Saturday, March 23, 2013

Meditation

Coming from an extrovert, who is married to an introvert, that alone can bring agitations and times of having to collect your thoughts. As an extrovert, having
7 children, 2 years apart and with many diverse expressions of themselves at any given time, can be stimulating and yes overwhelming. 

I won't get into the jobs, losing them, and keeping them; with loyalty even as
they tend to rip us away from sanity! 

Between the mountain of dishes (we don't have a dishwasher, per say) and laundry, and now with 5 kids at home, who get up everyday to go to school and  a husband, busy listening, studying music production. I do have the time, to meditate, before everyone gets up.

It takes discipline not to go back to bed after the husband and kids have taken off. I get the coffee on and my Breviary.  I don't want to think about anything outside of what the pages of my prayer book reveal to me. With a notebook and pen at my side, I write the words and phrases that require my attention, and then as I write I meditate.

That is not the only way I meditate. Sometimes, sitting at our dining room table taking the view of the outside through our bare bay windows, One morning I watched a squirrel clinging to a branch off one of the trees out the side, and weightlessly swinging back and forth, playfully.

Sometimes just putting on the kettle and having a cup of tea, is enough to point me in the right direction of being anxious for nothing.  

Check out the Mayo Clinic's Article on Meditation,  HERE!

Women, take charge of your health!




Monday, March 11, 2013

The American Heart Association:

Check out the warning signs of heart disease and stroke along
with the saltiest foods.  Also, sign up for a free and fun way to improve
your health!HERE



The American Cancer Society:

14 million survivors!

I stand beside my mom and sister who are cancer survivors. 
My little sister has taken radical steps to fight and celebrates daily her victories!