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a walker named Simon

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One ‘random’ conversation in a hall (which you know, is never random) impacted me most. I walked out into the hall full of people weaving in and out, looking for the next breakout room. I came up next to the only other woman at the conference using a walker. I had seen her before. We smiled at one another, but had not spoken. I noticed she had a walker that seemed fitted to her. She needed her walker. I didn't need mine. At least I didn't want to need mine. I sure wasn't gonna need mine next year. But this year, here we stood side by side.

 

She smiled at me, and I noticed a glow about her. She cheerfully said, "Hey, we're twins", nodding to the walker. I smiled but wasn't sure the right way to respond. I certainly wasn't as excited about it as she seemed to be.  She continued, "What’s the name of your walker?" I said, rather defiantly, "I don't like mine enough to give it a name."

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When A Pickle Jar Teaches Priorities

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Are you focusing on what truly matters in your life?

Dive with me into the powerful "big rocks" illustration to be reminded how to prioritize the things that count—both in our personal lives and in our faith. Using a simple yet profound analogy of filling a jar with big rocks, little rocks, sand, and water, we explore how trying to fit in everything without prioritizing leaves no room for the most important things.

I put my own personal twist using a pickle jar to illustrate

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Remembering EnVision YOU Launch September 2019

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Five years ago, I had the joy of introducing my EnVision YOU book and butterfly out into the world. Getting to launch my 2nd book, EnVision YOU, at TRIBEWRITER 2019 with Jeff Goins was such a thrill. He hosted five Tribewriter conferences. I attended all five. 

I attended TW (Tribewriter) 2015 because I had a book in me that was burning a hole in my heart. The message I heard from Jeff that year was “You are a Writer.” I wasn’t sure I believed it, but I made a commitment.

I came to TW #2 (2016) with my first book...

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Creating a RIPPLE- with you!

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I wanted to share this with you months ago, but I needed to wrestle with some of my own hesitations about doing so.  I've been out of the loop for much of the year, in part because I needed some space and time to 'catch my breath' after both of my parents moved 'home' to heaven in 2022.  That took a toll on me physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually for sure.  I needed some time to just catch up with myself and the awareness of how life has changed drastically. 

Also, I turned 65 this year.  It's one of those birthdays that has made me stop and take a look at my life to see how I feel about it. 

So many things have come up for me during this time, but these thoughts have surfaced for me for sure:

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EnVision YOU turned THREE!

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Three years ago, the little butterfly on the cover of my 2nd book took flight.

EnVision YOU: UNstuck and Confident

I hadn’t planned on writing another book. Who am I kidding, I hadn’t planned on writing the first book (Lovely Traces of Hope) Being an author had never been on my bucket list.

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Celebrating the GIFTS of PRESENCE!

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Today is my birthday! April 20, 2020!

This is birthday in the middle of the ‘STAY AT HOME’ season that impacts us ALL, but leaves EACH of us responding differently. I enjoy time at home. But I need people too. I get energy in both realms. Today…I knew I needed people. So I used my birthday as an excuse to invite some women in my life to celebrate.

This was an open invitation to women in my world to join me for a virtual tea-party. I didn’t know who would say they wanted to come, but I know the women in my world. I knew they would be good for one another. And they were!

I covered my kitchen table with…

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Talking to my 20 year old Self!

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I have watched her from a distance for a while now, this young woman that now sits across from me over a cup of coffee. We have spoken briefly, usually including a hug on a Sunday morning between services. I have shared with her that I am praying for her specifically, but we really don’t know each other at all. Except that I feel like I do know her - or at least some aspects of the life she lives.

Thank you REMARKABLE WOMEN of EnVision You!

If you have been hanging out in my world of late, you have felt the flurry of excitement as I introduced my new book, EnVision YOU: UnStuck and Confident, to my world. Two months ago I began inviting women into the launch team to help this little butterfly take wing. But as is usually the case, so much was happening long before the blitz of the Launch.

I want you to meet some of the people- mostly women - who have been part of this process with me over the past year. I know i have mentioned some of these in the acknowledgments for the book, but I want to say …

Let Me Tell You About My New Book

If you have been following my blog, or my facebook pages, or talked to me personally over the last few weeks, you already know that I am in the process of launching my newest book,
EnVision YOU: UnStuck and Confident .

If by some chance you are just hearing for the first time, you might have some questions. Here are a few I’ve been getting from potential readers.

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Hey It's LAUNCH DAY

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For me this is a Significant day - not an ordinary day in any sense of the word! I’ve shared some of this in my last blog post called Five Years Later . But it seems important to include some of it here again because it is such a key part of my journey. Heads up - this is a long one. But I am an author now.

It is the Last day of TRIBE FIVE (a conference for writers and creatives put on my Jeff Goins and his team). It is the last day of the last conference. He's up to something else- we just don't know what - yet.

 On the last day of the first conference, I heard Jeff say,

“You are a writer when you say you are a writer.”

So I said I was a writer.