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New Beginnings

I feel like I am always starting over.  Each time I make a pledge to start a new betterment program, I fail.  I want to stop drinking but my self-destructive mind keeps me drinking just a little in order to make sure I can never be proud about my abstinence.  I toke more and more to make up for the numbing influence of the booze.  I drink too much coffee, never sit in silence without popping up every few minutes to do something and my endless list of 'must do's' never gets shorter. My life, up to this point, has been a constant circle of discontent. I have so much going in my favour that I should be (and, on a certain level, am) grateful for. I am the wife of a loving, sexy man who has my best interests at heart. I am the mother of three healthy, independent, adult kids who have all given me beautiful grandchildren; seven of them numbering in age from two to eight.  They all live close by and I see them frequently. I am the owner of a sweet little rive...
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Morning Ritual Here I Come!

Beginning a morning ritual makes sense to those of us who feel like our days seem to unfold willy-nilly rather than the way we would like them to. We know that, after pressing snooze three times and, therefore, having to forgo important routines like making and eating breakfast, planning our day, exercising and just plain relaxing, the tone of the day is, basically, screwed. We all wish we could start the day slower and with more time to ponder our goals, plans and desires.  I've lived the frantic work routine for must of my adult life. I have spent many years stumbling out of bed, bleary eyed, grabbing whatever clothes were convenient, throwing them on and dashing out the door often forgetting important items and events. I am not a morning person.  I do get up before 7:00 a.m. most mornings due to practicality but the biggest regret I have each day is that the precious time between seven and nine that belong to me and only me are often squandered away with texts, emai...
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