Ummm, hi....June?!?!

Seriously?!? June!!! How the hell did it sneak up on me like that? Where is 2009 rushing off to? 

Well, since we are at the half-way point of the year I thought I would take a moment to think back over the past several months and see if I have been living my word for 2009. I vowed on 12/31/08 that I would SHINE in '09. So how am I doing with that, you ask? I have to say I think I am doing really well! 

Personally I have been pretty damn happy this year! Kevin and I are celebrating ten years of marriage in October and we are as happy now, if not happier, as the day we married. Our family is happy and well. I have some great friends in my life. I get to do things I enjoy. I do still have some health and wellness things I need to work on (not quite shining in that area as much as I would like to be) but it is OK because I know I can do what I need to do!

Professionally I am at a VERY good place right now. Lots happening (and I am not ready to share it all just yet) but it is all good. Sure, I wish for the day, somewhere down the line, where I don't have to work. But as long as I need to I am lucky to be where I am right now.

Creatively these past several months have been wildly exciting! I haven't experienced any real creative blocks for quite some time. I am learning new techniques and starting new hobbies. I am having a blast sharpening my photography skills and learning all I can. I love my blog and the opportunity it gives me to express myself in writing with so many people. I have always loved to write and take pictures and with this blog I can share that with so many more people.

Spiritually I have grown so much. My faith has always been a very private thing for me, and always will be. But I will say that this year I have allowed myself to grow deeper in my spirituality. I relish my time of meditation and prayer and reflection, and I know I have developed a deeper relationship with my God.

One thing I am very proud of myself for doing is I have kept up with my Gratitude and Positive Thinking Journal that I started back in January. I always have several journals going at once so I do tend to neglect some, but this is one I have been really diligent about writing in. And I think it helps. All of the entries are about gratitude and/or positive thinking and intentions. When I am feeling negative or withdrawn I can flip through the pages and what I have written over these past several months helps me to find my way back to a place of peace and...shininess!!!

I hope that 2009 has so far been good to all of you, too! And here is to the rest of 2009 being shiny and happy, too!!!