Loss, of a business, a loved one, a home, a best friend impacted the very fabric of what life meant to me on a personal level. By focusing on great memories, activities, habits and events made life ... bearable. And eventually it's like this phrase I once read in an old book: "Each soul slumbers a little while On this shadowy side of the stream And waking remembers life with a smile As a tale once told in a dream" Remember your dream ... and smile :)

GREAT NEWS! I have a special gift for you if you are subscribed to my Skool page - DM me BETA and I'll send you a download link. About that .... I finally migrated (successfully I hope), my SantaCookieMakers site and my old BestChristmasEver.lol site into a product and I hope I'm not too late for Christmas! The tech gremlins were nipping at my heals and causing me to pull my hair out. If any of you would like to promote it with a 70% payout to you as an affiliate, head over to OfferLabs and you'll find it in the OfferLabs Marketplace - under TheSecretCookieConnection.com I was initially going to give a $7 ebook and upsell from there into a few other items, but thought I would take Alex and ALL the Skool guru's advice and create more, rather than less. Anyway, I made it into a huge bundle for Black Friday and put in a lot of extra goodies. Hoping you can review and give me feedback on this too. Just feel like I'm out in left field and not sure if what I'm doing is the right way, the wrong way ... but I've started and tonight it went live. - you can also find some images in the comments. More than anything, would love some feedback on what you're doing, and how I can help you move forward with your goals. As a member of my Skool group, you can get a free "beta" copy - just message me with the word BETA and I'll send you the download link!

Don't remember the name of the song from where those words about the rain falling came, but like all things in life a little rain is necessary for growth. And as a caregiver, I couldn't possibly believe things could get harder. They do - and then that passes, or so they say. Eventually, I guess. Never would have believed I could cry so hard to the point of beyond migraine and feeling like you could vomit - and for days afterwards. Never would have thought MAiD could be a blessing and something so hard to deal with personally on a deeply emotional level. If you were part of my pack, I would walk through fire for you and come out the other side, singed a bit ... but I'd find a way, no matter what, if it took my last breath. Only this time, it wasn't fire, it was something else entirely. And I won't rant about the lack of humanity in certain things back then, like not allowing services of certain kinds. We often treat our pets more humanely than we treat our family. Choices. Emotions. Inner convictions, beliefs, everyone's got an opinion and everyone's circumstances are different, but the end result is still the same. Where do you go from here? How can you possibly GROW from this? Not choosing is also a choice was a mantra - until it wasn't. Sometimes the choice inadvertently ends up being a warped kind of time-loop. And sometimes the choice is a daily negotiation to just live one minute, one moment at a time. Then one day at a time, then ... you get the idea. And then, it's like the sun slowly breaking through the clouds after a long, long rain ... and you start to regain your footing, and you begin find joy in things you once did - or maybe you find something else that re-fuels your soul. It could be photography (like me), or painting (I used to), or gardening (another love), fishing, hiking, a fast car and a windy road, or just sitting on the beach and soaking in the new essence of who and what you are allowing into your life and your "self".