Grammaglow's Blog

I'm sitting here looking out at the beautiful pacific ocean here in Lincoln city Oregon. It doesn't get much better than this for relaxing and grounding yourself. Long work weeks, pressure for deadlines, raising puppies, all add to the fast paced whirlwind we create for ourselves. Now is the time to find my inner balance and calm. What a joy and relief it is to my soul! It feels like I took 5 yrs. off my age and have that renewed energy to build on again. I feel we all need to take a break now and then to relax and recharge. What a wonderful way to allow God to get into your soul. Silence is golden.
God bless all of you wonderful braveheart women. All the best in your life and ventures.

grammaglow

I am heading toward the new year with a refreshing outlook and a wonderful fulfilling love for my family and friends. I may not have hit all of my goals and challenges this year, but I have grown emotionally and spiritually and look forward to much more in the coming year. I am more focused and grounded than I ever have been and I would like to thank you, the ladies I share this wonderful space with, my Braveheart Sisters.
Meeting Ellie was heart warming & inspiring along with so many other feelings. Spending time with so many of you was comfortable, enlightening and empowering. In my past, I had more often than not, avoided getting together with a group. However, after being at RISE, I have learned that spending time with women that are headed in the same direction with positvie energy and drive fits into the things I enjoy quite well. Thank You again.
To all of you, I wish for you the very best and most fulfilling holiday season ever. Merry Christmas & Happy Birthday Jesus, is what I like to say, but no matter what you celebrate, Enjoy.
Here's to the New Year also, I intend on making it the best I have ever had! Hope you do too!
Hope to see you or meet you at RISE 2011!
God Bless You!
Gloria (Grammaglow)

Wow, it's November already!!!I have been so busy with my Kids and Grandkids lately that I find little time to sit down and be still long enough to write. So, I'm taking a bit of time right now, on my lunch break at work. I promised to write weekly and now it has been a couple weeks gone by. Does anyone else go through this from time to time? Of course they do!
I find that the things that are most important to me are the moments spent with family and close friends and anything past that is where I have to organize my time and find what is most important to move forward.
I am working toward having more balanced time to work on my passion and family time. I haven't really found what it is I am suppose to do, but I know it has to do with talking, smiling and helping others to find a more satisfied way to live. I am always looking for more positive ways and like to help drive that attitude in those that are around me. I have been enjoying my daily cards that Ellie sent us home with at the RISE event and find they help me in keeping focused on the affirmation of the day.
I have been more grounded since I came home from RISE and I look back at the feeling I had when I arrived and the feeling I was sent home with. I have more understanding and compassion for others and their ways and worries. I also find myself coaching and helping those around me at work with their own self esteem, health and motivation. My question is, why can I do this so well for others, but have a hard time putting a plan together for myself. I have managed people for so many years, it's second nature and I love it. I find that those that I have managed in the past, call on me to complain about the ways they are being treated now and I often
wonder how it is that I can help. I'm always wanting to help....but as for myself and my forward motion on my own plans, I have a problem with that. What in the world can I do to wake that part of myself up? My schedule is full....however I want to get my own thing going on the internet....The question I keep hearing is; what do you do in your spare time? I seem to fill that small amount of time with learning more about myself or the process of starting and growing a business or downloading the pictures of my grandkids sports and cheerleading so I can stay on top of that. Wow, so much to do and so little time....no complaining here, just trying to find the right balance. Today is all about balance. If anyone can offer some suggestions, I would love to hear what they are..
I am truly blessed with the wonderful family and friends I have!
Thank you for taking the time to read this and have a fantastic week! God Bless you Braveheart Sisters!

I've decided to force myself to write once a week to all of you that may be reading my blog. One of my deepest fears, is writing. I used to write years ago and after going through some chaotic times in my life, I shut down and didn't want anyone to know anything about me or my life, except for a few select friends. I have continued on that path and have now taken a look at many things after my visit in LA at the RISE convention. After hearing that I must face my fears head on, I decided the best way to do that was to begin to write everything that happens through the week and document the growth I am accomplishing after being at RISE.
I have accomplished so much this past week, that I am excited to put it down on paper! I have begun to unclutter my life. Each day I come home and do one small task, like go through bills, clean my closet and get rid of clothes I don't wear, sew buttons on blouses, etc. I have commited to working at least 2 hours on my Send Out Cards and new Photography website and have proceeded to do just that. I am working on a marketing brochure for my photography and I have taken in 2 photo shoot opportunities since returning. I love taking pictures, yet always have so many to go through, and end up putting it off for a few days, so it bothers me. Now I am going through them daily and working to make this a business, so I can break away from my 8-5 job. On the weekend I am making sure to do at least a couple jobs like sweep the patio and walkway, work on my website, work on my pictures on 1 of the weekend days. The other one is for my kids and grandkids...I started excercising the Monday after the event and am very happy with the way I feel. My next challenge is dance. I want to get started dancing with my husband. I know that while I continue to give thanks and glow at the feelings of success and completion on so many small things that have been hanging over my head, I will bring more opportunities for growth and rewards into my life. Thank You Ellie and all of you Braveheart sisters for helping me to get on the right path.... Here I GO!!!!!!

First of all, Thank You Ellie Drake, Dr. Sugar, Gloria Loring, Lynn Rose and all the wonderful speakers and women at this wonderful event!. I am a changed woman and a growing, happier, healthier woman for jumping out of my box to attend this wonderful 4 day event. I know that many of the women I collaborated with and bonded with have the same feeling and will be growing and moving forward towards our goals of helping to make this world a better place.
I came to this event with a feeling of fear and excitement, as I had never done anything like this and wanted to make changes in my life. With guidance from God, I was pushed toward this and succeeded in attending. I am so grateful to God for giving me the means to go and for all the wonderful women I met. I am truly inspired and after listening to Ellie and many others, truly feel empowered to create my dreams and accomplish my goals. I will be working daily on my passion and looking forward to attending Release as soon as I can. I am a survivor of so many things in life and never wanted to share them, as I felt that I would be judged or looked down on for accepting those things into my life. I found that all of you that I met, were more than supportive and gave me the feeling that I too, am a wonderful loving woman with a heart that just wants to give and feel that I am accepted. I will continue to move forward as I always have, however it won't be as slow as it has been in the past. I intend on taking what I have learned to the next level and hope to meet with Ellie in the near future to get her input on my progress. After all, I was pretty lost when I met her. I have to admit, when I said goodbye to Ellie on Saturday evening, I was all teary eyed and my words were very weak. I intend on getting it together and look forward to the next opportunity to have a conversation with her, to let her know how much I have grown from what I have learned from the entire RISE event. What a wonderful time I had, tears and all! Thank you, all of you that I had conversations, hugs, tears and most of all sisterhood with.
I want to send out a special message to my roomy, Jillynne. What a wonderful experience that was, to let myself go and share a room with a new sister! Out of my box for sure. I would have never done that a year ago! I have been praying, believing and trusting that the right things and times will come for me to be creative and be able to put inspiration in action. It's just the beginning, but WOW, or should I say, VOW, it's really happening! I love you all and look forward to growing, learning, living, loving and helping in this wonderful world that we live in. Looking so forward to living a wonderful life with Ellie and all of you Braveheart Sisters in my life. Thank You, from the bottom, top and sides of my heart ! I love all of you and what you stand for! God Bless you as we move forward together in our constant work for more peace in our world!
Lovingly and graciously, Your Braveheart Sister,
Gloria
(Grammaglow)