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MaryAnne
http://www.maryanner.com

My Dad loved to have some fun.
He used to take all of us in the car and drive out into the countryside outside our small town in search of his "magnetic hill".
He would tease us and make a big production of it and have us all excited with anticipation . Finally he would find the hill. He would stop the car and put it in N (neutral).

Like magic ,the car would roll up the hill. We would squeel with delight. We made him return to the bottom many times to relive the exiciting ride up our magnetic hill. He told us there was a big magnet under the road that pulled us up the hill.

When ever we had visitors from out of town we had to make the trip to the hill to show them our natural wonder.

This happy memory stays with me still. What a sight we must have been, all 12 of us squeeling as we repeatedly went up the hill.

It was not until a few years ago that I happened to be in the area and once again found our magic hill.
To my surprise I also discovered Dad's little secret.
Even though it looked like we were going up hill the land actually sloped downhill thus explaining the cars movement.

I try to forget that and remember the magnet under the road. It is a much happier memory.

MaryAnne
http://www.maryanner.com

Life has a habit of changing.
We have times when everything goes very well for us. Then we have times that everything goes very badly for us.

But we keep going forward.
What choice do we have??

As I see it , we can choose to complain and moan and cry until no one wants to be around us.
OR
We can accept these times as a learning experience and go forward smiling and happy in life. Like a bee to honey we will attract more positive happy friends. Life will be sweeter.

MaryAnne
http://www.maryanner.com

Do you ever surprise yourself when you find that you do something really well but then you find yourself apologizing when you tell others about your abilities?

I often find that I am excusing myself when I explain that I am really good at doing something. I apologize and tell people that I don't mean to sound boastful but.....

I wonder "where does that come from?"

I believe part of it is from my upbringing when I was taught that boasting was not acceptable. But WHY NOT??????
Why not tell people that these are the areas in life where I excel. These are the things I do well.

Certainly it is not boasting to recognize what a unique and talented woman I have become.

I think it can be so much more uplifting than constantly putting myself down.


MaryAnne
http://www.maryanner.com
If I Can Do It, So Can You

Yes I was chosen as one of the 60 women in business to be interviewed by WE magazine for women.
Here is the link to my interview.

http://wemagazineforwomen.com/small-business-week-interview-with-maryanne-robertson/


MaryAnne

First I am so grateful that my tribute to my Mom was chosen as the Featured Blog. Thanks so much.

I have read many times about the importance of being grateful. We are told that if we are grateful and express it , then more good things come in to our lives. Many suggest that we start a journal to keep track of the many things we find every day to be grateful for.

Just this week I came upon a website
Gratitude Log...The Happiest Place on the Internet.

It is an online journal where you can express your gratitude whenever you wish.

I invite you to join me in some happiness.
Check out: www.GratitudeLog.com/join/?f=4goodhealt h


MaryAnne

If I can do it , So can you.
http://www.maryanner.com

This is my first Mothers Day without my Mom here. She died in March.

I thought it would be sad without her , yet it isn't.
I find that she is with me often in my thoughts and each time it is happy thoughts.

She is with me when I look in the mirror , because I look a lot like her.
She is with me when I make a delicious dinner, because she was a good cook.
She is with me when I listen to music, because her love of music became mine too.
She is with me in the garden when I remember the flowers she used to grow.
She is with me when I'm sewing and I remember the red coat she made when I was 10.
She is with me as I type this blog and I remember she sent me to typing lessons.

She has not gone far. She is always close and part of me.

Happy Mothers Day Mom.

Love
MaryAnne

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Joy reminded me that I have not been on site very often lately.
It is that time of year again. I am working in the garden from the moment I get up until the sun goes down. Digging , moving earth, planting, mulching. All very physical and better than any gym.

I live in a small country village and during the week there are those quiet moments that refresh the soul. Moments with no sounds from neighbors, no cars going down the road, True quiet when all I hear is the wind blow, the birds sing. Sometimes not even those sounds...just pure silence.

It is important to be in the moment or the moment can be missed. And oh how I love that silence, how I crave it. Life has become so noisy with cars and lawn mowers and ATVs. I find that when I do encounter one of those moments I remember what my teachers used to say.

Silence is Golden.



MaryAnne

What is it about Spring that increases our urge to clean??
I can't seem to stop. It makes me feel so darn good!

I have been cleaning my own home for over a month. A little bit here, a little bit there. It really feels great.
I even come home to find my husband dusting and vacuuming.

Now this week I am staying at my sisters home while she is away on vacation. It is a huge home, my little home would fit in her kitchen area alone. There are 10 rooms on the main floor and 14 in the basement.
I am taking some ME time but the urge to clean is so strong!
Maybe it is the artist in me. I see details. I want things to look their best.

She has had this home on the market for over a year now.
While here I keep noticing details that I think would turn off home buyers so I started to clean here too.
I put all the clutter away so that the home looks clean and uncluttered.
I emptied the pantry, washed the shelves and re organized . I think she will be quite surprised to see just how much soup she has. And how many extra shelves are in there.
In the laundry room I organized her storage cupboard and I think she will be happy to learn that she never has to buy cleaning supplies again. They were spread far and wide on all the different shelves but when I started to group them together I found she had been buying more of the same thing because she could not tell what she already had.

Organizing is wonderful. I was able to take several loads to the recycling bins. Both the pantry and the storage cupboard are easier to enter and to find things. I am hoping that potential buyers will think ." Oh what a lot of storage this house has" rather than " oh what a messy cupboard"

Some say cleaning is a chore ...but not for me.
I find that it brings out my creative side. I start with a jumbled mess and transform it into something tidy and neat. I feel good doing it, I feel good when it is done.

I'm always the one who helps everyone. Done it all my life. Started at nine years old helping Mom raise the 10 kids. Seemed natural to me to do but I am now rethinking it all.

My Mom died this month and I find myself not having to plan my week around going to care for Mom. No more trying to please Mom, now it is time to please me.

Already others are trying to fill in that time with requests to do this and do that.

But Wait!!!

I want that time for me now. I have earned it. I deserve it.
I want to discover who I am again. I have gotten lost these past few years running around doing this and that for everyone but me.

I want time to do things I like, to have time to myself, to just exist, putter around the garden and listen to the birds instead of rushing to make room for too many things that need doing. Extra rest after years of very little sleep.

I want to focus more on my business as I find I am good at it.. That extra time might make all the difference.
I guess I will have to learn a new word. NO

MaryAnne
http://www.maryanner.com

I write with great joy to tell you that my Mom is free and dancing in heaven. As you know I had a cold for the past week and was unable to visit. This distressed me. My sister called me on Sunday to say Mom was waiting for something.
I told her it was me. My Mom and I have always been the closest and I knew she was waiting for me.
Yesterday I spent hours with her. I gave her a facial and did her hair and told her I was getting her ready to go. I held her hand and told her the things that needed to be said. For just a moment she opened her eyes and tried to say something. I said "I love you too" and she closed her eyes. When I kissed her goodbye I knew it was for the last time.
She died peacefully in the night.
My heart is filled with joy.


I thank you all for your words of encouragement and love.

MaryAnne

Tonight I am blogging for the first time. I hear it is just a matter of writing what I am passionate about. So here goes!

It is my Mom who occupies my mind. That little bit of an 87 year old woman, mother to 10 children, caring nurse,
good example of what a woman can do, not afraid to try something new. And what a sense of humor,

She was not afraid to try again. When my Dad, her husband of 30 years died ,she married her high school sweetheart. He died shortly after . She then met another old friend and planned to marry him. Unfortunately he died just before the wedding. You would think all this heartache would kill a woman but it made her stronger.

She loved a good time, she loved to have friends and family around. She enjoyed life as long as she could.
This evening she lies in a nursing home getting weaker by the moment. Tomorrow, I go to see her, to possibly say goodbye for the last time. I will thank her for her loving care, for the strength I learned by watching her, for helping me become the woman I am today. I will wish her well on her journey and dream of her dancing through eternity.