Thank you Carla!

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Carolyn, in spite of the difficulties you encounter you have such a great sense of humour. I have two spots in my heart for best Canadian places to live: Nova Scotia and British Columbia, given that 2 of my grown children live in B.C. and we have spent so much time there. The balmy west coast was not so balmy the last couple of years, so happy to hear it is back at its usual early spring blooming. But, I have two 92 years old parents in NS and cannot move. Plus the trauma of moving would be very difficult for me! I will remain in NS in spite of the bad climate. It is HOME. Alas, both places are damp and not good for me.
PACING is indeed THE biggie for me. I want everything done yesterday. I do everything quickly and regret it later. Meditation which is good for me is something that is difficult to do as it seems like it is wasting time. How crazy is that of me? I lack discipline and then feel guilty. Less of this or that, less doing, sounds like good advice for 2010.
The news of Haiti is more than I can bear to watch, so incredibly horrific. What are we to do?
We have to grab hold of joy every second, don’t we?
Do keep in touch and maybe someday we will meet.
Once more, love your website!
Barbara

Hello Barbara and Happy New Year!

I have an aging mother with dementia, living far away in Ontario, who causes my four sibs and me almost daily stress and worrying because every day brings new and improved crazy behaviours! We now have to move her to a new care home – more trauma! – and all this via long distance and frequent plane trips.

While it may be true that when the kidlets leave the nest, there is a different kind of peace and quiet, but just this week my daughter and son-in-law (who live a couple blocks from me) had their house robbed (while they were home asleep!) and as you can imagine, this has been terribly traumatic for our whole family.

And who can stand to hear the devastating news from Haiti and not be emotionally affected?

We each do what we can do (but not too much of it! I had to laugh at your quilt example!!). I seem to be a slow learner, and I’m still learning that my health comes first these days – yes, ahead of any New Years resolutions. I’ve also had to learn the very valuable daily skill called p-a-c-i-n-g, something that I never really had much use for previously.

My own New Years resolutions this year read like a NON-list: less of this, less of that! More ‘being’ and less ‘doing’.

Now Barbara, if only you could move out here to the balmy West Coast, where the cherry trees, camelias and rhododendrons are already in bloom!

cheers,
Carolyn

Great Thao! Thanks!

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