My Goals: IN ONE YEAR Learn to EAT, PRAY, LOVE ... My Way*


1) Find Health and Strength for Me and my Family (Physically, Emotionally, and Spiritually).

2) Have a Love Affair and Long-Lasting Friendship with my EC (Eternal Companion).

3) Be Available for My Children through their Triumphs and their Trials.


*As I followed Elizabeth Gilbert's journey through "Eat, Pray, Love" and now as you follow me on my journey, perhaps a world of possibilities will open up for you too. Where do you want to go? Who do you want to be? Me? I'd just like to learn to be my loving, happy self and live long and healthy enough to enjoy the outcome. And you? I encourage you to challenge yourself. What would you like to do next? What direction are you going? Our talents and uniqueness bless our world ... and someone is always watching, always following in our footsteps. My prayer is that our footsteps may always be worth following.

Saturday, December 17, 2011

15 Days to Go ~ What a Journey!

K-2, the mountain where some epic journeys have begun.

How is it that I have missed writing on my blog for 241 days? I have been on a journey yet to be written.  I did not imagine as I began my "Eat, Pray, Love: The Challenge" blog that I would need to be AWOL for the journey to continue. I apologize for my absence only with the excitement of telling you why.

I have been to the valleys of despair and the mountains of triumph.

Thinking I was set to describe my year long goals with you, I have learned more importantly what the year could really do for me personally.

This morning I was dreaming about my children. Anxiety came to my soul as I pondered some of the hurts they had suffered in this life. My dream allowed me to see a new perspective on things. Where there was suffering, there was also learning. I wondered, "Am I up to climbing that mountain one more time to look?"

I have been on the mountain before. Many times. I climb, I slip, I rest, I climb, and sometimes I tumble back to the bottom. Today, I am way up that mountain. Up in the clouds. I am excited. The air is thin here. My heart races. I can do this. I put one foot in front of the other.

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  1. I know you've dealt with struggles the past few months. You are always in our thoughts. You can do this, Lauri!
    Love,
    Debi (and Gary, too!)

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  2. Glad you're writing again! Hope we get to see you soon!

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  3. Way to go,Lauri! This is very exciting! You are so awesome! I love to have you share with me your recovery process. It helps me,too, and probably many others. You were the light of my life when you were a child. You still are. The Lord has something special in mind that you are yet to accomplish in this life. I love you. MOM

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