On being present.

It's easy to be present during the holidays.  

Rushing from shopping to wrapping to baking to entertaining... {notice how I didn't include cooking, because that's the husband's job} you don't have much time to think of anything else. 

But then you sit after the holidays have ended. Perhaps a little tired, and feeling that post-holiday down time to the nth degree.  Holiday dishes to put away, remnants of toy packaging littering the floor and thoughts of the other life responsibilities that come to mind.  

from The Secret Daily Teachings, December 24 

The thing is, it seems the tiredness of the holidays makes it harder to be in the present. Easier to 'space out', spend time on Facebook and lose track of goals. 

My goal for the rest of the week is to reverse that practice, and be in the present.  Spend my time being productive, being with my family and taking part in my passion: writing. Focusing on the most important things.  The golf balls. 

Learning to Enjoy Life More

Just a short time ago I turned 38.  I thought perhaps that meant I'd entered the 'second half of my life', but did you know the average life expectancy for a woman in the United States is 81?!

Go medical advances, go. I remember the days that it was somewhere in the seventies.  

Anywhoo.  My thinking was that I could create a blog that would detail how I want to make the second half of my life the best half. But since the typical second half of my life wouldn't actually start for about two years, I decided to just start doing it.  LIVING MY BEST YEARS.

Expect some inspirational quotes...because those are my jam.
And likely some devotionals that make me think.  Like this one: 

And if you know me at all, you know you are going to see story upon story upon story about my kiddos.