**Living Up to My Own Challenge

****Living up to my challenge*****

I know it’s only Wednesday, but I have been taking my bike ride every night after dinner. This means I am following through with my own challenge…I think as a Diva, we need to reach down deep inside and pull out a challenge otherwise we are just coasting through life. Most often the challenges of life choose us. I know that pulling out the bike from the garage isn’t such a big deal. For me it’s the challenge of just doing it. It’s easier to just blow it off.

Some challenges are major such as going back to school or work, divorce, and child rearing, dealing with family matters, or facing a new job. Some are life altering…….being diagnosed with a health condition and needing treatment for that condition. Losing a love one and facing the future without them or a new family member whether it be through birth or marriage. The challenge of eating healthy food, means you need to prepare healthy meals and this can be a challenge in its self. It’s so much easier to grab fast food or take out. Whatever it is, we have to face them. As Divas, we are stronger then we think.

So, I challenge myself with small things such as riding my bike each night or taking a walk whenever I can. My hope is that facing them head on, will help me become a stronger Diva than I already am and more prepared to face more difficult challenges when they present themselves. I also know its okay to ask for help if your challenge is too difficult for you to bear on your own. As Divas, we need to reach out and help each other.

I wonder what challenges we will face today. Remember as Divas we can move forward and face any challenge even if that means asking another Diva for help.

 Today I will jump on my bike of life and peddle my way around this neighborhood of mine.

A New Week.

Here are a few flowers to brighten up a Monday!

As much as we may not like Mondays, it is a good way to start over or start something new. 

We get a new chance or a fresh start at something.  For me this week, I want to add more bike riding.  

I have a nice bike and do ride it a once or twice each week.  This week I am going to ride every day.

Let's pray for good weather. 

So, like Dorthy in the "Wizard of Oz" I am going to hop on my bike and try to avoid the tornado (Carbs).

What brings faith & enthusiasm to your life?

"It's faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes life worth living."

By,
Oliver Wendell Holmes

What are you faithful for and do you have enthusiasm for what your faithful for?

I am going to ponder on this for a while.....

*********** Making Changes.

It's not easy making changes in your life. I know I always have good intensions and I wake up each day choosing to follow through with my intensions.
Food/Health based intensions are so difficult for me, because I am one of those people, that either I am having a good day or a bad day. I have a very hard time finding the gray area in my food and health area. I am trying though. So, like any other challenging behaviors, I just take it one day at a time.
Mostly, I want to follow through with my three meals and three snacks per day. I feel the best when I follow through with this food based commandment, regardless if I lost or gained weight. I just feel better. I don’t feel over stuffed and I know I am making healthy food choices. It’s hard because there is always a glazed donut or a chocolate bar that has my name on it. God, I love sweets, and all those complex carbohydrates. I think I am just going to put some other people’s names on a few of those treats and just keep a few for myself. Ha, Ha!
Here is a little Diva power…………

A Diva’s Confession
I will be diligent in my pursuit of wisdom.
and remain transparent in the face of truth, honestly
assessing my choices and actions and making changes where necessary.
I will not be too proud to receive sound counsel.

The picture posted here is a plate of Edamome Beans.
Warmed up they are yummy and super good for you.

~~~~~Mother's Day!~~~~~

What a special Mother's day this was this year.
I started off the day waking up at 4:00 am and then meeting up with my old buddies from AEGON. I may not get to see them often enough, but when we get together it's like you just picked up where you left off. We then went to Philadelphia and walked in the Susan G. Komen, Race for the Cure. It was an amazing event and felt very close to my heart. We had a small piece of pink cake after the race. You know it just felt good to be there. It just plain felt good!


My children all visited me later in the day and my hubby (I don't usually mention men on this blog because it's just about Divas) BBQ ed some yummy chicken, burgers and hot dogs. I got to enjoy my beautiful new granddaughter, she is such a blessing from god.

We had some cake and ice cream after dinner. This is what life is about. Family, Friends and CAKE! Ha Ha.
I am blessed. I hope all my Diva friends enjoyed their special day too.

Strong Woman ( AKA Divas)

"A really strong woman accepts the war she went through and is ennobled by her scars." - Carly Simon
Carly Simon underwent a mastectomy and reconstuctive surgery for breast cancer in 1997 and was able to sing about it on her album "The Bedroom Tapes"

******Words for the Cure******

"People are always telling me that change is good. But all that means is that something you didn't want to happen has happened." - Meg Ryan

Mother's Day Week.

While, I haven't posted in a while I feel like I need to say so much, but for some reason I haven't been able to sit down and write. I am not sure why, too busy, overwhelmed, tired, not sure which or maybe a combination of all of them. Sometimes my mind needs a break and I just feel like I am in that spot right now. This can be a good thing or not so good thing.
With all that said,
This week is a week to reflect on our mothers.
Maybe you are close to your mother or maybe not. Maybe your mother is still here with you or maybe she is an angel guarding over you. Some of us may be brand new mommies or some of us have been at it for years. All I know that everything in me and all that I am today is because of the mother that I had and the mother that I am. There is no better title in this world then the title of being “MOTHER”. My babies are grown and I now have a daughter that is now a mother herself. It’s amazing to see the love she has for her baby, it brings back so many sweet memories. My son is a strong , smart, and loving man now. He is everything I wanted him to become. . I am so proud of my children. It’s been an honor raising both my children and I thank god for them.
My mother is no longer with us and I miss her. She left this world at such a young age. God knows I had many challenges with my mom. Good or bad, happy, or sad, all the times I shared with her, has helped mold me into the person that I am today. This year, in memory of my mom…. I will walk Mother’s Day, in the Philadelphia Susan G. Komen “Race for the Cure”. I will be walking with my old pals from AEGON and I am excited to walk with them.
This week I am posting some inspirational quotes from the book “Words for the Cure” in honor and in memory of all the mothers in our lives.
“ I feel keenly aware of how precious and fleeting life is, and I hope I will never forget what the experience has taught me…who I am, who I want to be, who I can never be again. It was a hard time, but I’d rather have the really hard stuff than to never know what I know now.” – SHERYL CROW