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  • "I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love." Mother Teresa
  • "It's really not a bad tree, maybe it just needs a little love..." -Charlie Brown
  • "A true champion is someone who wants to make a difference, who never gives up, and who gives everything she has no matter what the circumstances are. A true champion works hard and never loses sight of her dreams." Dot Richardson
  • Dorothy: "Oh, will you help me? Can you help me?".... Glinda: "You don't need to be helped any longer, you've always had the power to go back to Kansas!"..... Dorothy: "I have?"....... Scarecrow: "Then why didn't you tell her before?"........ Glinda: "Because she wouldn't have believed me. She had to learn it for herself"
  • "I will keep going, keep fighting, keep on this path no matter how harsh the conditions, no matter how cruel the critics, no matter how confused the onlookers, no matter how steep the trail, no matter how gray the sky, no matter how what direction others are going...I will keep going this way that God has sent me on this path that God has put me on, I will keep joyfully going until He gives me my very last breath." -M. Jighetti

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March 31, 2008

....this is SOME flu......

....been fighting this flu for almost 2 weeks....

...so much to write about and so much to say...but so completely exhausted once I get done with the design projects I'm working on and getting home.....

....this one is a doozy......keeps coming and going..............haven't slept this much in ages. Had a business trip and loved loved the loved the beds they have now.....you just don't want to leave!!!Hotel_bed


...i will be back soon!!! I even missed my hubby's 4oth bday party...too sick....I love you hunky husband...you will always be 25 to me! :)

....check back in a few days......I will surely be back on my feet!!! :) ANyone know any good flu remedies?

MUCH LOVE
Mel

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March 10, 2008

On Waking Up To Life....

Mitchell said, “mom, can I have some hot-chocolate?”

And I said, “sure!”

And he said “well, can I have it then?”

And I said, “Max is making some right now....he can make you some too!”

And he said, quietly, in a whisper “No Mom, I like the way you make it...”
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....and I don’t know what that made me cry...but it did. For so many years now...someone else has been making the hot chocolate.....now it's me again.


......so that’s where I have been.
Waking Up.

Waking Up to life, my life. Waking Up to the stuff that is so important to me, but that I have not put nearly enough focus on....Waking Up to life.

Getting to know my kids again....(while the youngest is asking for hot-chocolate...the oldest is planning his Senior year!)
Falling in love with my husband again....
Spending time with my brothers and sisters and nieces and nephews....
Connecting with my wonderful friends.....
Learning so much much from all of this.....and.....
Getting to know myself again....

Waiting for my ‘words’ to come back....(writing is such and ebb and flow, isn’t it?)

And it is almost Spring!
Time for hibernation to be over....to WAKE UP.....

Plus....I’ve been creating no less than 6 new collections...
Falling in love with COLOR again....
....more new collections this week...SO many huge projects for so many different companies....so busy! Loving life, and being able to work from home part of the week....loving it!

Trying to stay disciplined to this life-makeover.......so much about myself I had forgotten....or ignored....just WAKING UP.
My assignment is working on looking and feeling younger and healthier this month (part of waking up is noticing all of the lines in my skin! YIKES!!!)...totally in love with this moisturizer....just thought I’d share...while it’s spendy for Wal-Mart or Target, it’s MILES less expensive than anything at the department store, and it works magically....Regenerist
And, I am 3 weeks into completely quitting diet soda.......I am drinking green tea....so many good benefits from the herbal teas...and green tea is reported to increase the metabolism too!....I will never pass up on that!Greenteashaded_2
One of my best friends has an incredible pilates and yoga center with classes all the time...so, I am going to start that soon, too........I am looking forward to it. Anyone out there who totally loves pilates? And yoga? Talk me into it.....

A couple of great books too...I haven’t read a novel in such a long time, had heard such great reviews about The Kite Runner....it truly was an extraordinary book...I would recommend it to anyone!Kitrunner_2

....and on order is The Shack...from 2 friends I have heard that this book “changed their life”......so, I can’t wait..I should get it in the mail from BN today!!The_shack_cover_2


Just wanted to stop and say HI and share some good things I’ve found...I will surely write more later....

I hope my words come back soon.....right now, I am just “BE-ing....” I hope you are doing the same....I hope you are WAKING UP......every day...no more auto-pilot...I hope you are seeing and feeling and smelling and touching life in a big way every day....every day comes to us brand new....a new chance at life every single day.

Talk to you all soon
Lots of Love
Melody


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