Total Recovery

by | Apr 14, 2014 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey

  It is not often that I am mesmerized by a non-fiction book, but Gary Kaplan and Donna Beech’s book “Total Recovery” did capture my attention. My vasculitis disease is cause from inflammation. Inflammation is my enemy, though its design is to help in the healing...

The Approval Fix

by | Apr 9, 2014 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey

  Reading “The Approval Fix” by Joyce Meyer was like stepping into a place that was familiar. You see once upon a time before I started on my healing journey I didn’t have the boundaries I needed in order to keep myself healthy and safe. I was a people pleaser. I...

Blossoming!

by | Apr 8, 2014 | The Magnificent Journey

    Yesterday did not go the way I wanted it to go. I’m sad to report that I have to live with my trach for another 5 months in order to make certain I won’t need another trach down the line. I know Dr. H is being cautious, but I couldn’t help feeling...

Oh Happy Day!

by | Apr 6, 2014 | The Magnificent Journey

I have a big day tomorrow. I will be heading up to Seattle to see my Otolaryngologist and possibly and it is a big possibility of getting my trach permanently removed. I have been dreaming about this day since the first day I had my trach surgically put in. Living...

Tomatoes and Parsley

by | Apr 3, 2014 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey

Good day! Time for an update and I am feeling better about things. Physical therapy is amazing. I love it this time around. I don’t know if it is because I am changing my perspective or if I am just ready now and I wasn’t ready before. My PT therapist is amazing. I...

Stretching

by | Apr 1, 2014 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey

  Physical therapy wasn’t so bad. It went better than I expected. The atmosphere was not a bunch of elderly men and women on oxygen trying to breathe while moving their bodies. It was a bunch of men and women varying in age doing core, balance, and strength...

Spring In My Step

by | Mar 30, 2014 | The Magnificent Journey

    Spring is here. I’m so excited. Spring brings out the adventurous woman in me. I love seeing the trees blooming with flowers and new green leaves. I love seeing the tulips, daffodils, and other flowers blooming. I feel energized. I had a good week this...

Breaking Free

by | Mar 29, 2014 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey

  Months back when Beth Moore offered many of her books for free on Kindle I took advantage and I purchased several of her books to read. I have read three of Moore’s books “Jesus the One and Only”, “Believing God”, and “The Beloved Disciple”. Now I can add a...

Impossible

by | Mar 26, 2014 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey

  Impossible by Nancy Werlin is a book about the song Scarborough Fair. Lucy the main character of the story family is cursed and this song is their legacy about how to defeat the curse and get rid of the elfin knight who possess’ their body and drives them mad....

New Choices

by | Mar 24, 2014 | The Magnificent Journey

Making a choice to live a different life is not easy. Often times change comes roaring in like a thundering storm. Sometimes the lightning strikes, sometimes it doesn’t. Change can incapacitate you and sometimes it is the doorway to a better life. Since Wednesday when...

Tapping

by | Mar 21, 2014 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey

  “The Tapping Solution for Weight Loss” written by Jessica Ortner jumped into my life just after I made the decision to stop reading diet books. This book is not a diet book. It doesn’t tell you how to eat, what to eat, or even that you have to deprive yourself...

Update

by | Mar 20, 2014 | The Magnificent Journey

The internet has been out at my apartment for the last 3 weeks. This has given me a chance to evaluate things in my own life. What have I been up to? One thing I have evaluated and been doing is getting my health in order. In a little over 3 weeks I will be heading to...

Percolate: A Review

by | Mar 19, 2014 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey

  “Percolate” is not about coffee. It is about percolating yourself into being the best you can be. Hamilton-Guarino gives a lot of great insights and suggestions throughout her book. She also gives some enlightening journaling exercises that ask you some deep...

Renewed

by | Mar 5, 2014 | The Magnificent Journey

  I thoroughly enjoyed reading Lucille Zimmerman’s book “Renewed”. Perhaps, it was because she and I share the same interest, the same beliefs, and the same book “Boundaries” By John Townsend. “Boundaries” was a book I got as a gift from my older sister and I...

No Internet, Oh My!

by | Mar 2, 2014 | The Magnificent Journey

I have not been able to post for a while due to my apartment getting a new internet provider. I am back now, so I will be posting away. What have I been up to? Let me tell you. I read a lot. I finally finished reading Beth Moore’s “Breaking Free” which I will be...

Death Changes You

by | Feb 18, 2014 | Exhilarating People, The Magnificent Journey

I have been feeling blue ever since Valentine’s Day. I finally figured out the reason why today marks the ten year anniversary of someone very poignant in my life. I am left with a feeling of I need to remember something about this whole lesson this whole world and I...

When The Blues Hit

by | Feb 14, 2014 | The Magnificent Journey

I woke up this morning with a heavy heart. I couldn’t figure out why because I had a good week. I am now ready to write the final chapter of my book. I finished writing the introduction of my book yesterday and I got an assignment to read and edit my friend’s book...

Vibrant Foods

by | Feb 13, 2014 | Auto-immune, Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey

    If you have been reading my blog you know that I love reading cookbooks. I get a lot of great ideas from them. Reading “Vibrant Foods” is no exception. I enjoyed looking at the amazing photography and even reading the recipes. I love the fact that it is...

The Lost Sisterhood

by | Feb 12, 2014 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey

  If you have read Anne Fortier’s book “Juliet” then you will definitely love her new novel “The Lost Sisterhood”.  “The Lost Sisterhood” is a mystery about the Amazon Women in Greek mythology and the fact that one woman’s grandmother gives her granddaughter a...

Weekly

by | Feb 11, 2014 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey, Weight

It is hard to believe it is the second week in February and I feel like I have accomplished a lot this month. First, I roller skated, then I went and played out in the snow, and then this weekend I walked to the store which is probably about a block from my...

Thrive

by | Feb 9, 2014 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey

I read the news from the Huffington Post and so when I saw Arianna Huffington’s book “Thrive” offered on Netgalley I knew I had to read it. I am glad I did. Huffington offers a lot of great insight in how to take care of yourself from sleep, to meditations, and the...

Listening To My Body

by | Feb 8, 2014 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey

    Are you staying warm? This weekend it is snowing where I live in Vancouver Washington which is right across the river from Portland Oregon. We don’t usually get a lot of snow, but when we do it is a lot. I am not a big fan of the snow. I hate it, but I...

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