Happy New Year!!!

Today is the launch of my new blog entitled Everyday Celebrations.  I hope you'll journey with me through this year and embrace all the wonderful reasons to celebrate.  Life really can be a celebration if we take the time to turn ordinary moments into extraordinary experiences.  All it takes is a little imagination and a simple event can go from good to great in a matter of minutes.

The best way to get ideas on how to celebrate is to look at children on a playground or in your own neighborhood.  It doesn't take long to see that it doesn't take much to get a squeal of glee from a child.  I'm reminded of the time one of my sons saw an empty plastic grocery bag floating through the air like a butterfly whenever a gust of wind caught it.  He began to chase it and soon my other children and their friends began to chase it as well.  Whenever they grabbed it they'd throw it back up into the air to start the flotation dance again.  It wasn't long before all the children wanted a plastic floating grocery bag of their own and soon everyone was chasing his own bag.  The sounds of joy that filled the yard were wonderful.  We turned it into a party by bringing out sandwiches, lemonade and cookies.  See how easy it was to make this event a celebraton?

I hope this year holds the best life has to offer you.  More importantly, I hope you ACCEPT the offer.  Seize opportunities and squeeze the juice out of every moment.   Let's look for the floating grocery bag and make every day a celebration!

P.S. We collected all the grocery bags when we were finished and saved them for another day : )