“I am so happy you are here, I’ve missed you.”……Good night…Sweet dreams…xo

(Josh Ritter, Open Doors)

Goodnight… Sweet dreams…xo

WORDS ARE SEXY!!!!! I can’t deny it…there is something about a person having the ability to woo, engage, entice, seduce, articulate with words so that I can actually “see” what it is they are saying…that it a true gift. For someone to be a polymath-a person of wide ranging knowledge or a wordsmith – a skilled user of words…are characteristics that make me weak in the knees. This obsession with words was born out of my love of reading. It is the origin of a word, or how a word can be applied to both objects and the characteristics of a person is what I find fascinating.

Gelid – an adjective that describes something as icy or extremely cold.
Pulchritude – a noun for beauty.

Beauty is an interpretation, subjective, an attraction, being in balance & harmony with nature, something that evolves over time and with experience.

He is______
She is_____
It is______

He was_____
She was_____
It was_______

Words can induce a blush, break, mend, sever, envelop, bridge. And, something so cold can be so incredibly beautiful…people too….

In December of 2011 right before the New Year of 2012, I attended a “Fun-eral,” (as my kids call it, why be sad?), of a man I knew as, X’s dad and X’s husband when I was a child. He did not know me as the adult I had become and I did not know how he had lived his life. Yet, I attended out of respect for his family and my childhood friend. The room was filled, everyone spoke beautifully, everyone wore the appropriate “Fun-eral” clothing. When his wife spoke she said that they had many conversations in the last months and when asked what he wanted people to really get, he said, “Live and leave without regrets. Live and honor your inner light.” With the transition of 2011 into 2012, I created what I wanted to live into; Unbridled passion, love, adventure and freedom.

Thus, in reflection of 2012: I traveled out of the country twice, worked and partnered with people on projects to develop leaders within the global Jewish community, experienced many “1sts,” learned to give myself a little slack, forgave, cried, belly laughed to the point of gasping for air, almost caused WWIII with the likes of a black lace bra, held the hand of a Muslim woman while she visited the Wall for the 1st time, hugged my friend the “butterfly whisperer,” visited the grave of a boy who died too soon, lit candles in the shoes of those who died because they were Jews and drank TOO much Palinko (Please excuse misspelling) the Hungarian version of “liquid evil spirits,” hugged and loved…..I lived into my intention.

2013~

Unbridled and infinite; Passion, love, adventure and courage!

I may need a whole new wardrobe for that! At the very least….some shoes! 2013 here I come…

I invite you to join me…jump off the cliff, throw your hat over the wall…just do it!!!!!!!

Happy New Year!

Good night…Sweet dreams…xo