WORKING AT LIFE
New Year’s Day 2022 this is my view in our tiny mountain village at 9,000 feet. Most people just want to visit in the summer. So this peacefulness is blessed.
What’s MOST IMPORTANT to me:
Continually:
Connecting with my husband
Staying healthy – physically, mentally, spiritually
Publishing my work & connecting with my readers
I don’t know if I can keep up this pace but my goal is to keep at it:
Christmas Eve service with husband
New Year’s Eve dinner with husband – shared my gratitude jar entries for 2021 and we laughed, remembered and were thankful
We shared dessert – I took 1 bite of each
Husband & I are continually working at us. Over this 10 day Christmas vacation we walked together several times on our nature trail each day with our dogs Joy and Hope – I took these photographs on our nature trail which is just out our garden gate
These sunny blue and white days are awesome
Easy to see Mother Nature’s art work with or without the sun
Multitasking: walking with hubby & dogs in nature & taking photographs
Girlfriends at my home – celebrating the December birthdays and just finally being together
Taking a moment
8 year-old Elsa and I getting our booster – Elsa and I celebrated our 6th anniversary this past summer – we have each other’s hearts. I’m her nanny, tutor and ‘Lake City grandma’ (I’ve a M. Ed. and number of certifications including gifted, special education and early childhood) Elsa’s SMART with physical and emotional issues
Hope with Elsa
Joy has always watched over Elsa – it’s too – too adorable
Writing accomplishments these past 10 days: good start on Jane Friedman class for my book proposal, posting more regularly, started twitter, wrote & edited / edited / edited freelance piece for NYT that I’m going to submit tomorrow, signed up for Susan Shapiro class…
Gotta go…hubby time
What’s important to you? How are you managing? I care – drop me a line – love jules
“The most precious gift we can give one another is letting them know they matter.” Julie A R Stephens
julie@handsbestrong.com
Happy New Year! Thanks for sharing these beautiful photos.
Happy New Year My Son! Thanks for letting me know you saw this and for teaching my grandchildren the art of expressing gratitude! I love and appreciate you!