Love, Life and Everything

    Because I know it's been a bit since everyone read book 1, every week, I'll be putting the profile of one of the characters from my first book in anticipation of my 2nd book. These characters will be returning in Book 2. I'll start with a brief summary of the book, and post one key returning character each week after.

When I was in Home Depot last summer, I was on the phone with my husband.  He said I needed to get a measuring tape to keep in my car.  The good kind, not a cheap one.  I said I would go and look for one.  I was in the conduit section and needed to measure something.  But, I turned around as I was talking to him, and, low and behold, there's the exact brand he wanted me to get sitting in a PVC fittings box.  Synchronicity is defined as an apparently meaningful coincidence in time of two or more similar or identical events that are causally unrelated.  People often take them as personal messages from the universe that mean something.  It could be significant, or it could be something small.  There are many areas of synchronicity, numbers, nature, objects, stars, weather, spirituality, dreams, thoughts, etc. Some people totally ignore the synchronicity in their lives, and others delve into complete superstition regarding it.  I feel that it's important to be aware of it bec

  Last year, during my birthday month, I did an extreme gratitude challenge.  I didn't just focus on one gratitude each day. I ended up with over 300 by the end of the month because I did 1 the 1st day, 2 the 2nd day, 3 the 3rd day, etc. During that month, I felt a profound change in myself, I recovered from negativity faster, I was sick less, and others around me appeared happier.  I shared my gratitudes on my Facebook page.  Many people didn't think I could have that many different things to be grateful for, but each day, it got easier to find things to be grateful for, and I was able to find the positive in many negative experiences.  For example, the person I grew into as a result of my husband's illness was something I had a lot of gratitude for. Well, after the month was over, I often forgot to practice gratitudes daily.  And, while practicing such an extreme challenge for a month did carry over for quite a while, about halfway through the year, my life was pretty muc