From Lost to Enough

I am always on a journey. My motto is “why not?”  I measure things I want to do against the yardstick of “when I am 80 years old, I don’t want to be sitting in my rocking chair on my front porch saying, ‘I wish I would have’”.

Like so many others (and maybe even you), I came to a very low point where I looked at my life and did not like what I saw. I decided to make a choice. I chose to get healthy – mentally, emotionally, and physically. 

When asked, I will tell you if I had known how hard the work would be, I might have made a different choice. But, knowing what I know now, I am grateful I kept doing the hard work of the hard work.

My books and other writing come from the lessons and self-discovery on my journey to living my best life. The way I write is the same way I speak  so you feel as if you are having a conversation with a friend. My writing is honest and relatable because I want YOU to know I have been there. I want you to know I am real and not writing from a lot of books and theories. 

By doing the hard work of learning to love myself, discovering my very best friend in the whole wide world and embracing forgiving myself, I lost almost 100lbs, kept it off and am living my best life. I no longer rely on my drug of choice (food) to numb the emotions I was afraid to experience.

Now, life is one grand adventurous journey from scuba diving to beekeeping. From riding on an elephant in Africa to riding in a hot air balloon in New Mexico. And so much more in between.

My passions, besides my family, are GUTaS International and my heart family in Zimbabwe – especially Mercy, Betty and Itai. GUTaS stands for Get Up, Take a Step. GUTaS is changing lives one step, one stitch at a time.

When my husband and children ask “Why?” I always responds, “Why not?”

“If we have our own why in life, we can get along with almost any how.”

Friedrich Nietzsche