A Girl For All Seasons

May the start of a season full of new life bring new life and hope to yours! Love to all!

Living in a climate that has four pretty distinct seasons is something I love about the Cleveland area.

In the winter I love to stay warm by the fire or curl up with a good book. I hear so many people talk about the winter blues, but I see nothing depressing about spending time with loved ones and the comfort of a throw to warm you.

I love spring because of all the flowers coming back to bloom and new green leaves to replace the ones lost in the fall.

Summer makes me think of the warm feel of the sun on my skin and picnics, baseball games (personal favorite!) and explosions of colors coming from backyard gardens in the the form of fruits, veggies and flowers. Amazing!

I adore the colors of autumn and how those play in to my favorite holiday, Thanksgiving.

We have so much to be thankful for in the seasons we've been given. Living in the Cleveland area, as I said allows me to feel the warm and cold of summer and winter, respectively. However, I love 50 degrees or so in both spring and autumn and how different they feel. Spring warms you and autumn cools you even if it is the same temperature! It is invigorating in the fall, cool and crisp and in the spring it is such a great change from the frigid cold we've been blasted with for the three previous months!

Always at the start of a new season, I am anxious for the change in weather. What's your favorite season and why?

Love to all!

Blessings and Prayers

As prayers go up, blessings come down.

I just love this saying. As most of you know, I am a caregiver for a home health care agency. Hands down, it is my favorite profession. I care for a few different clients at this point. One of them has a coffee mug with this expression on it. Actually, now that I think about it I am wrong. This is a refrigerator magnet. Her coffee mug has another great saying that I love. "It takes a long time to grow an old friend." Too cute!

I am a big believer in the power of prayer, and how the more you pray and have faith the more blessings you receive. It makes your life rich with good fortune. Not necessarily monetary wealth, but wealth in your heart and soul, love from family and friends and to truly be at peace with things around you.

I am not a "holy roller" in that I say and do things wrong all the time, but I know this about myself and apologize for any faults that I have or make. We all have shortcomings. We have to be at peace with those as well. I believe so strong in my faith that I do feel angels are among us and we receive blessings all the time. We just have to learn to look through and beyond the lessons we are being taught. We have to look at those around us and learn what they are teaching us, how they most assuredly are blessing us with their presence. Every friend and loved one is a blessing. Listen to them. And enhance someone else with your presence!

Love to all!