I love nature, but never really thought about how being in nature changed my perspective or how it made me feel. I would take daily hikes when I lived in the mountains. Looking back, I felt so much better. My Health & Trees was affected by my daily strolls through the hills close to home. […]
Category: Finding Joy
Family Caregiver Stress & Joy
As a family caregiver, time for self care can be hard to find. Being a family caregiver is a very hard and stressful job. Caregivers spend the majority of their time caring for the needs of others. Family Caregiver stress and Joy always comes last, and usually by the end of the day they are […]
Qualities of an Independent Person
As a parent, I think most of us can agree that we have heard on more than one occasion from our “adult”, 20 something children say, “I’m a grown ass person”. I know I did. To be a grown ass person, you have to have certain key qualities of an independent person. There is no […]
Rolling With Zac: Sarasota Florida
So we finally did it! We took the flying travel plunge with Zac. Rolling with Zac: Sarasota Florida turned out to be an amazing adventure. Nervous as we were for our first airplane vacation with Zac we were cheered on family to take this adventure. They also volunteered to stay at our rescue and watch […]
Advice From an Old Lady
I felt compelled to write today, which is a good thing. Since the loss of my son writing has seemed impossible. But this morning I was motivated to put into words my advice to the 20 and 30 somethings some words to live by. It started out as advice from an old lady to young […]
25 Things That Bring Me Joy
My life has been a little tough this week so I decided to write down the first 25 things that came to my mind that bring me joy. I needed to remember what makes me happy. What brings you Joy? What makes you happy? Here is my list, there are lots more but these are […]
10 Ways to Beat a Bad Mood
Do you often feel that life throws you lemons? Do you feel like nothing goes your way? You are not alone! When you feel like nothing is going right and you just can’t shake your bad mood, beat the stress or feel sad, depressed or angry trick your brain into seeing things a little bit […]
How Lucky Am I?
I woke this morning to the normal tippy toes foot steps of Tippy on the linoleum floor. Tippy is one of our rescue dogs. She is a tiny and frail girl that came to us broken and abused. We honestly didn’t think she had a month left in her. That was over 6 months ago. […]
Are You Stressed Out?
Are you stressed out? Does your body ache? Do you always feel sick? Is life getting to you? Are you feeling hopeless or overwhelmed? Are you short fused and frustrated? You might be stressed out! What is stress? Stress is the bodies natural way of responding to the everyday demands of life, work, family, crisis […]
Don’t Wait To Start Your Bucket (Living) List
My life is the perfect example of why you should never wait to start your bucket list. So many people wait until they retire or get sick. Your bucket list should be ever evolving and should be started when you are young. You can add to your bucket list as things are learned or new […]