by Shirley | Mar 12, 2015 | A New Year - A New You!
Today is a very special day! We are celebrating the birthday of the man, the myth, the legend … Gregory C. Johnson! He handles all of the technical aspects of this site and is THE computer guru! Mr. Johnson is a talented writer, and I encourage him to write...
by Shirley | Jan 30, 2015 | A New Year - A New You!, Inspiration
Have you ever really paid attention? At the end of her show, Ellen DeGeneres says this one phrase every time without fail. This isn’t just a “catch phrase,” though. Now I realize that some people are not big fans of Ellen DeGeneres. I’m not...
by Shirley | Jan 27, 2015 | A New Year - A New You!, Choose Joy!, Inspiration, Take Action Tuesday
Earlier in the month I proposed that we should begin writing something good that happened during the day on a slip of paper and placing it into a gratitude jar. This way, on days that you may be feeling blue, you can take a few out of the jar and read to remind...
by Shirley | Jan 26, 2015 | A New Year - A New You!, Choose Joy!, Food For Thought
“Mama, I tried something new!” my 18 year old daughter exclaimed. “Oh yea, what’s that?” I inquired. “I decided to stop being so negative all the time,” she replied. I stopped what I was doing and turned to give her my full...
by Shirley | Jan 6, 2015 | A New Year - A New You!
Today is the sixth day of January. As we’re making our way into the new year, I wanted to stop to ask just how are you doing? If you had high hopes as you rang in the new year for changes that you wanted to make during the new year and may have fallen short...
by Shirley | Jan 5, 2015 | A New Year - A New You!
My children were off for two weeks for the Christmas holidays. The great thing was that this year I was able to be home with my children for the two week break! While I love my job, I love my children more and looked forward to the time at home with them. We did a...