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The Courage to Recalibrate

I never thought that I would consider using the strange word ‘recalibrate’ as a part of my growth. I never thought that courage could show up quietly. And having so many years of living and experiences and failures and successes, and still finding myself sometimes not enough can be quite an uproarious moment out of time for me. A thousand questions take over my mind, studies say 60,000 or so a day…too much. “Get quiet!” I hear my grander self whisper. “Go outside and get in the dirt with your…read more

Where Love Is…

I think there is a milestone of accomplishment when all our children are all of a sudden married, in their own homes, with careers and/or babies and puppies. I reflect the past year—a whirlwind of sorts…everyone moving into a new home or back to an old one—that’s four homes! Two weddings and a refresh of a marriage of many years—that’s three major marriage events! I call this year an all inclusive, aside from the normal holidays and birthdays and anniversaries. Change and transition, major energy had shown up for all of us. Exciting…read more

a ‘wonder’ moment

Wow…the day after our family Easter event —so much fun and love and laughter and sharing and eating good food and playing with grand babies and grand puppies…and this time an Easter egg hunt, the first for the youngest almost two…She was trying to figure out what all the excitement was about, why the eggs, why they were hiding, and why should she want to find them. Then she ‘got it’! So precious…that ‘wonder’ moment! Have you ever held an event where there was so much high energy and excitement…read more

Reflections II

I am just now reflecting on my holidays…most of the month of December I had the flu that wanted to hang out with me for quite a while. I did not get my tree up until right before Christmas…highly unusual. But it was what it was. For Christmas Day, I felt fine. Many family and friends for Christmas lunch…grandbabies and grand puppies everywhere. By 5 pm that evening, everyone was gone, or down for a holiday nap. I had gone ahead and cleaned up the holiday dishes and left overs….read more

Take risks, Wise Woman…

Winter is coming on…The winter solstice is nearing. I remember my mama not wanting winter to arrive. I shared with her how Mother Earth sleeps during this time, allowing for her beauty rest to bring the magnificence of spring in March. She smiled and commented, “I never though about it like that.” I so miss my mama right now. This photo is our last party together—my beautiful youngest daughter and I shared a Christmas tea party with lovely Ruthie—my dad always said “she was the prettiest woman he ever laid…read more

An August retreat moment of surprise & spontaneity…

Posted by Sharon in baby boomer woman, breath, change, gratitude, journal, journalling, mid life woman, retreat, retreat, self care, spirituality, wise women

Pondering how lovely this August is here in my little valley in Kentucky…feels like a September morn (Neal Diamond can sing this to me any time, my birthday month!)…I have just completed a conference call and follow my intuition to stretch and visit the outdoors….walking barefoot on the grass still damp and glistening with dew…feeling the hush of the breeze all around me. It’s a slow walk with small steps, a breath here and there with the sunlight pouring down through all the shade dappled in my yard with my…read more

Walking the Wise Woman Way

Sometimes, when I need a moment… when my life seems a whirlwind… when my thoughts are running together… when the smallest detour derails my focus…when a grand chaotic moment pulls the rug from beneath me, I find that, if I just remember, if I stay conscious—I can walk the labyrinth, where the vibrational energy is so high and so calming… then answers flow…I begin to breathe and rediscover my sense of balance emotionally, mentally, physically and, of course, spiritually. I come home to my wise womansoul…that feels so good. I…read more

My retreat buddy

Sometimes a retreat may show up out of nowhere….It’s Sunday morning early. I’m sitting in my kitchen with my coffee in a cup that synchronistically reads, “Some people come into our lives and quickly go…some stay for awhile, leave footprints on our hearts, and we are never, ever the same.” I’m feeling the loss of two dear acquaintances two days in a row this past week….both surprises, way too soon, too early for either of them…I look down and feel my sweet lab comforting me, licking one of my feet,…read more

early to rise…

This morning I awakened early to the quiet beauty of a wintry morning…the sun shining through my window edged in frost. I arose feeling as if something wonderful was about to invite me into this new day. I quietly tiptoed downstairs to my office/retreat space and picked up my journal. I just wrote what was in my heart….all in a place of gratitude, appreciating the early retreat moment gifted me. I then realized that this retreat moment was graced in sweet spirit, my wise woman essence. So I…read more

a bicycle retreat moment

After my dad passed, my mama asked if she could get a bicycle. We purchased an adult tricycle with a basket…she toured the neighborhood at 85 years young taking gifts to her neighbors. She said to me, “Oh, I just love the wind blowing in my white hair. And when I come around that corner, you know, I just coast right into my driveway!” My husband and I now both have bikes. The treks went with us to the beach just last week. I experienced the wind in my hair…read more