It’s been a busy few weeks and being that it’s my birthday week (maybe even month?) because yes, I do love my birthday that much….I missed our Rabbit Rabbit on March 1st! However, I posted on Leap Day, so I figured I could let it slide. Hopefully you did remember Rabbit Rabbit?! If not, quickly say it now!
The first day of Spring is here! What a delight it is!! I bought this front door wreath a few years back and I remember showing it to my Mom who really liked the bunny so here it is!
I wish you all the loveliest of Springtimes (and for those down under, Autumns). May a new chapter spring to life in your world and may all the goodness be abundantly yours!
Leaping Lizards! Or better said, Leaping Hippos! It’s Leap Day! The one extra day we get every four years…what are you doing with yours?
I awoke this morning thinking of how far we’ve come in four years since the last Leap Day. I was thinking of all the changes in our lives and how they’ve affected our present day and our thinking. I’m not talking politics or any of that. Just simple changes. Because if you think back to four years ago, that was the Covid Pandemic – scary times for us and yet, for many of us we’re still here…God bless those whom we lost along the way. For me, it was my Mom in 2020 and still I miss her everyday.
Like Mom, I’m a worrier. As much as I long to say I give it all up to God to solve it, I’m a work in progress on that front. I long to be a let God solve it kind of girl, but I’ve yet to master that thinking. While I’ve definitely improved and certainly have read enough about how to let go and let God, I haven’t allowed myself to fully take that LEAP of Faith – instead I’ve been scrambling on the edge of what I’ve deemed safe. It’s a conundrum for sure – wanting to Leap, but feeling too frightened to do it.
Does that make sense to you? Do you ever feel that way?
But today, Leap Day, reminds me that we only have this one life and looking back to last Leap Day, we just never know how it will go. We only have today. This precious moment. The Presents of Presence…
So, do I want to take that Leap of Faith on Leap Day and quit worrying about everyone and everything, fold my hands in prayer and do my best, continue in the positive vein of thinking and pray, pray, pray? Or do I want to continue to worry, alone and with the immense responsibility all mine?
You can guess my answer, right?
This is so not how I thought this post would go, but I’m keeping it here…because perhaps it will inspire someone, for that’s my message. Let’s inspire one another. Connect. Share. Discover. Take that Leap on Leap Day!
Shine On!
xo
PS: Thanks to @Sandra_Boynton for the beautiful image which gave me a giggle this morning and inspired me to write today…
February 2nd was Women’s Heart Day and Wear Red Day which I totally missed. Who knew? Did you? I guess I should know about these things since it’s almost 2 years since my OHS (open heart surgery) for an aortic valve replacement due to a congenital heart deformation which I had no idea I had. But luckily for me, I can say thank you to Sandra Boynton coming to the rescue with her drawings…giggle giggle..Did you know that she celebrates Rabbit Rabbit too? I wonder if she learned it from me?
The spotlight’s on hearts in February so it’s only fitting to celebrate the heartlights I’ve been blessed to know and to love. I will even acknowledge those no longer in my life (but who secretly come to read my blogs – yes, I know you’re here LOL) who have taught me valuable life lessons. Because love can be unconditional, even when it no longer exists. I see you.
So cheers to a month of healthy hearts that embrace unconditionally the love we have for each other. Be who you are meant to be. Wear your beautiful heart on your sleeve and joyfully love with the entirety of it. Our time here is limited. We never quite know when it’s done, so live in the moment…no need for regrets. Just be you!
Shine your heartlights so we can all be inspired by you! Connections are your beautiful legacy!
Hello February! You know what happens on the first, right? – Repeat after me rabbit-rabbit-white-rabbit-white-rabbit! How exciting that the second month of 2024 has begun! February – love is in the air – it’s a leap year – vibrational energies seem to be swirling in high modes – all fantastic ways to begin the month, don’t you think?
So even though it’s a bit late in the afternoon, I will amend the rule (like I did for my son so many years ago) and remind you to say the magic phrase…unless of course you remembered already?!
I wish you a month filled with love, laughter, health and happiness and LUCK of course! Big grin!
May you always remember how loved you are and that you are needed here to inspire the rest of us!
There’s a child-like delight which sparks me up every time it snows! I’ve been this way since I can remember. I LOVE SNOW!
I love to watch it fall – so gracefully to the earth.
I love to be out in it and try to catch the flakes on my tongue! LOL
I love to take the pup out in it and watch him interact with the fluffy white flakes that cover his fur as he tries to figure out what it is and dances around in it. Silly boy!
I love the special quiet hush a snowfall brings. I’m mesmerized by its beauty and that serenity that comes for me when it snows.
All is well in my world. I hope and pray that it is in yours as well.
Keeping with my Jersey Girl roots (note the beach) and being that it’s a Sunday, I thought I’d share hope with you today because it’s powerful!
“Hope” is commonly used to mean a wish and its strength is in the strength of the person’s desire. In the Bible, “hope” is the confident expectation of what God has promised and its strength is in His faithfulness, as in:
Be joyful in hope, patient in afflictions, faithful in prayer. Romans 12:12
A few years back, there was a blogger named Bill who had ALS. In case you may remember him, here’s the link to his Unshakable Hope. Bill left this earth on 12/30/2020, but the impact he made on so many of us with his Unshakable Hope remains. I awoke this morning thinking of him (hence the hope blog post) and how he inspired me in so many ways. His presence and writings were a gift to all of us who followed him. Were you one of his subscribers too? His kindness touched us all…what an amazing legacy to leave.
Always remember to shine your heartlight and share your Unshakable Hope with others.
Did you know that today’s date can be written as 12/31/23? Hence the blog post name of 123123 (in case you were wondering)! I thought it was a fun tidbit of news to share on the last day of the year.
As you may know from past posts, today’s a celebration for me too personally – I was diagnosed with breast cancer 22 years ago today. For many years, this day was a sad reminder of how much my life changed until I was able to turn around the narrative and see life differently. The mindset shift for celebration – I’ve lived 22 years since that fateful day – has joyfully changed my life! In fact, that shift has worked its magic in so many areas of my life that I love sharing it with anyone who needs it!
The gratitude I feel for living another year is immense. I am so grateful for my family and friends and those angels who have come into my life. I am grateful for the refillable glass to cheer on the new year!
Today we will celebrate New Year’s Eve along with our Mom’s birthday even though she’s no longer here. It’s become a tradition because it’s a reminder to be grateful for who we have in our lives and never take them for granted.
May your celebrations be merry and bright…full of love and possibilities!
May you continue to shine your heartlights for all to see…
May you always remember how special you are and how much I appreciate you! God Bless!
Good morning!! I was up early this morning so I thought I’d write before the hubbub of the day begins. Lo and behold, I came down the stairs to see the Christmas tree lit up with the white twinkly lights all aglow! What a lovely way to begin my morning…
Except I didn’t leave the lights on. They’re not on a timer and they only go on if you push the remote button, so it’s a mystery of how/why they turned on by themselves without human touch…except some of you and I know…big grin….
Last night when I came home after going out with my friend Kathy, my elder son told me how the Christmas tree lights came on by themselves. He was singing a Christmas song walking down the stairs and suddenly the tree lights came on in multicolor, and not the set white twinkly lights. This is the first time this has happened to us and we’ve had this tree for a few years. He didn’t think I believed him, but I did…for unbeknownst to him, he was singing one of my Dad’s favorite Christmas songs. So you know what I’m thinking, right?
This is not the first time I’ve written about different unexplainable happenings, especially electrical ones. Like the movie Ghost, it seems that electricity is an easier manipulation of energy so they use it more often. I am sure that as with the doorbell which rings without explanation, this too is another hello from heaven. Now to figure out who! By the way, the doorbell hasn’t run again without a physical presence since my post. Hmmm….have you had these types of experiences? Well, if you have, you might be interested in my friend Bobbi’s book which you can order here! It’s officially being released on 12/12! She’s had all sorts of ‘signs’ which she explains in her book!
During this holiday season, be aware of signs for our loved ones are not gone, but still with us…their love stays with us. I hope you have a lovely weekend!
The month of November has flown by so quickly! Did it go by fast for you too? I don’t know where the time races off to, but this past month was a doozy! Maybe it’s just me? However, let me be the first to wish you a coming month abundantly filled with all the best of luck (and love) with a heartfelt rabbit-rabbit-white-rabbit-white-rabbit/
Are you gearing up for the hustle and bustle of the holiday season? I am! Well, you might already know that Christmas and December are my favs! What’s not to love about them? Twinkly lights, the beautiful stillness and silence when it snows, the cozy atmosphere that comes with sitting by a fireplace, the joyful giving that the season brings with it….I could go on and on!
Allow the merry memories of the past envelope your heart. Find your center each morning and hold the Presents of Presence in your mind. Embrace the new day with hope and divine guidance. Take each and every day as it comes. There won’t be another day like this one, so enjoy it!
Lately, and without any rhyme or reason that I can tell, my doorbell rings. It’s in the mornings around the same time (within 10 minutes) and not every morning. There can be days of silence with no ringing whatsoever, then there are other days…
Sometimes, it rings just once, but often, it continues ringing every few minutes for about 30 minutes until it suddenly disappears. It’s taken me about a month to stop jumping at the sound of the doorbell thinking that someone’s there.
Because there’s no one there that I can see. (Notice how I said that?)
So, I have begun to think that there’s either a short in the doorbell that only happens in the mornings or that there’s something beyond my physical comprehension going on…I’m going with the latter choice.
At first I thought it was my friend’s husband Jack playing tricks on me. I called his wife Bobbi to check in on her and found out that she had been sad around the same time and had been asking her deceased husband for a sign…which makes sense. Are you curious as to why her deceased husband would be coming through to me by ringing my doorbell?
You can also see what other signs he’s given on her blog Tales from the Bobbilama or read more about her book on her author page Bobbi Rise. It’s being released on 12/12 which is exactly two years from when he passed away.
I’m not quite convinced that it’s only Jack who’s the dead ringer -(oh I’m sorry, but I couldn’t help myself)…by the way if you knew him, he’d be enjoying my joke – as she’s not always asking for a sign from him when the bell rings. I wonder who else it could be? Do you have any ideas?
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