary of everything. You take everything with a grain of salt.

Anyway, my little chuckle was that the two together said One way I helped someone is… intuition!

Yikes I’m up early! I want to attack book three and get as much done as I can today. I have other things to do today too but if I want to get the book(s) out then I have to make it as much of a priority as I can.

Today’s fill-in-the-blank is… I feel happy when… I am writing… I guess that’s one of the times I’m the happiest! And the happiest I have been these last couple of months being able to write!

The one-word journal for today is Rest.

I’m also happiest when I’m either resting, or I’ve had a good rest, which is rare for me. Although, I guess you could interpret that word, REST, as in THE REST like leftovers and we all have food we save and can’t wait to dive back into. For me that’s salmon. Now we have two ways to interpret that. Okay, seriously, it’s important we all get enough rest and the majority of us don’t. We can’t. When I’m writing, my body is resting but my mind is working overtime. It seems to be the right balance for me. So, rest up today, if you can. I have some busy days ahead of me so it’s the day to try and rest my body and get this book closer to the finish line for… YOU!