Navigate Changes

Soooo excited!!! My published book finally came out on e-formats!!! I’m so excited!!! 1/3 the price!!! Get it while it’s hot! Of course, the hardback, author signed book with free gift is also available on DowntheRabbitHoleandBack.com

All my office furniture in one small truck! Talk about downsizing!!! Wish me luck on the move in of what I hope is my final covid induced move!!

Keep writing!!! It’s your show!!!

So it’s been Spring break and I use quotes cuz it hasn’t been for me. My daughter has been off but I have been on duty. Driving, coordinating etc. my time has not been my own. Today she is going to the beach with all of her friends all day and I find I’m so used to being on that I don’t know how to slow down now that I’m not an Uber driver. ... It’s ridiculous that I can’t seem to slow down as I see this whole day in front of me with nothing to fill it!!! I feel wired and like I should be ON! The house is a mess so I should clean, I should do laundry, I should wash the dog, etc. etc. etc. It’s like I get so busy that I go into auto pilot busy. But I do have a choice. I can go for a walk, meditate, pray, read, relax. It can all wait and I can have one down day. I can relax even if I have to force myself out of the busy mode and into relax mode. It’s a choice, but I have to consciously make it!

Important to remember!!!

Calm can see you through the tough times.

How come we don’t collectively talk about dying, death and grieving in an open communicative way? It seems to me it should be, so that we aren’t so taken aback when it happens or floundering for a way though. I had a dream last night about my dad dying. He passed January 2019. Still seems only a year has passed not two. ... I remember feeling almost a paralyzing vacuum where I was just existing, while the world went on about me at a dizzying pace. I couldn’t talk to anyone except close family for over three months. I was numb. I moved through the days as if in a haze. As year one passed and the focus was on Covid in 2020, the pain eased somewhat. The sharpness of it faded to a dull ache and the reminders came less frequently. I felt more present and in sync again with the world. But then a doozy of a dream that feels so unsettling hits like a tidal wave, knocking me off center again. The dull ache is still there but as I move on in my life, I know I have come to an uneasy truce with death and grief. I’m good with that for now.

I am loving this magazine for inspiration and journaling prompts. Try it out and let me know how you like it!

I definitely don’t want to return to the frenetic busy-ness

Write your own, I am from... I am sharing feom the magazine, Bella Grace. Love it!!!

We all go through tough times. No one ever said life was easy, but we can have and practice resilience and learn and grow if we are brave and have hope

Make it a great year by living in the moment!

What do you need to just do?

Sometimes thinking gets in the way of doing and even fully living. You might have heat of analysis paralysis? What do you need to just do?

The only person you can change is yourself

Here is my latest blogpost on covid and holiday blues! http://fabeverafter.com/living-your-best-life-over-the-hol/