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February
still catching up...
List your favorite albums
U2 - All that you can't leave behindMatchbox 20 - yourself or someone like youMatchbox 20 - Mad SeasonMatchbox 20 - More than you think you areMatchbox 20 - Norththe beatles - Sgt. Peppers lonely hearts club bandFleetwood Mac - RumoursAdele - 21Abba - greatest hitsFoo Fighters - One by oneHarry Connick Jr - when my heart finds christmasAmerican...

still catching up...
List the things that make you feel healthy (mind, body and soul)
running and setting new goalstaking time to readarts and craftswriting whether in a journal, blog or notespositive affirmationsweight trainingpushing yourself to do the impossibledoing things even if your scareddoing for othersgiving of yourself

So many things can happen in a minute, in a day and especially in a week.  One of many of the life changing weeks I've shared, was with my cousin who lives in California but had a week to give of herself to both Deb, my mom and myself.  She is the best wife, mother and grandmother and cousin I've had to opportunity to know. 
She and Deb were always close growing up and went through many of their...

still catching up
List the ways in which you can love others
pay it forwarda smilepositive reinforcementacknowledging the goodwrite notes of positive naturecook a mealbeing responsible for your actionsthe gift of knowledge

still catching up...
What you are grateful for
my husband who has supported me through everythingmy kids who both continue to make me proudmy sister and all the positive steps she's takenmy brother for how much he's helped me with my mothermy mother in law - see previous postmy running - the therapy that has gotten me through the rough timesart and crafting - therapy and finding creative selfwriting self...

catching up...
January
List your current and future goals and dreams
visiting Ireland for my half way to 100running a sub 2 hour half marathonrunning a under 30 minute 5kreading 50 books in 2014writingselling rental property and downsizingwriting a book of poems or lifes lessonsbe able to do push upsbe able to do pull ups

Last night I spent the evening in the ER with my mother in law. You know if she says yes to going to the hospital she is not doing well!
She has lived a tough life, one that if you didn't know her, you would never even know. She smiles and laughs at every situation when most of us, including myself, would be in a puddle. She finds the positive and is an example of love for us all.
Since I was 15...

still catching up
List the things you should be proud of 
Married almost 30 yearsmy childrenrunning a full marathon - it was tough!running 12 half marathons in 2012being a good sisterMy many friendshipsBeing kind to othersMy art and scrapbookingMy writingPhotography skills - though always learning moreAlways looking for the brightside

I thought it was time I did an update on Deb with so much new and yet much still the same.
Last week we got to spend the week with our cousin Lisa from California, she came in to visit and help where she could, her visit was therapy for both Deb and I! more on that visit in another post...
Deb has been making strides in a positive direction on many levels, and yet some things have declined or...

List your greatest comforts
runningreading a book in a coffee shoprelaxing by a fireplacemy morning coffee on the porchlistening to the birds in early springfacials with my daughterscrapbooking with friendsfinding my creative selffinding my voice and writing about itscarvescomfy shoeslistening to happy musicrunning outdoorsa glass of wine and good company