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I'm sitting here in my big comfy chair with this ethereal harp music playing on the stereo. Outside the birds are singing and the day is cool. All day I've been wanting to cry though. I miss my grandchildren so much and the distance between us seems too much to bear sometimes. They're in New York and we're here in California. I'm so grateful to my daughter-in-law and son because they text me all the time with pictures of the kids just doing what they do! It seriously makes me feel like I'm there for those few moments with them! They enjoy life and all the little things each day! I've never seen a family that takes in or participates so much in life! It makes me smile when I think of them :))))))

We also took a big hit with the economy and life is now about getting by. The days of distractions by vacations, lunches with friends, going to the cabin with my husband....are over for now. I know this sounds cliche but it's all about our attitude. If I focus on my problems then I'm wracked with bad emotions... depressed, sad, angry, etc... But, when I stand back and make an effort to see my life "in" God's hands then I can enjoy what I do have.

Instead of wallowing I've chosen (for the most part) to,  light a candle or some incense, play some music, open the doors, stretch, make a phone call, start some blogs, Facebook old friends, try different spices and marinades with dinner, get on the floor with the dogs and laugh, gather fun stuff bit by bit and send it to my grand-kids, grow a vegetable garden, watch a movie, do my nails, play dress-up (when I'm home alone :), put perfume on before bed, put my Christmas peppermint spray on my pillow in July, kiss my husband on the forehead as I walk by him, write, hum, sing, dust, take a night-time shower with candles, peruse art books, paint, make jewelry, do a project, walk at night with my honey, take photos of beautiful things, go out with my best-friend or just sit and talk with her, have a photo day with an artistic friend, go to church, take sandwiches to the beach for dinner and watch dolphins sometimes!, go get something off the dollar menu somewhere, get a .89cent small vanilla cone at McD's, call my sister, text a quick note to people I love, put a fruity smelling lotion on, twist my hair, make a list, clean, give my dogs treats for tricks, bath and foofoo the dogs, watch the dogs play, make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and cut it into quarters, look at pictures, take pictures of pictures and text them to the people in them, open the doors on a cold night and bundle up, let a small piece of chocolate melt in my mouth, bake, organize stuff, do a facial, take a bath with bubbles, go along with a friend who wants company, make someone laugh (that's my favorite), say a prayer on the phone with a hurting person, try different hair-dos, read, go for a bike ride by the strawberry fields :), think, reminisce, dream, pray..............................................................................We can't choose our life but we can choose our attitude!