My Thankful Heart

2012-02-13T10:55:00.000-08:00

Ps Being a mom is MUCH harder than it looks.

In fact, lately I am failing BIG time.

2012-02-08T10:51:00.000-08:00

You have inside you exactly what you need for today.

USE IT ALL UP.

Tomorrow you'll wake up with exactly what you need for that day.

2012-01-25T09:46:00.001-08:00

Chocolate covered Cinnamon Bears.

For breakfast.

Yes, please.

Kids . . . .

2012-01-23T12:33:00.000-08:00

My kids ROCK so hard, sometimes it hurts.

(hurts my heart)

2012-01-18T08:26:00.000-08:00

Yes, PLEASE.

2012-01-17T08:48:00.000-08:00

(love this!)

2012-01-16T09:46:00.000-08:00

YOU

aWEsome!

(just sayin')

Authenticity and Transparency.....

2012-01-12T08:10:00.000-08:00

I write this tiny little blog for many reasons, 1st it started as a sounding board for my divorce. Mostly for therapeutic reasons, the best part is to go back and see how far we have all moved forward. It's an AMAZING process, to say the least!

I've shared a lot of my personal experiences. Some of them I've worked through and simply just moved forward and some I will be working on for the rest of my life, but I'm happy to do that in fact I feel grateful that I am who I am. Willing to learn from my mistakes and hopefully become stronger and able to share that experience to give another little~lost~heart hope.

Last night I was called on something by a friend....And given the cold~hard~truth on how I allow fear to control so much of what I do, how I act, what I want to appear to be to others and saddest of all allowing fear to define my self~worth. A feeling, defining me and me allowing that to happen? Yes, the girl with the happiest of intentions and optimism to fill an ocean, the girl who appears to never allow things or doubt to enter her thought process.

Regardless, it really made me stop and think I decided to sit with it......

I realized then that this is the same idea that applies in everyday life, as we engage with other people and consciously or unconsciously, look to them to give us what we're not willing to give ourselves.

If we're feeling down on ourselves or like we are lacking, we look to other people to validate us. If we're feeling drained, we may look to other people to give us permission to take a break or have a mini-meltdown or sometimes not so mini. Ha Ha

Sometimes if they don't give us what we need, we can end up feeling frustrated & fearful and possibly direct that at them. Ironically, even when people say what we think we want to hear, it tends to fall flat if we don't truly believe they are right.

What makes it all the more complicated is that we don't often realize we're doing this.
It is FAR more comfortable to search outside than it is to look within.

But if we want to fully feel the warmth of light, we need to first access our own. That starts with asking ourselves: What do I really need and how can I give that to myself?

Goodbye fear, I will NOT miss you!

Trust.....

2012-01-10T14:47:00.000-08:00

"Nothing hurts more than being dissapointed by the single person who you thought would never hurt you."

2012-01-06T12:30:00.000-08:00

"Expectations are the root of all heartache."

~William Shakespeare~

(so true)

2012-01-04T10:37:00.000-08:00

MORE.

(the end)

~2012~

2011-12-29T11:19:00.000-08:00

"I came to WIN ~ to FIGHT ~ to CONQUER ~ to THRIVE.

I came to WIN ~ to SURVIVE ~ to PROSPER ~ to RISE ~ to FLY."

~Riahanna~

(simply BEAUTIFUL!)

SPARKLE!

2011-12-28T09:20:00.000-08:00

She eats GLITTER for breakfast ~ lunch and tea.

(perfect)

FEARLESS.....

2011-12-14T07:46:00.000-08:00

2011-12-12T07:42:00.001-08:00

All is well, with my HEART and SOUL.

2011-12-02T10:07:00.000-08:00

Happy

Birthday

Parker

Whiting

(AMAZING how time flies!)

2011-11-30T12:55:00.000-08:00

Do something AMAZING!

(above my door inside my house)

2011-11-28T15:31:00.000-08:00

Be with someone who knows what they have, when they have you.

DONE!

Sometimes in life. . . .

2011-11-25T07:49:00.000-08:00

we do things ~ some we wish we had never done and some we wish we could replay a million times in our heads. But they all make us who we are and in the end they shape every detail about us.
If we were to reverse any of them we wouldn't be who we are today.

So LIVE ~ make MISTAKES and have WONDERFUL memories.

Never second guess who you are, where you have been and MOST IMPORTANTLY where you are going.

You are AMAZING, believe it!
xoxo

Thankful.

2011-11-23T14:21:00.000-08:00

2011-11-22T11:08:00.000-08:00

2011-11-18T09:41:00.000-08:00

She LIVES Happily Ever After.

(not the end)

LOVE

LIFE!

I am . . . .

2011-11-16T08:17:00.000-08:00

Thankful ~ Content ~ at Peace ~ Optimistic ~ Driven ~ Fearless

110% ~ Happy ~ Inspired ~ Confident

Grateful ~ Blessed

ME!

2011-11-14T12:45:00.000-08:00

Always wear your invisible crown.

(always)

2011-11-11T11:43:00.000-08:00

One of the most important choices we will have to make (sometimes over and over) is that we will not set up camp in a place that we do not want to end up ~ that we will not drop anchor because we are too tired to keep going ~ that we will not decide to live forever in our misery because we have forgotten what it's like outside of it.

Do not stay in a state of mind that you do not like being in ~ please do not stay in a situation that makes you miserable ~ please do not stay in relationships that constantly knock the wind out of you and keep hurting you, where you are weak.

Please do not decide that you are going to be a forever resident in crazytown. KEEP GOING.

Keep going with love and kindness and in peace. Don't let anything steal your light ~ don't get sucked in and PLEASE DON'T EVER GIVE UP.

A life of joy is what's intended for you ~ and sometimes we get off track.
Just don't stay camped out in front of the roadblock forever, thinking that this is where you are supposed to live.

2011-11-09T08:46:00.000-08:00

Things at our house are a little CRazY these days.

(sometimes that's a good thing!)

And I quote....

2011-11-04T12:48:00.000-07:00

"Take chances, take a lot of them.

Because honestly, no matter where you end up and with whom it always ends up just the way it should.

Your mistakes make you who you are. You learn and grow ~ grow with each choice you make.

Everything is worth it.
Say how you feel ~ always and be okay with it."

~unknown~

2011-11-02T10:32:00.000-07:00

Love. Yourself. More.

(do it!)

2011-11-01T09:15:00.000-07:00

Life

Whispers

Listen

Closely

(words to live by)

2011-10-27T09:35:00.000-07:00

Thankful

and

Blessed.

Let's pretend......

2011-10-26T08:09:00.000-07:00

That I did NOT eat an entire bag of Cotton Candy for breakfast.

Okay? Okay.

Commitment......

2011-10-25T08:49:00.000-07:00

"This is MY commitment to LIVE up to the SPIRIT that is in me."

(MaGicaL!)

Choosing LOVE. . . .

2011-10-24T07:46:00.000-07:00

"I believe that every single event in life that happens is an opportunity to choose LOVE over fear."

~Oprah~

2011-10-20T08:56:00.000-07:00

Sometimes, you just need to distance yourself from people.

If they care, they'll notice.
If they don't you know where you stand.

(plain and simple)

2011-10-19T07:43:00.000-07:00

"Every little thing she does is MAGIC."

~The Police~

(and YES it is!)

Commitment . . . .

2011-10-14T08:31:00.000-07:00

"It's not going to be easy.

It's going to be really hard.

But we ARE going to work on this everyday,

and I want to do that.

I want you.

All of you, forever."

Now that's what I'm talking about, true~honest~real~commitment.

2011-10-13T12:18:00.000-07:00

It's up to you to find BEAUTY in the ugliest days.

(absolutely magical)

Life's Bottom Line . . . . .

2011-10-12T08:51:00.000-07:00

After all of this is over,

all that will have really mattered

is how well we treated eachother.

(simple as that)

Let's try this today, shall we?

2011-10-11T07:17:00.000-07:00

Keep your thoughts in the places that you want to be.

It takes a tremendous amount of discipline but it is so worth it to train your mind to shy away from fear, hopelessness, negativity, anger and jealousy.
It truly is possible to practice day by day turning your thoughts to gratitude, happiness and goodness.

Each day, make a solid decision that you will do whatever it takes to feel peace for the rest of the day.
When a difficult feeling or situation arises, remind yourself of the commitment you made that morning.

Focus your mind on the beauty, the blessings, the love others have for you and the blessings you find in the moment and focus on hope for better days.
It is so worth the work it takes to train ourselves to continuously focus on what is right rather than what is wrong.

Start each day.....

2011-10-10T09:07:00.000-07:00

with a "GRATEFUL" heart

5 things I am grateful for today:

1. Four AMAZING kids

2. Good health

3. My job

4. Family & Friends

5. LOVE

I am totally and COMPLETELY in LOVE with this . . .

2011-10-05T07:24:00.000-07:00

Make a WISH and put it in your HEART.

Anything you want.

Do you have it?

GOOD, now BELIEVE it can come true!

You never know where the next MIRACLE is going to come from, or the next WISH come TRUE.

But if you BELIEVE it's right around the corner, open your HEART & MIND to the POSSIBILITY of it, to the certaintly of it.

You just might get the thing you are wishing for.

The world is FULL of MAGIC, you just have to BELIEVE in it.

So make your WISH.

Do you have it?

Good.

Now, BELIEVE in it with all your HEART.

(One Tree Hill)

2011-10-04T14:13:00.000-07:00

"Mixed up and lost you showed me love at no cost and when nobody else cared you were there.

Down on my luck you helped my life get unstuck and when the world went away you stayed.

Thank you for the good times ~ Thank you for your love ~ Thank you for the joy you've given me.

Thank you for loving me everyday ~ Thank you for showing me the way ~ Thank you for the things I never say."

Thankful me.

2011-10-03T07:54:00.000-07:00

"A person's world is only as big as their heart."
(simple as that)

2011-09-29T14:08:00.000-07:00

You are the icing on my cupcake.

(the end.)

2011-09-28T11:44:00.000-07:00

"Expectations are the root of all heartache."

(Oh' SO true!)

Maybe we expect more from others, because we would be willing to do that much for them?

And at some point that will break your heart.

(been there, done that = too many times)

Regret NOTHING.....

2011-09-21T15:45:00.000-07:00

Take chances. Tell the truth. Date someone TOTALLY wrong for you. Say no. Spend all your cash. Be random. Say I love you. Sing out loud. LAUGH. Cry. Apologize. Tell someone how much they mean to you. Laugh until your stomach hurts. Live your life out LOUD.

MAGICAL.....

2011-09-20T12:46:00.000-07:00

ANYTHING

that makes you

SMILE

LAUGH

SPARKLE

Buy it

Marry it

2011-09-20T07:40:00.000-07:00

Fall + Hoodies + Football! + Chai (with whipped cream) + Cozyness (with my favorites) + Leaves + Holidays + Friends + FAMILY & Fun

My HAPPY heart.

2011-09-16T11:52:00.000-07:00

Have the weekend of your choice.

As for me and my house ours will be . . . . . AMAZINGLY ~ IMPERFECT.

My "A" game.....

2011-09-14T08:21:00.000-07:00

If ever there was a day to bring it, it would be today.

Consider it BROUGHT!

In fact now that I think of it, I don't even have a "B" game.

2011-09-13T09:08:00.000-07:00

"Within me lives a Summer day at the beach, where I am Queen of all sand castles."

(Summer is MUCH too short)

Things to do today:

2011-09-12T12:12:00.001-07:00

Choose JOY! ~ LAUGH more, worry LESS ~ Have FUN ~ SING out loud ~ Be AMAZING ~ INSPIRE someone ~ Be THANKFUL ~ Love the ones I'm with, with all my HEART.

(sounds like a INCREDIBLE day to me)

2011-09-09T13:32:00.000-07:00

ME: "Hannah, why is the bathroom covered in glitter?"

HANNAH: "Mom, WHY shouldn't the bathroom be covered in glitter?"

I like the way that girl thinks.

Have a SPARKLEY weekend friends!

Finally......

2011-09-07T10:51:00.000-07:00

FEARLESS!

(the end and just the beginning)

2011-09-06T11:37:00.000-07:00

In a FUNK with a capital "F".

(UGH!)

2011-09-02T10:57:00.000-07:00

Happy (just because) Day!

2011-08-31T12:05:00.000-07:00

She paused, but NEVER looked back.

(magical)

2011-08-29T09:59:00.000-07:00

"Better to get up and dance badly than to sit and watch the dancing."

Yep, it's about to get UGLY!

2011-08-26T07:18:00.000-07:00

Not because I want that, but because I have no other choice.

BUCKLE up and HOLD on TIGHT.

ps NEVER ~ EVER threaten a Mom with her babies, especially THIS MOM!

I've said it before and I will say it again . . . .

2011-08-25T10:07:00.000-07:00

When someone walks out of your life, let them go.

There's no use in wasting your time on people that leave you.

What you make of yourself and your future is no longer tied to them.

True, you may miss them. But remember that you weren't the one that gave up.

(friendly reminder)

2011-08-24T08:59:00.000-07:00

The

best

yet

come.

2011-08-23T07:20:00.000-07:00

"You should be kissed and often, and by someone who knows how."

~Gone With The Wind~

(I couldn't agree MORE)

2011-08-22T07:52:00.000-07:00

It could be the stars falling from the sky. . . .

Shining how we want,

BRIGHTER than the SUN.

(happiest little song EVER!)

Happiness =

2011-08-17T07:30:00.000-07:00

Good Morning texts ~ Holding hands ~ Waking up - tangled up ~ Movies ~ Hanging out ~ Eating frozen yogurt ~ Honesty ~Laughing out LOUD ~ AMAZINGNESS ~ Smiling all day long ~ Goodnights ~ Kissing ~ Trust ~ Families ~ Loving my tribe - like your own ~ LOVE ~ LOVE ~ LOVE ~ Being connected ~ Never giving up! ~ BIG plans for the future ~ Committment ~ Knowing EXACTLY who and what we have ~ Baseball fields ~ Appreciation ~ Moving forward ~ LOVING life more than EVER! ~ Happily Ever After, not the end.

Just the beginning!

2011-08-16T08:21:00.000-07:00

"I'm NOT the girl that got away, but the girl you FAILED to keep."

Putting things into perspective. The end.

ps

2011-08-15T15:33:00.000-07:00

"Be with someone who knows what they have, when they have you."

(Can you imagine anything more MAGICAL?)

pss it IS possible . . . . and "oh' so MAGICAL."

Dear Difficult Times,

2011-08-15T09:23:00.001-07:00

Thank you for showing me how strong I can be.
Sincerely, Carrie Ann Wheeler Whiting

2011-08-12T08:03:00.000-07:00

Let's make today RIDICULOUSLY ~ AMAZING, shall we? ABSOLUTELY!

2011-08-11T10:34:00.000-07:00

Keep calm

and

SPARKLE.

(magical)

Lessons Learned.....

2011-08-10T15:05:00.000-07:00

I've made mistakes in my life.

I've allowed people take advantage of me and I've accepted way less than I deserve.

But, I've learned from my bad choices and even though there are some things I can never get back and people who will never be sorry.

I will know better next time and I won't settle for anything less than I deserve.

(Join me!)

2011-08-09T09:20:00.000-07:00

"It's a funny thing about

LIFE,

if you refuse to accept anything but the

BEST ~

you very often get it."

wsv

I am . . . . . .

2011-08-08T08:20:00.000-07:00

STRESSED OUT!

(wouldn't it be MAGICAL if people did exactly what they committed to doing?)

2011-08-05T10:34:00.000-07:00

Stay POSITIVE ~ live FEARLESSLY ~ love EVERYONE ~ believe in POSSIBILITY ~ embrace CHANGE ~remain CALM ~ APPRECIATE today ~ seek WISDOM ~ be PURPOSEFUL .

(LOVE THIS!)

2011-08-04T10:35:00.000-07:00

Make today RIDICULOUSLY ~ AMAZING!

BEST words ever!

2011-08-01T15:10:00.000-07:00

You're

pretty

much

most

FAVORITE

all

time

the

history

ever.

Good Moms have.....

2011-07-28T09:16:00.000-07:00

Sticky floors ~ dirty ovens ~ un-mowed lawns ~ dishes in the sink ~ stacks of mail on the table ~ frozen pizza and sometimes cold cereal for dinner and HAPPY KIDS.

(the end)

This is how it works.

2011-07-27T11:57:00.000-07:00

I love ~ LOVE ~ LoVe the people in my life and I do for my friends whatever they need me to do for them....again and again as many times as necessary.

For example, in your case you may forget who you are ~ how INCREDIBLE you are and how much you are loved.

So what I do for you as your friend is remind you who you are ~ how INCREDIBLE you are and how much I love you.

This isn't any kind of burden for me, because I love you so MUCH.

Every time I remind you, I get to remember with you which is my pleasure.

(simple as that)

There is . . . .

2011-07-27T08:10:00.000-07:00

Beauty in the BREAKDOWN.

(beautiful)

Dear Whiting children,

2011-07-26T09:35:00.001-07:00

"Very little is needed to make a HAPPY life."

~Aurelius~

Wise words from Stephanie St. Claire....

2011-07-22T11:46:00.001-07:00

"Every once in a while, it's good to put yourself out there in a way that might cause others to think "who in the hell does she think she is?"

(awesome)

Today.....

2011-07-21T12:12:00.000-07:00

I am dwelling in POSSIBILITY.

Join me!

My HAPPY day!

2011-07-20T08:05:00.001-07:00

Braces off......

and I can NOT stop smiling! :)

Simply AMAZING.

2011-07-18T07:27:00.000-07:00

Allow ONLY good things into your world.

(the end)

Sometimes....

2011-07-15T10:04:00.000-07:00

We just really need to LET GO. I know this is almost always easier said than done, but it is something I am working on daily. Making a conscience effort to do, to make my life and the lives of my tribe much more simple.

A few of the things that I am working on letting go of today 7-15-2011:

Expectations. This is HUGE and I pinky swear if you try this, you will LOVE the results.

Expectations of people, situations, relationships, kids, myself. OH' this is a GOOD ONE!

The thought of "not being enough", ugh....I absolutely despise this one! Yet, it is something that I struggle with almost everyday. MUST LET GO of that ridiculous thought!

Okay.

I think that's PLENTY for today.

Today, be kinder than necessary to yourself.

YOU ARE AMAZING!

(believe it, it's true)

2011-07-13T10:59:00.001-07:00

"Rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life."

~JK Rowling~

Friendly Reminder......

2011-07-12T09:21:00.000-07:00

"When people are ready to, they change. They never do before then, and sometimes they die before they get around to it. You can't make them change if they don't want to ~ just like when they do want to, you can't stop them." ~Andy Warhol~

(Oh' I Love ~ LOVE ~ LoVe this)

2011-07-11T08:48:00.000-07:00

Thankful ~ Thankful ~ Thankful.

2011-07-07T12:45:00.000-07:00

Find what it is that makes you HAPPY and who it is that makes you HAPPY and you are set. Promise.

(simple as that)

2011-07-06T07:53:00.000-07:00

The missing pieces of your life, the magic solutions and the save~the~day~heroes come from the most unlikely places.

It is important to be open to the surprise endings and beginnings that show up just when we think we have it all figured out.

Sometimes things that look like mistakes end up being great discoveries.

Sometimes a disaster is just the final event that's meant to get something out of our life once and for all.

Be open......try to really ~ really see what is happening and what is possible.

Life is FULL of beautiful and custom designed surprises.

Kindness matters.....

2011-07-05T09:08:00.000-07:00

A little spark of kindness can put a colossal burst of sunshine into someones' day.

2011-07-01T08:12:00.000-07:00

4th of July weekend = My HAPPY heart.

EnJOY!

Today I choose.....

2011-06-30T10:16:00.000-07:00

Happiness ~ LOVE ~ Bliss ~ 4 cute kids ~ Friends ~ LAUGHTER ~ Otter Pops ~ SUNSHINE ~ Peace of mind ~ Being content ~ YOU ~ Wishing on stars ~ being me ~ Sidewalk chalk ~ Sprinklers ~ and Cotton candy.

(my day + my choices = MAGICAL)

The BEAUTY of life is.....

2011-06-28T07:29:00.000-07:00

"While we can not undo what is done....we can see it ~ understand it ~ learn from it and change.

So that every moment is spent not in regret ~ fear ~ or anger.

But in WISDOM ~ UNDERSTANDING and LOVE."

-J. Edwards-

LOVE this!

2011-06-27T09:01:00.000-07:00

"In everyone's life, at some time ~ our inner fire goes out. It is then BURST into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be THANKFUL for those people who rekindle the inner spirit." ~Albert Schweitzer~

(I pretty much LOVE this)

Our weekend......

2011-06-24T08:11:00.000-07:00

Cars packed. Kids buckled. Bikes loaded. Money raised. Prayers said. And we are off. Riding our bikes for a good cause.

GOOD TIMES x TEN!

(riding with my girlie)

Today......

2011-06-23T12:19:00.000-07:00

Today would be a great day to "LET GO" of something that is keeping you stuck or holding you back.

Forgive ~ Forget ~ Thank it for the lessons ~ Kiss it goodbye and "MOVE ON" to the BEAUTIFUL future that is intended for you.

Enjoy my friends, the peace is AMAZING!

2011-06-22T07:08:00.000-07:00

If your name starts with a "C" then this is your fortune for today:

A cupcake for breakfast = Breakfast of Champions

Yay, me!

2011-06-21T09:18:00.000-07:00

First day of SUMMER = True LOVE Always = My HAPPY heart = Forever.

Dear people I love,

2011-06-20T09:03:00.000-07:00

You don't have to prove who you are, you just have to be who you are.

Be who you want to be, show up as you want to be.

YOU ARE PERFECT.

Just BE.

Loves.

LOVE THIS!

2011-06-17T07:55:00.000-07:00

She BELIEVED she COULD.....

She DID!

(my HAPPY thought)