Greetings Everyone, I hope you are having an awesome week. Y’all know that I write and a big part of that process is editing. The fun part of my senior (I’m wise and have a lot of years behind be) gig, this writing and authorship journey I am on, is the creativity and constant flow of new stuff, new words, new journeys.
Then comes the tedious part of writing, good ol’ editing. There’s spell check and grammar check (and Word doesn’t much care for my grammar sometimes). Then comes the read overs and rewrites and more edits, then read-alouds. I’m trying to get this calendar book done, 365 Days of Sacred Wisdom and Soul Reflections, a journey I started back at the first of the year. Other projects got in the way, and I have wrapped them up now to concentrate on finishing a Daily Walk With Wisdom.
When I put the final period on day 365, I celebrated and began rereading what I started last January. I came across days that sounded so familiar that I fast forwarded to October, November and December only to find that I was writing material that was duplicating content I had written last spring. Sure, there are a lot of ways to write about Joy, but six times in the same book, maybe not so much.
Then there is one of my favorite words, sacred, but 23 times in one month? Now the edits become focused on my vocabulary, back to my memory banks and the Thesaurus.
Four hours in one afternoon, bum asleep, ankles screaming to move and my back talking to me like a recalcitrant teenager, I get up and head for the kitchen to refill my jug (the giant Stanley.) Things don’t seem quite in focus (a reminder of too many hours staring at white pages and bright monitor – get out the Refresh drops.) Glasses were not in the necessary room or on my bedside table so, back out to the living room I go the check the table beside my comfy chair. No luck.
Hubby asks me what I’m doing, and I told him, “Looking for my glasses.” Smiling he said, “They’re on your head.” Duh…a senior moment. I took a break and curled up in my comfy chair, glasses on, I gave myself permission to relax and put my feet up.
The next day I was back at the editing early and about 11:00 took a break and plodded out to my comfy chair. I could hear hubby digging around in his bathroom and then he was in the living room searching the table between our chairs, off to the kitchen and searching his side of the dining room table. I could feel his anxiety and agitation clear across the room. When he came back to search the coffee table and then the table between our chairs again, I asked him what was up, what had him so agitated.
He growled at me through clenched teeth, “I can’t find my glasses.” Looking up I started to laugh; I couldn’t help it. I laughed out the words, “They’re on your face.” He was wearing his glasses looking for his glasses…another giggly senior moment.
I headed back to the office and the stack of papers waiting on my “red pen.”
Yesterday we were off early to a doctors appointment and hurried home so I could make a call with my mastermind group. I realized when I got off the call that I was bushed. I gave myself permission to take a nap and had just drifted off when the oncologist called to reschedule an appointment. Done and eyes closed, music playing in the background, I drifted off only for the phone to wake me up again. This time it was my daughter. She has an uncanny sense of timing and often calls just when I think I am going to take a nap.
I don’t remember what she called for but I ended up sharing our senior moments with her, getting another good giggle in for the week. She told me she could top those and shared her morning of trying to get out of the house and off to an appointment while talking to her friend Jill. Jill could hear her rustling things about and ask her what she was doing, and frustrated, my kid blurted out, “I can’t find my phone.” Jill of course cracked up and laughing told my daughter, “Maybe it’s because you’re talking to me on it.” LOL, that one topped our senior moments.
Laughter is really the best medicine as my friend Roberta Gold reminds me weekly in her newsletter Laughter Rocks (you can get it here) Roberta talks about the healing power of laughter and it was just what we all needed last week as we navigated a bummer diagnosis for my sister and my hubby started back in chemo. Sometimes life just isn’t all that fun, but laughter sure does help. Big thanks to Roberta for reminding me that a good giggle is a great way to get back in my groove.
My super news this week is that Introducing the Gifts of Our Good Enemies is launching in paperback version on Nov 1. My copies should be arriving any day now and I am offering a special on author signed books.
For just $25 you get an author signed copy of the brand-new paperback book (a $9.99 value), my printed journal The Power of Gratitude ($9.99 value), and my #1 Bestselling book You First: Practical Wisdom for Nurturing Body, Mind, Heart, and Soul ($9.95 value) along with a sweet little watercolor painted book mark I made (priceless 😊). Shipping is included in the US but reach out for shipping costs if you are one of my good buddies in Canada, Australia, Germany, France, Europe and of course I am so grateful, safe friends in Isreal.
I’d love for you to join my launch team if you are interested… email me for particulars. The goal is to have folks purchase the books on launch day, read it (it’s a short read maybe hour and a half) and then post a review.
As ya all gear up for Halloween (save me some peanut butter cups) and have fun decorating your yards. I’ll be making Dracula cookies with the grandsons and maybe with my sister and her grandsons.
May you be blessed with an abundance of giggles and grins as the Halloween season gets into full swing.
Please enjoy my Free “Meditation for Centering” MP3
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Vicki Dobbs is a bold and adventurous warrior walking a path of heart to manifest spirituality in everyday lives. She opens existential gateways for individuals to face their challenges and embrace these tests as the great teachers that they are.
Her goal is to see everyone walk in beauty and balance every day of their lives empowered by the voice of their own authentic truth.
Through Wisdom Evolution and Sacred Wisdom Workshops, Vicki creates opportunities for others to make deep personal changes through experiential classes, ceremony, sacred art and story. She endeavors to inspire others to create their lives intentionally. Vicki is an Inspirator of everyday awareness, an Instigator of spontaneous stories and a Connoisseur of Creativity. Gratitude and grace sprinkled with humility and humor are the medicine she brings to the world.
As an Elder, Teacher and Entrepreneur, Spiritual Coach, Ordained Minister and Crafter of Sacred Art and Tools, Vicki perceives life’s journey as an ever-upward spiraling ascension of the human spirit leading her to wisdom, wholeness and authenticity.
Her experience includes being trained in the Harner Method of Shamanic Counseling and the Pachakuti Mesa Tradition of Cross Cultural Shamanism. She is a Graduate Teacher and Mentor with the Lynn Andrews Center For Sacred Arts and Training and has been the Administrator and Writers Guide for Writing Spirit, the School.
Vicki is also an Artist of the Spirit Certified Spiritual and Energetic Life Coach, a Graduate Mentor in the AoS program and a founding member of HeatherAsh Amara’s Warrior Goddess Leadership Team and Facilitator of the Warrior Heart Practice.
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