Change Since I married my husband in 2015, moved to the Middle East, then repatriated back to Canada in 2019 – I feel as if I’ve lived a lifetime within these four fabulous years – because there was so much change. It wasn’t easy. At times, I felt like I was hanging on by my…
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55 Rules For Love – Rule #26 – Don’t Condemn Each Other’s Family and Friends
Need Some Yoda Wisdom This rule requires some serious Jedi wisdom, as navigating each other’s family and friends can, at times, be challenging. Photo credit – Pinterest Everyone Has An Opinion Yes, we do. But are my opinions of my husband’s family and friends based on loving acceptance or from the lenses of my own…
55 Rules For Love – Rule #20 – Communicate Openly and Honestly
How Do You Process and Handle Life? How do you and your partner process and handle life? My husband and I are very different. I tend to worry, am reactive and am very expressive. My husband lets life roll, for the most part stays calm, and keeps his thoughts to himself. When conflict arrises between…
Goodbye 2021 – Hello 2022
New Year’s Day Tradition Since 2015, when I married my husband and moved overseas to Qatar, I enjoyed a tradition of starting each New Year’s Day in a different country. I was able to start this tradition because Michael and I worked in education and during Christmas Break, we would travel. I’m allowing myself the…
55 Rules For Love – Rule #14 – Leave The Past Where It Belongs
Our past makes up the matrix of who we are in this moment. It is the past, our experiences that give us knowledge and wisdom in the present, in the now. Or our past can keep us trapped, stuck in repetitive cycles, like spinning tires in the sand – when we don’t let it go….
55 Rules For Love – Rule #13 – Live In The Moment – Be Present
There are many spiritual leaders and mindfulness teachers who have written a variety of books on the benefits of living life in the present moment. Eckhart Tolle, Deepak Chopra, Wayne Dyer, Jon Kabat-Zinn, Louise Hay to name a few… Living life in the present moment while married, as in all aspects of life, brings so…
May The 4th Be With You
Happy Star Wars Day! I hope you: Married your Han Solo! Have a Wookie for a Sidekick! While riding a horse, you were pretending it was a Tauntaun! Followed at least two of Yoda’s quotes! Envisioned what it would be like to drive an AT-AT or Imperial Snow Walker – especially during morning traffic! Tapped…
Just For Today – I Will Be Grateful For My Many Blessings
Love the Struggle Struggles, we all have them. Learning to love the struggle, well that is a bit of a challenge. Especially when I compare myself to other people who seem to have it all together!! I sometimes wonder if other people perceive me as someone who likes to be in the victim role, because…