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IT'S A NEW DAY..........

Wednesday, February 20, 2008

TALKIN' ABOUT FRIENDS

I am well into the second month of 2008 and they have been months packed full of activity. Finally I think I am going to be able to set aside a little time to devote to this web site.

I have completed quite an extensive page on FAMILY and now my thoughts move down my original list. I want to share with you some of my feelings about the importance of FRIENDSHIP.

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Friday, February 29, 2008

IT'S ANOTHER NEW DAY and I am in the process of trying to work with my new friend, a laptop computer. The fact that I have been a fast accurate typist for all of my adult life is no longer relevant. This is a new experience on this new day and, to me, a real challenge. Are my fingers too big or do they deliberately make these keys too small?

Anyway please bear with me.

I'm sure that in time this too shall be something that is second nature to me and soon I will be back on this page talkin'about friends of the human variety.

Wednesday, March 19, 2008

It's a new day and a Red Letter Day. I have been off-line for a while but finally all is well once again in my computer world and I am able to once more access IT' S A NEW DAY.

I'm the first to admit that I am slightly technologically challenged. For several weeks I needed to be daily calling my Internet Server because my new laptop computer just wasn't working well. E-mail presented the biggest problems. My then server kept insisting the problem wasn't something within their control and they had been telling me to do all kinds of silly things like disabling my anti-virus for example. They said that was most likely my problem in spite of the fact that, as I repeatedly told them, the message on my monitor screen kept insisting the problem was with my connection to server.

I learned this morning when the technician from my new Internet Server arrived here in my home that my problems were caused by an old modem that had been provided to me by my then server. This modem simply was not doing the job it was meant to do.

I don't want to waste any further time playing a blame game.

This page is supposed to be about FRIENDS. I' m happy to now have a new friend in my new server; I hope our friendship will be a lasting one. This web page is slow to begin but I hope that in the near future I will be back and writing something hopefully interesting.

Tuesday April 8, 2008.....ANOTHER NEW DAY

The sun is shining through the window. How glorious it is to feel the warmth of the sunshine and to see the snow melting a little more each day. Soon it will be gone and I will be overjoyed to be outside working in the garden after what has seemed a remarkably long determined winter.

I regret that I have not been spending a lot of time at this website. And I will not be staying here for long today either as my watch tells me it is almost time to start making dinner.

But I wanted to pop in here today to share with you an address to the website of a wonderful friend. Her authentic, inspirational sharing is a thing of beauty. When I read the words in her website they brought tears to my eyes.

I hope you will visit Wendy's website. You will be glad you did.

Monday, April 14, 2008.....THE SUN IS SHINING ON THIS BEAUTIFUL NEW DAY

Recently I facilitated a Meditation Circle. The topic of our guided imagery was "Meeting the Inner Child"

This was an emotionally rewarding and fulfilling experience for friends who attended. And because of this I was prompted to give early notice of an Inner Child Experiential Workshop I plan to offer October 8, 2008.

To draw attention to this workshop I have put together a little promotional sheet that I hope you will want to visit and I hope your visit will lead to a desire to register for the workshop which will be taking place in Elliot Lake.

In the interim if you are interested in learning more about the Inner Child just click on the link that will take you to my Dancing in the Light website and specifically to one of the Emotional Healing pages entitled Meeting the Inner Child.

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Friday May 16, 2008 ..........a rainy new day

Another rainy day in Elliot Lake. I've chosen the colour green for my text today to reflect the beautiful green treetops I see when I look through my office window. I've waited a long time to see this new day green . It has been an extremely long winter and spring is hesitant to arrive this year.

But spring it is and as at this May 16th date I have begun to say a fond farewell to some of my friends with whom I am involved in volunteer activity. Oh, I am sure I will see these good people around town but I won't be seeing them in my volunteer working capacity.

We are now in the process of dewinterizing our camper in Spanish and we will be happily dividing our time until autumn returns between the backyard deck and Waterfalls Park Lodge. How we divide our time will depend entirely on Mother Nature and the weather network' s forecasts.

I will miss the volunteer activity; particularly the Meditation Circle; Outings with Huron Lodge residents; SAD's Sunshine Shop but I will make the most of a relaxing summer break. I plan to return refreshed and revitalized in the fall.

Throughout the warm weather days I will enjoy the friendship of other campers and I look forward to re-acquainting myself with an old friend called Freedom from the Clock. There is nowhere that I will need to be at any specific time............wow! That is freedom!

I may be popping in here from time to time over the summer months but I do want to take this opportunity on this new day to wish each of my friends a wonderful, peaceful, relaxing summer.

The trail behind our home where we will take many Dudley walks this summer

.July 21/08

IT'S ANOTHER NEW DAY..... July 21, 2008

I celebrated my birthday this month and what a wonderful party it was. In attendance were some amazing people I am honoured to call my friends.

It was important to me this year to be surrounded by friends of faith. And, of course, this was because of my superstitious fear around the nasty number 66. And, yes, I know the really nasty number is 666 but, to me, 66 was close enough.

The last time I had negative feelings around a birthday was when I turned 30. Let's face it! In those good old bad old days no one over 30 could be trusted and 30 was SO OLD........oh, to be so old again.

This year the date of my birthday party arrived. With a large number of friends invited to my party I was dependent on good weather in order to make it a backyard party. All that morning the sky was black. Rain threatened to turn us into sardines if we were all packed into my little house.

About an hour before guests were expected to arrive I received a phone call from my dear friend, Wendy. She beautifully sang Happy Birthday to me over the phone and apologized that her job would keep her away from the party. I told her my fears about the weather. She said, "Do you own a rosary?" "No, I don't," I had to respond. "But I do have some ceramic praying hands. Will that do?"

"That will do," she said. "Put them out on the deck. The sun will shine within the hour."

I hung up the phone, tore down to the basement and retrieved the praying hands from its home in Brian's office. Placing them on the deck I then went upstairs and found the praying hands necklace which had been a gift from my daughter, Susan. I fastened the necklace around my neck and I prayed for sunshine.

Within an hour the black sky was replaced by a beautiful blue. The sun shone brightly and our backyard party was a great success enjoyed by all. I believe it was a miracle.

God is good.

And here are a few photos of my wonderful friends.

I apologize that I don't have a photo of every person who attended the party but in all we were close to 50. This number of "50 faithful" surely outweighs the "nasty 66" and as one friend kindly pointed out I can enjoy peace of mind knowing that indeed I am now experiencing the joy of my 67th year on this planet.

I am truly blessed to be sharing this journey called life with caring friends of faith. Your being here meant the world to me; thank you.

The last photo is taken 3 days later on my actual birthdate. My best friend Brian and I quietly celebrate together at The Fireside Inn.