I gratefully acknowledge I am able to celebrate another birthday and another year full of the creative pursuit of healing.

I observed the crisp fall days signalling that summer had ended and another season has begun.

I the welcomed my great neice when she was just hours old and days after we buried my father-in-law who died suddenly when the month was new.

I launched my Simple Abundance Workshop Leader career in the company of enthusiastic Sarah supporters.

I discovered a wonderful new tea place and reconnected with a Kindred Spirit.

I attended my 40th high school class reunion; thoroughly enjoyed reminiscing with old friends for hours and the synchronicity of the fact I’m embarking on a new career while many of them are relishing retirement.

I presided in my official WNBA capacity at a Natl Reading Group Month event and was delighted at how comfortable I have become speaking in front of a group.

I sat among the 14,000 women who filled the Long Beach Convention Center for the California Women’s Conference organized by Maria Shriver which had all the glamour of Hollywood with the intensity of Washington D.C.

I slipped away for a Napa retreat and found myself in an Italian Villa designed to facilitate rest and relaxation. It was an incredibly inspiring atmsphere and I can’t wait for another opportunity to be surrounded by the company and the setting.