It
has been a long time. Apparently I'm not very good at this blogging thing, but
alas I can only write when I have something to say...
2012
was an extremely challenging year. Life came at me so quickly that I've only
now begun to process what really happened and what I accomplished. I felt like
I barely had time to breathe. One challenge after the other arose and each
one took an extraordinary amount of patience and fortitude to overcome. I
became spent-- balance has always been challenging for me. I throw myself into
my work and I don't look up till it is over. With the convenience of
retrospect, I can now say that last year was a crucible year.
So
for 2013, I took the first month or so to do very little. I wish I could say it
was just so that I could be sure of where I wanted to go over the next 11
months, but it was simply because my body (my brain) wasn't going to cooperate
with me any longer if I didn't stop. All the warning signs were blazing
pretty much since September. So, the only thing I did was work with my kids
from OTT two days a week. In the end, it turned out to be just what I needed.
It
was hard making that decision. Financially it was crazy, but I'm glad I did because
I am beginning to find my inner most strength again- something that was
quite bruised and battered for a while now. I'm still not super clear on all of
the details (I never am), but one thing I know for sure is I am embracing
CHANGE and lots of TRAVEL for 2013.
Things
accomplished so far:
- Trip to
NYC & Michigan, with two more trips scheduled thus far.
- Return
to child-like abandon- did two cart-wheels, just for the fun of it!
- Made two really hard decisions personally and financially based on what's best for my health and well-being first, rather than spreading myself so thin for everyone or everything else.
"Leap and the net will appear".
Janelle
Here are photos from two of my proudest moments in 2012:
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| Fame! Jr. - OTT 2012 Production |
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| Just SING! - Live-Breathe Music, 2012 Production. |
