This is how to get from wherever you are right now to the life you want to live! All of it!
My training is "been there, done that, overcame it." Few people have gone through all I have & lived to tell it. Not only did I not take the common "out" - suicide - I've triumphed & learned, grown.
I was raised in a small town in the early 60s by 2 bisexual women back when that was unheard of, so I was an outcast in school. My father was a stranger I only met a few times in my life & when I did he was highly critical of me. My mother sexually abused me as a child & I had no safe places. That's just for starters. Now I have sole care of her & she's totally dependent on me except financially. I have to do everything except bathe & dress her, & actually have to do some of that too. Yet I've managed to forgive & come to love her, am at peace with having her here for now, as long as her health doesn't deteriorate further. I have limits to what I am willing to do, won't be a full-time caregiver. For one thing, I can't lift her if she falls, & I'm not a nurse. When her needs reach beyond my scope, I'll have to send her to a care facility. Until then, we're finally building a relationship of mutual respect for the first time ever.
I've also moved around a lot, have had to start over in new schools in new states, right in the middle of things. Once I lost half a year of school credit doing that, went from high school sophomore classes as a freshman back to junior high because we moved to an area with 3 year high schools.
As an adult I spiraled downward in my late teens & early 20s, thanks to the sexual abuse. I married the wrong man, had kids, was miserable. When I divorced him, he used the kids to punish me & I was largely unable to protect them. He put us through 2 custody battles that lasted 18 months each - hell for all of us. All mothers can appreciate all I'm not even going into here about what that was like. But I've forgiven him & we are friendly now.
I single-parented & worked full time on a shoestring for 10 years. I struggled to give my kids the best life I could - to provide what they wanted & needed & a good home life.
Then I married the wrong man again. Turns out he was Dr. Jeckle/Mr. Hyde plus wouldn't work. I had moved 2 hours away from everyone I knew & loved, gave up my job, my home, & my independence to live with him. He stole my mother's life savings - over $500,000 (I would have actually had a big inheritance!). I had to find the strength to put him in jail & end the bleed once I faced the fact he'd actually done it. Then I had to pick up the pieces - sole care of my mother, the debts, a house-full of mess & responsibilities he didn't take on, with no job & no money in the bank. But I've forgiven him, released him. That was just last October, & if you read the post from June 7 you see where I am today.
The point is: no matter where you are in life, I can relate. No matter what you've done or has been done to you, I can help. I can tell you how to overcome, step by step, & move on with your life. I can gently guide you into changes that will help you find peace, joy, contentment, fulfillment, & abundance.
My current client calls me her angel, truly believes that I am. She says I have the biggest & most beautiful heart she's ever known. She listens to me when I tell her stuff because she knows what I've lived & overcome. She knows I'm a triumphant survivor, & she wants that too. Of course I'm not going to give you her name, but I have references for those who need that.
I'm not anything special, any more than any one of you can be. I've had a storybook life, as in - all my adult life people have been telling me I should write a book. Instead, all I help are my book. I prefer to build people one on one at this time. I'll meet you at your point of need, personally. People are also amazed at all my various talents, & if you regularly read this blog you might be too. Just never try to compare yourself unfavorably to anyone else. You have no idea what it was like to walk in their shoes. When my life was out of balance, having many talents & the passion that goes with them was more of a burden than a blessing. And to whom much is given, much is also expected! My talents are finally nothing but excitement to me, because my life is coming into balance & I'm able to use most of them. My gift to you as a life coach, through this blog, through the products I make & the things I do, is to use these talents in service.
Angel Baby Ornament sample 1
Friday, June 10, 2011
Thursday, June 9, 2011
The Best Organics - Grow Your Own
Yesterday I posted lavender recipes. I plan to do more & more of that in this blog - recipes, tips, useful information. Sometimes I'll be announcing CWF products or services, like tomorrow - the other big announcement I promised. I post in response to... I pay attention to nature, what I read, hear. I try to give you what you want. Please send more followers my way. I believe they'll find value in these posts each week. I want to reach & help as many as I can through as many venues as I can.
When I use lavender it's what I've grown. So I have no problem eating it, don't have to worry about pesticides or whether it's organic, etc. Growing what you want to use & consume is so rewarding & you know exactly what you're getting. It's also way less expensive than buying. The other thing I always have on hand is chamomile I've grown.
If you have children, gardening is especially beneficial. Kids love to dig in the dirt with a purpose! They are thrilled to watch things grow, harvest, eat them. If you have room for a vegetable garden, it's a great way to get them to eat a variety. If you don't have room, consider using pots. Introduce them to a variety of veggies & herbs & it will stick with them for life!
I am so very proud of my 29 year old daughter in so many ways. Some things I confess she learned in spite of me or because of my mistakes. We all make mistakes as people & as parents. Most often, mothers deeply regret their mistakes. The great news is, kids learn from all of it.
One thing that pleases me to no end is that my daughter is an avid gardener. I love to hear about what she's planting, how everything is growing. It's another link in a wonderful bond we share despite many hardships as she was growing up. Every single little thing you can share with your kids is a gift! You never know what all will "take," so the more of the simple good stuff you can put in, the better. Kids also get things from other family members & those around them. When she was young I hadn't discovered gardening but her grandfather had an extensive garden in which he took great joy & pride.
I'm also very proud of the place my daughter has in our church. It's still "our" church even though I'm a state away & am lucky if I get there once a year. My kids grew up in that church. We were all very involved with the people in the church & the life of the church. They were & are our family. They helped raise my kids during the years I was a single parent. In fact, the kids thought of that church as their second home. It deeply rooted & grounded them. I'll tell you that I'm no longer a church-goer, haven't been since they left home & I moved away from that area, that church. But I gave them that foundation, as part of mothering. It was as important as dinners together, conversation, listening to them. There are many reasons I no longer attend church, mostly having to do with church philosophy vs. my own personal belief system. Instead, I've found a spiritual community outside the church that meets my needs & I pray from home or wherever I am the many times a day I want or need to. If I still had children in the home, I would pick a church for us though, for their needs. My son moved onto another denomination through his fiance, attends regularly, has found a true church home & I'm happy for him. My daughter moved back to the neighborhood where she grew up, & is very active in the church of her childhood. That thrills me to no end. I know she is home there, with the family who knows & loves her. There she has something of great value that few young people have - they watched her grow up, it's her home & family. Now she's a leader in that church, part of the newer generation. And I gave her that!
A final bit of useful information - anti-sunburn foods. Look at a rainbow & eat raw foods of those colors to help your body heal from the inside out. Fruits & vegetables hydrate your skin, which is needed during summer & winter - sun is drying, so is cold & wind. All it takes is 3-4 servings a day of apricots, pomegranates, broccoli, & tomatoes to boost the immune system & help prevent damage from free radicals. Green tea also helps. Other helpful rainbow foods are of course avocados, red & green peppers, cucumbers, bananas, oranges, carrots, greens like spinach, pears, apples, purple cabbage, & every kind of edible berry.
Did you know there are studies on how different foods affect your moods? The foods we eat affect every part of us, including how we feel each day, both physically, energetically, & emotionally. As I come across the most helpful information, I'll share it here.
When I use lavender it's what I've grown. So I have no problem eating it, don't have to worry about pesticides or whether it's organic, etc. Growing what you want to use & consume is so rewarding & you know exactly what you're getting. It's also way less expensive than buying. The other thing I always have on hand is chamomile I've grown.
If you have children, gardening is especially beneficial. Kids love to dig in the dirt with a purpose! They are thrilled to watch things grow, harvest, eat them. If you have room for a vegetable garden, it's a great way to get them to eat a variety. If you don't have room, consider using pots. Introduce them to a variety of veggies & herbs & it will stick with them for life!
I am so very proud of my 29 year old daughter in so many ways. Some things I confess she learned in spite of me or because of my mistakes. We all make mistakes as people & as parents. Most often, mothers deeply regret their mistakes. The great news is, kids learn from all of it.
One thing that pleases me to no end is that my daughter is an avid gardener. I love to hear about what she's planting, how everything is growing. It's another link in a wonderful bond we share despite many hardships as she was growing up. Every single little thing you can share with your kids is a gift! You never know what all will "take," so the more of the simple good stuff you can put in, the better. Kids also get things from other family members & those around them. When she was young I hadn't discovered gardening but her grandfather had an extensive garden in which he took great joy & pride.
I'm also very proud of the place my daughter has in our church. It's still "our" church even though I'm a state away & am lucky if I get there once a year. My kids grew up in that church. We were all very involved with the people in the church & the life of the church. They were & are our family. They helped raise my kids during the years I was a single parent. In fact, the kids thought of that church as their second home. It deeply rooted & grounded them. I'll tell you that I'm no longer a church-goer, haven't been since they left home & I moved away from that area, that church. But I gave them that foundation, as part of mothering. It was as important as dinners together, conversation, listening to them. There are many reasons I no longer attend church, mostly having to do with church philosophy vs. my own personal belief system. Instead, I've found a spiritual community outside the church that meets my needs & I pray from home or wherever I am the many times a day I want or need to. If I still had children in the home, I would pick a church for us though, for their needs. My son moved onto another denomination through his fiance, attends regularly, has found a true church home & I'm happy for him. My daughter moved back to the neighborhood where she grew up, & is very active in the church of her childhood. That thrills me to no end. I know she is home there, with the family who knows & loves her. There she has something of great value that few young people have - they watched her grow up, it's her home & family. Now she's a leader in that church, part of the newer generation. And I gave her that!
A final bit of useful information - anti-sunburn foods. Look at a rainbow & eat raw foods of those colors to help your body heal from the inside out. Fruits & vegetables hydrate your skin, which is needed during summer & winter - sun is drying, so is cold & wind. All it takes is 3-4 servings a day of apricots, pomegranates, broccoli, & tomatoes to boost the immune system & help prevent damage from free radicals. Green tea also helps. Other helpful rainbow foods are of course avocados, red & green peppers, cucumbers, bananas, oranges, carrots, greens like spinach, pears, apples, purple cabbage, & every kind of edible berry.
Did you know there are studies on how different foods affect your moods? The foods we eat affect every part of us, including how we feel each day, both physically, energetically, & emotionally. As I come across the most helpful information, I'll share it here.
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Lavender Lemonade & Sugar Recipes
The easiest way to see if you'd like to eat or drink something with lavender is to chomp on a bud. It's a unique experience. These recipes don't tell you what variety of lavender to choose. Just don't pick the ones like Spike lavender that have that strong pine smell. English Lavender (Lavendula angustifolia) is the variety preferred in cooking.
I love lavender so much that I'll try it in anything. I once had lavender ice cream & didn't care for it, but would try it again in another brand or try making my own. I've had lavender cookies & bread & they were so very good. They had lavender sugar on the top, which I love.
In all these recipes, you can substitute Splenda for the sugar. When I do that, I reduce the Splenda by a scant tablespoon per cup. I make my scratch cherry pie with Splenda, strawberry shortcake, etc. But I find if I use Splenda for sugar cup for cup it ends up tasting artificial. By experimentation, I came up with the reduction mentioned above. It doesn't reduce the sweetness, just that "funny taste."
Recipe #1
3 c. sugar
7 sprigs lavender (stems & buds), plus additional for garnish
2 c. fresh lemon juice (from about 12 lemons)
1/2 c. fresh lime juice (from about 5 limes)
Bring 1 gallon water & sugar to boil in large saucepan. Remove from heat, add 7 lavender sprigs, lemon & lime juices.Cool to room temperature, strain, chill. Serve over ice, garnish with additional lavender sprigs or buds. You can also use lemon verbena in place of lavender.
Recipe #2
1 c. sugar
1/4 c. fresh or 1 Tbsp. dried lavender blooms
1 c. freshly squeezed lemon juice
Lavender sprigs for garnish
In medium pan over medium heat, bring sugar & water to a boil, stirring to dissolve sugar. Add lavender blooms, cover, remove from heat. let stand 20 minutes to several hours. Strain & discard lavender. Pour into glass pitcher & add lemon juice & another 2 1/2 c. water. Stir well. Serve over ice.
Recipe #3
1 c. honey
1 Tbsp. dried lavender
1 c. fresh squeezed lemon juice
Combine honey with 2 1/2 c. water in medium saucepan & bring to boil, stirring to dissolve honey. When it reaches a boil, stir in lavender & remove from heat. Steep for 20 minutes. Strain lavender out & discard. Stir in lemon juice, add 2 c. water, chill. Serve over ice.
Lavender Sugar (or Splenda) - delicately flavored
2 Tbsp. dried lavender
1 c. sugar
Combine in tightly covered container, shake well. Shake every day for 2-3 days. You can sift out the lavender before using, if desired.
You can also do a 1/1 ratio of dried lavender buds to sugar. You want to use dried buds so you don't add moisture to your sugar.
I love lavender so much that I'll try it in anything. I once had lavender ice cream & didn't care for it, but would try it again in another brand or try making my own. I've had lavender cookies & bread & they were so very good. They had lavender sugar on the top, which I love.
In all these recipes, you can substitute Splenda for the sugar. When I do that, I reduce the Splenda by a scant tablespoon per cup. I make my scratch cherry pie with Splenda, strawberry shortcake, etc. But I find if I use Splenda for sugar cup for cup it ends up tasting artificial. By experimentation, I came up with the reduction mentioned above. It doesn't reduce the sweetness, just that "funny taste."
Recipe #1
3 c. sugar
7 sprigs lavender (stems & buds), plus additional for garnish
2 c. fresh lemon juice (from about 12 lemons)
1/2 c. fresh lime juice (from about 5 limes)
Bring 1 gallon water & sugar to boil in large saucepan. Remove from heat, add 7 lavender sprigs, lemon & lime juices.Cool to room temperature, strain, chill. Serve over ice, garnish with additional lavender sprigs or buds. You can also use lemon verbena in place of lavender.
Recipe #2
1 c. sugar
1/4 c. fresh or 1 Tbsp. dried lavender blooms
1 c. freshly squeezed lemon juice
Lavender sprigs for garnish
In medium pan over medium heat, bring sugar & water to a boil, stirring to dissolve sugar. Add lavender blooms, cover, remove from heat. let stand 20 minutes to several hours. Strain & discard lavender. Pour into glass pitcher & add lemon juice & another 2 1/2 c. water. Stir well. Serve over ice.
Recipe #3
1 c. honey
1 Tbsp. dried lavender
1 c. fresh squeezed lemon juice
Combine honey with 2 1/2 c. water in medium saucepan & bring to boil, stirring to dissolve honey. When it reaches a boil, stir in lavender & remove from heat. Steep for 20 minutes. Strain lavender out & discard. Stir in lemon juice, add 2 c. water, chill. Serve over ice.
Lavender Sugar (or Splenda) - delicately flavored
2 Tbsp. dried lavender
1 c. sugar
Combine in tightly covered container, shake well. Shake every day for 2-3 days. You can sift out the lavender before using, if desired.
You can also do a 1/1 ratio of dried lavender buds to sugar. You want to use dried buds so you don't add moisture to your sugar.
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
I've Fallen in Love!!!
Last week was phenomenal! It was a week of great growth, full of new gratitude, lessons, greater flows of energy.
I spent the early part of the week, starting the last Saturday in May, reading emails I'd skipped. I receive emails from several spiritual sites & wasn't able to keep up with them all in May, so I used the long weekend to start catching up. The result was a bunch of really great messages & lessons flowing into each other.
We all receive messages all the time, but we don't always listen. When we're ready, they're there for us or are repeated. Often we have to hear the same message at least several times in several ways before it "takes." What always happens though, is that when you're ready, if you're listening, the message is there or arrives then. And one leads into another, bringing you along one step at a time. I was ready & got a bunch of mine all in a string & it truly launched me into a true love affair with God, the Universe, & Life.
What made me realize it as such was the feelings that I've only felt once before. I hope you all can relate. I was actually in my mid 30s & divorced with kids before I found my one great love. Falling in love with him was like nothing I'd ever experienced before. To me he is exquisite, & my only experience with that word before was certain music (I was a passionate musician the first part of my life, so much so that I figured if you cut me I'd bleed notes instead of blood).
By Wednesday I was so totally in love that we even have a song, which helped launch the whole thing. Listen to "Fantasy" by Earth, Wind, & Fire. Look up the lyrics & read them. It's the story of my life now, plus the promise of what's beginning to happen for me! As any new lover, I listened to the song over & over at full volume when I found it. (Ask my kids what that's like!) I can't tell you how many times I've listened since. It's a long song & I'm beginning to know all the words, in order. I was so excited & in love I was bouncing off walls, couldn't eat, was so in my head & heart that I was floating. I was sobbing every time I listened to it (remember, I never cry at all - I've had lots of trouble really feeling my feelings). And every time I listened I got more meaning from it, more messages. I was soaring!
Let me tell you what being in love is like this time. I am so grateful to God for everything. I'm seeing how perfectly He's created everything & how He works in our lives, using even the worst seeming things for our best. And the more you recognize all this, the more gratitude you truly feel, the more you find to be grateful for until your heart overflows (for me, in tears). I ended up feeling smacked in the head (but it didn't hurt :) with a burst of gratitude for my present circumstances & even what brought me here. I realized that if I had a job & security, I wouldn't be learning that God supplies our needs. There's a lot of true value that's coming out of this situation I wouldn't have learned & experienced otherwise. And the more gratitude you truly feel, more good stuff comes to you, too! It just starts flowing!
Being in love means I feel at one with the Universe & all those in it - human, animal, mineral, plants, air, stars, etc. I have a new appreciation for all of it.
And I so truly love life! I used to think that there was heaven, & that hell was actually not a separate place but was life on earth. For the first time ever, I'm so very grateful to be alive! I'm so grateful to all that saved me from suicide the different times that it seemed like the thing to do. I'm grateful for every event, especially the painful ones, that brought me to where I am now. I'm grateful to every person who ever hurt me, as well as all those who helped me, gave of themselves to me, saved me.
Lots has led up to this but last week is when it all came together - the start of the greatest adventure I've ever been on. Last week I began waking with a sense of adventure, excited about the day ahead, the possibilities. Now listen, that's a big thing because I'm not a morning person!!! I'd been starting my days in the last few weeks by offering them to God to direct. Now I'm doing that with great excitement & anticipation.
I'm also falling in love with my self! I used to have such a terrible self image! But I'm beginning to see who & what I am, why I'm here & what I'm supposed to be doing - & doing it! I'm recreating & reclaiming my self. I even look different! It's incredible, but now I actually love looking in the mirror! I believe I look about 20 years younger than I did a few months ago, & I've dropped so much weight in such a short time! I can't give you my diet secret because what's happening is that my body is simply shedding the old & everything that isn't really a part of me & my future. It's also simply healing itself. (I'd gotten fatter than ever in my life, to avoid my ex's attention.) Anyway, for the first time in many years, I now see ME looking back at me in the mirror, the best me I've ever been. And I so love her/me!
Life is finally unfolding "beyond my wildest dreams." All my adult life I put those words into my prayers. In my heart, I knew what I meant. Little did I know, or even know now, what that really means. I only know that my whole being longed for something much greater than what I was living, something bigger, something universal & whole.
My wish for each of you is the same as what's happening to me - beyond YOUR WILDEST dreams!
I spent the early part of the week, starting the last Saturday in May, reading emails I'd skipped. I receive emails from several spiritual sites & wasn't able to keep up with them all in May, so I used the long weekend to start catching up. The result was a bunch of really great messages & lessons flowing into each other.
We all receive messages all the time, but we don't always listen. When we're ready, they're there for us or are repeated. Often we have to hear the same message at least several times in several ways before it "takes." What always happens though, is that when you're ready, if you're listening, the message is there or arrives then. And one leads into another, bringing you along one step at a time. I was ready & got a bunch of mine all in a string & it truly launched me into a true love affair with God, the Universe, & Life.
What made me realize it as such was the feelings that I've only felt once before. I hope you all can relate. I was actually in my mid 30s & divorced with kids before I found my one great love. Falling in love with him was like nothing I'd ever experienced before. To me he is exquisite, & my only experience with that word before was certain music (I was a passionate musician the first part of my life, so much so that I figured if you cut me I'd bleed notes instead of blood).
By Wednesday I was so totally in love that we even have a song, which helped launch the whole thing. Listen to "Fantasy" by Earth, Wind, & Fire. Look up the lyrics & read them. It's the story of my life now, plus the promise of what's beginning to happen for me! As any new lover, I listened to the song over & over at full volume when I found it. (Ask my kids what that's like!) I can't tell you how many times I've listened since. It's a long song & I'm beginning to know all the words, in order. I was so excited & in love I was bouncing off walls, couldn't eat, was so in my head & heart that I was floating. I was sobbing every time I listened to it (remember, I never cry at all - I've had lots of trouble really feeling my feelings). And every time I listened I got more meaning from it, more messages. I was soaring!
Let me tell you what being in love is like this time. I am so grateful to God for everything. I'm seeing how perfectly He's created everything & how He works in our lives, using even the worst seeming things for our best. And the more you recognize all this, the more gratitude you truly feel, the more you find to be grateful for until your heart overflows (for me, in tears). I ended up feeling smacked in the head (but it didn't hurt :) with a burst of gratitude for my present circumstances & even what brought me here. I realized that if I had a job & security, I wouldn't be learning that God supplies our needs. There's a lot of true value that's coming out of this situation I wouldn't have learned & experienced otherwise. And the more gratitude you truly feel, more good stuff comes to you, too! It just starts flowing!
Being in love means I feel at one with the Universe & all those in it - human, animal, mineral, plants, air, stars, etc. I have a new appreciation for all of it.
And I so truly love life! I used to think that there was heaven, & that hell was actually not a separate place but was life on earth. For the first time ever, I'm so very grateful to be alive! I'm so grateful to all that saved me from suicide the different times that it seemed like the thing to do. I'm grateful for every event, especially the painful ones, that brought me to where I am now. I'm grateful to every person who ever hurt me, as well as all those who helped me, gave of themselves to me, saved me.
Lots has led up to this but last week is when it all came together - the start of the greatest adventure I've ever been on. Last week I began waking with a sense of adventure, excited about the day ahead, the possibilities. Now listen, that's a big thing because I'm not a morning person!!! I'd been starting my days in the last few weeks by offering them to God to direct. Now I'm doing that with great excitement & anticipation.
I'm also falling in love with my self! I used to have such a terrible self image! But I'm beginning to see who & what I am, why I'm here & what I'm supposed to be doing - & doing it! I'm recreating & reclaiming my self. I even look different! It's incredible, but now I actually love looking in the mirror! I believe I look about 20 years younger than I did a few months ago, & I've dropped so much weight in such a short time! I can't give you my diet secret because what's happening is that my body is simply shedding the old & everything that isn't really a part of me & my future. It's also simply healing itself. (I'd gotten fatter than ever in my life, to avoid my ex's attention.) Anyway, for the first time in many years, I now see ME looking back at me in the mirror, the best me I've ever been. And I so love her/me!
Life is finally unfolding "beyond my wildest dreams." All my adult life I put those words into my prayers. In my heart, I knew what I meant. Little did I know, or even know now, what that really means. I only know that my whole being longed for something much greater than what I was living, something bigger, something universal & whole.
My wish for each of you is the same as what's happening to me - beyond YOUR WILDEST dreams!
Monday, June 6, 2011
Offering new service - Writing, editing, proofreading - & a free tip for bloggers
It's time to offer my services as a writer/editor. Everywhere I've worked I've performed this service, once was even hired as a technical editor. I've written & edited lots of brochures of various types, a speakers' bureau publication (biographical information & course descriptions), technical courses, & lots of business correspondence, even promotional emails. I've done some creative writing on my own but what I've done most is a whole lot of professional writing - marketing materials & purely informational communications.
You tell me what you want - describe what you want written - & I can do it. I'm concise & choose words carefully. I'm also a super editor - spelling, grammar, punctuation. I know my stuff, & have plenty of references if I have a question. You'd laugh if you saw my library of huge dictionaries, thesauruses, books on grammar & usage, etc. I've been told often enough that I have too many books but words are my "thing," especially the written word.
Thing is - what you present in writing from a business aspect, gives the biggest impression about you unless you're there in person. And we just can't all be in front of everyone all the time. Sometimes the written word has to speak for us - brochures, business letters, blogs, emails, etc. You miss your mistakes & I don't. I've never read anything a non-professional writer put out that didn't need editing! And I've seen plenty of publications that could have used some proofreading. You miss the mistakes but your readers don't. A few mistakes are acceptable but most of what I see really reflects poorly on the writer, & it's just not what you want to project when you're putting yourself out there in any form.
So the tip for bloggers is this - if you're blogging about a business, please read your blog from beginning to end before publishing. After you read the entire thing & correct errors, run the spell check. Only then do you hit "publish post." Every time even I read my blog through before posting, I find a few errors. I think faster than I type & sometimes I have more than one word flowing as I type so I end up leaving out a word, adding a word, using a wrong word. Spell check isn't going to catch any of that. Your blog should appear as professional as you are from a standpoint of correctness. Do what you want with content, appearance, ads. But make sure your written word always shows you to be educated & well-spoken. You always want to show that you're knowledgeable in your subject & mistakes distract from that impression.
You tell me what you want - describe what you want written - & I can do it. I'm concise & choose words carefully. I'm also a super editor - spelling, grammar, punctuation. I know my stuff, & have plenty of references if I have a question. You'd laugh if you saw my library of huge dictionaries, thesauruses, books on grammar & usage, etc. I've been told often enough that I have too many books but words are my "thing," especially the written word.
Thing is - what you present in writing from a business aspect, gives the biggest impression about you unless you're there in person. And we just can't all be in front of everyone all the time. Sometimes the written word has to speak for us - brochures, business letters, blogs, emails, etc. You miss your mistakes & I don't. I've never read anything a non-professional writer put out that didn't need editing! And I've seen plenty of publications that could have used some proofreading. You miss the mistakes but your readers don't. A few mistakes are acceptable but most of what I see really reflects poorly on the writer, & it's just not what you want to project when you're putting yourself out there in any form.
So the tip for bloggers is this - if you're blogging about a business, please read your blog from beginning to end before publishing. After you read the entire thing & correct errors, run the spell check. Only then do you hit "publish post." Every time even I read my blog through before posting, I find a few errors. I think faster than I type & sometimes I have more than one word flowing as I type so I end up leaving out a word, adding a word, using a wrong word. Spell check isn't going to catch any of that. Your blog should appear as professional as you are from a standpoint of correctness. Do what you want with content, appearance, ads. But make sure your written word always shows you to be educated & well-spoken. You always want to show that you're knowledgeable in your subject & mistakes distract from that impression.
Thursday, June 2, 2011
WATCH THIS SPACE NEXT WEEK
No time today for the 2 blogs I most want to do, probably not tomorrow either. I'm off to a grand party - my Shaklee open house at my friend's house! I'm so excited!!! I so truly love the people I know will be there! I'm all dressed in my finest, a new dress that's an old friend. A little tight, but it works. I haven't been able to fit into it in several years, so this is real progress & I'm thrilled. I'm becoming a slip of my former self!!! This has been a favorite since I bought it in the late 1990s!
WATCH THIS SPACE NEXT WEEK for what I think is so VERY exciting news! After I post, you'll have to tell me. But I can tell you this - it's entirely life-changing, if you let it be!
Love & peace, joy & abundance, & total wellbeing to all of you!
Jenny Lea
WATCH THIS SPACE NEXT WEEK for what I think is so VERY exciting news! After I post, you'll have to tell me. But I can tell you this - it's entirely life-changing, if you let it be!
Love & peace, joy & abundance, & total wellbeing to all of you!
Jenny Lea
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Gratitude
There are only 2 things on my mind today & they're both related. So I hope you aren't tired of hearing about the glory of God! I vowed to do this 5 days a week & I simply can't get beyond these thoughts today. I'll try to post again about a CWF topic tomorrow. Try, I said. I'm leaving myself an opening here :)
Ok, here are the topics: God answers prayers & gives us tons of small miracles if we're open to them, recognize them, are grateful. And tons of small miracles simply add up. The thing I'm most grateful for at the moment is my freedom, the life I have now, & my journey.
I've come so far! Today I got to change my drivers license & open a bank account in a new bank in my new name. It made me sing & dance with joy! Then I got home, very hot, & after bringing in all the groceries, went into my office & found my ex-husband's criminal file all over the floor. In the past my first thought would have been that someone broke in & ransacked the file. I would have been afraid, looking all over for whether anything else had been touched, was missing. Instead, I reasoned it out quickly & knew that one of the cats had been on my desk & knocked it off.
I am very grateful for my ex for creating my current circumstances. It hit me last night so hard it was almost like a bolt of lightning. I was practicing gratitude & just like Mary Hall says, once you start & get into it, it just grows & grows - you find more & more to be grateful about. I was into the stars, the trees, the cool night air, the quiet... when I realized my ex was responsible for bringing me to this place where I live, & the catastrophy that brought me to the spiritual place within me where I now live. And of course, that's when the gratitude about him hit. Don't get me wrong - I'm not grateful that he committed crimes against me & my mother. I'm not grateful TO him, I'm grateful TO GOD for what happened because of where it brought me.
If you don't know who Mary Hall is & you need the flow of abundance, or healing in your life, please contact me. I'm forever grateful to a friend who turned me on to a site that turned me on to her.
Today's small miracle is that it didn't cost me a thing after all to have an addendum printed for my drivers license with my new name. I still have the old license but I have a card that goes with it now. So it was free, & more valuable this way in case I still need to prove the old name as I'm switching things over, selling a 1997 Lincoln Town Car, etc.
It's not quite 5 p.m. yet & there may already be another miracle in the works for today. For one thing, when I opened the bank account the secretary suggested I apply for work at that bank - lots of branches in Pittsburgh & lots of openings, she said! Just last night I was telling God that if His answer for me is to go get a regular job I'm totally willing. But I asked that He make it easy to know where/how to look. Earlier this year it was not a good experience - confusing, frustrating, futile, time consuming. So I believe He answered my prayer today. When I sign off I'm going to the website she gave me.
Lately my life has become the most exciting adventure, with new lessons, growth, & insights every day - multiple ones! Now I'm awakening wondering what excitement is in store for me, sure there's more. I'm so looking forward to every single day of my life now :) And that's what I wish for each of you!
With great love,
Jenny Lea
Ok, here are the topics: God answers prayers & gives us tons of small miracles if we're open to them, recognize them, are grateful. And tons of small miracles simply add up. The thing I'm most grateful for at the moment is my freedom, the life I have now, & my journey.
I've come so far! Today I got to change my drivers license & open a bank account in a new bank in my new name. It made me sing & dance with joy! Then I got home, very hot, & after bringing in all the groceries, went into my office & found my ex-husband's criminal file all over the floor. In the past my first thought would have been that someone broke in & ransacked the file. I would have been afraid, looking all over for whether anything else had been touched, was missing. Instead, I reasoned it out quickly & knew that one of the cats had been on my desk & knocked it off.
I am very grateful for my ex for creating my current circumstances. It hit me last night so hard it was almost like a bolt of lightning. I was practicing gratitude & just like Mary Hall says, once you start & get into it, it just grows & grows - you find more & more to be grateful about. I was into the stars, the trees, the cool night air, the quiet... when I realized my ex was responsible for bringing me to this place where I live, & the catastrophy that brought me to the spiritual place within me where I now live. And of course, that's when the gratitude about him hit. Don't get me wrong - I'm not grateful that he committed crimes against me & my mother. I'm not grateful TO him, I'm grateful TO GOD for what happened because of where it brought me.
If you don't know who Mary Hall is & you need the flow of abundance, or healing in your life, please contact me. I'm forever grateful to a friend who turned me on to a site that turned me on to her.
Today's small miracle is that it didn't cost me a thing after all to have an addendum printed for my drivers license with my new name. I still have the old license but I have a card that goes with it now. So it was free, & more valuable this way in case I still need to prove the old name as I'm switching things over, selling a 1997 Lincoln Town Car, etc.
It's not quite 5 p.m. yet & there may already be another miracle in the works for today. For one thing, when I opened the bank account the secretary suggested I apply for work at that bank - lots of branches in Pittsburgh & lots of openings, she said! Just last night I was telling God that if His answer for me is to go get a regular job I'm totally willing. But I asked that He make it easy to know where/how to look. Earlier this year it was not a good experience - confusing, frustrating, futile, time consuming. So I believe He answered my prayer today. When I sign off I'm going to the website she gave me.
Lately my life has become the most exciting adventure, with new lessons, growth, & insights every day - multiple ones! Now I'm awakening wondering what excitement is in store for me, sure there's more. I'm so looking forward to every single day of my life now :) And that's what I wish for each of you!
With great love,
Jenny Lea
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