Joy In The Journey

Merry Christmas, peace, joy and blessings to you and yours!  Stay tuned, 2020 is going to bring a host of new blessings.   For now we end out this year's blog with our Joy in the Journey 2019 December Newsletter

At the beginning of September we celebrated our 8th wedding anniversary and for us the celebration continues as today we celebrate the anniversary of our engagement on the day that John proposed 9 years ago. Amazing how it feels like decades have passed since we have been together and at the same time like it was yesterday.  That's how it is for us, we are so connected and familiar and like we have always been together and at the same time everything seems exciting and new, like the start of a beautiful adventure.   As I recall,  it was an unseasonably warm September night 9 years ago when John proposed.  Much like the weather we have enjoyed this week. We had been out on a date and as often we did, we stopped into the Adoration Chapel at St. Mary's to pray and sit with Jesus for awhile. St. Mary's quaint Adoration Chapel is a favorite.  I was in the habit of visiting the Blessed Sacrament every day. And I often went there on my own and also with J

Over the past few years I’ve learned a lot about myself including what I need in my personal tool belt to lose weight and live a healthy lifestyle. And I’ll tell you a secret...... I’ve got the winning formula. That winning formula is me!! Specifically me applying myself, staying in the right mindset, making the hard choices, staying the course even when it gets hard, and most important making the choice to commit not just to a healthy weight loss program, workout and nutrition plan, but making a commitment to myself and staying accountable to it. You’ve got the winning formula too! You!! But I’ll tell you another secret....... That winning formula works best when the journey is shared. That for me and I think I can speak for the ladies in our success group is the secret sauce in a nutshell!! So I’ve made a choice, as has my beloved to do 100 workouts. To start we are joining a VIP coach group with the su

ROCCAMORICE - SAN BARTOLOMEO One evening after dinner our cousin Gabriele and his family took my sister Irma, nephew Mark and me to the hermitage of St. Bartholomeo in Ligio.   The cavern is located in the hills of the Maiella Mountains in the Abruzzo Region where our family lives. The hermitage is extremely old and dates back to before the 1200’s and the first hermits on Maiella and stands under a 50 meter long rocky ledge that is built directly into the face of the mountain and which can be reached by a sacred staircase, usually done on one’s knees.  This beautiful refuge is very remote, steep, and not easily accessible and is approximately 750 feet above sea level.      The heights were dizzying, the fresh mountain air intoxicating with the sweetness of wild herbs and flowers and the myriad of vistas absolutely breathtaking.   While standing on the ledge of the hermitage looking at the amazing work of the Lord’s hands I felt so very blessed and so very close to heaven

I have the great blessing of coaching and helping others on their journey to a healthier lifestyle and I am on that journey too.  It's not always easy and there are struggles along the way and right now for many it is a time of struggle.  Coming off the holidays and into the new year.  Maybe starting off strong and then falling off, wanting to get back on track and stumbling more than we'd like.  Knowing spring is around the corner and wanting to get there strong......whatever the reason or wherever we are in the process I think we can all relate at one time or another. This morning I shared the following thoughts with my group: I was thinking about how sometimes we all get to a point when it's difficult to shake that downhill trend.  You know doing good for a few days, then sliding off a bit, getting back in and kind of that cycle. And where at one time or another we have been able to pull out for a good long stretch of going in the direction we want to be

  WOW, WOW, WOW So much to say about this but I'm keeping it brief and providing you with a link that can answer your questions and provide you with more information. I learned about Anthony William the Medical Medium and the benefits of drinking fresh Celery Juice from a friends post.  I almost discarded the idea without looking further into it.  Mostly because the idea of drinking celery juice was not at all appealing to me and also because I thought this may another fad.   But knowing that my friend isn't into fads, is health conscious  and does her own thorough research.  And then taking the time read the comments on her post of others who were starting the day with fresh celery juice and following various methods recommended in these books  I was intrigued and decided to dive into a little research myself.  After looking into the  Medical Medium, Liver Rescue and Life Changing Foods and scanning through the information and excerpts from the books I downloaded