tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25384440278921208022024-03-13T07:15:57.075-07:00Bunny's BlogLetting Nicki Go: A Mother's Journey through Her Daughter's Cancer
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Breathing New Life: Finding Happiness after Tragedy
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Turtle Shells: Heading Through Cancer
2016Bunny Leachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06244642180313521488noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2538444027892120802.post-41461512707896534082021-10-06T07:24:00.001-07:002021-10-06T07:26:46.880-07:00<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxs6-OTteDGYWhUxDs5ex0ZMLUWIvS5NQdjb4po_CLWpdDC4JbqYXgFV53dRj3AZHEGv22LlrQe3Kn8-TuKxoKikzKN9TylU5-GSBiOgD4EA9GjSOeqbASz4T9a2de-n1qcNefW0akp3lY/s708/FC7333E4-79FB-410D-9314-8EBF3FD5308B_1_105_c.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="708" data-original-width="491" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxs6-OTteDGYWhUxDs5ex0ZMLUWIvS5NQdjb4po_CLWpdDC4JbqYXgFV53dRj3AZHEGv22LlrQe3Kn8-TuKxoKikzKN9TylU5-GSBiOgD4EA9GjSOeqbASz4T9a2de-n1qcNefW0akp3lY/w214-h309/FC7333E4-79FB-410D-9314-8EBF3FD5308B_1_105_c.jpeg" width="214" /></a></div><p><br /></p>This is one of my favorite pictures of Nicki; she would have turned 35 on October 3, 2001. We all miss her dearly, but one day I will see my daughter again; that's comforting!<p></p><p>I hope everyone is doing well during these difficult times with Covid 19. </p><p>I'm busy working on my first non-fiction book, ONCE A WEEK, a story of two friends who take one day out of their week to have lunch together at fabulous restaurants with great views. The book takes place here in Florida, where I have lived for thirty years. I love the sun, sand, food, and my friends and family. Thank you for following my blog, and I wish you love, peace, and good health. God bless 💜 Bunny</p>Bunny Leachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06244642180313521488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2538444027892120802.post-56463154546231557582021-06-02T17:55:00.005-07:002021-06-02T18:10:40.663-07:00What I've Learned Over The Past Year Facing A Global Pandemic Covid 19 and Goals For 2021<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqeXRL_crGlSE3RelGtqaqn_uOZdGdX2HHMneRU-f3shvb3-3xJrKtXFuvHCAaEX5wiuxHKNy5ZBBVJz4WuhOXZmC78qme0NZwgmBjujmZ73h3XBcBtyM6aNTOaN5ZqU0WO8zX1OWciezW/s898/IMG_2066.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="898" data-original-width="490" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqeXRL_crGlSE3RelGtqaqn_uOZdGdX2HHMneRU-f3shvb3-3xJrKtXFuvHCAaEX5wiuxHKNy5ZBBVJz4WuhOXZmC78qme0NZwgmBjujmZ73h3XBcBtyM6aNTOaN5ZqU0WO8zX1OWciezW/s320/IMG_2066.JPG" /></a></div> I hope everyone is safe and healthy. It's been a crazy couple of years with COVID 19 and the lockdown. Personally, COVID 19 has helped me value each and every person in my life more. I'm spending more time with friends and family. During the lockdown, I spent most of my time writing my third book ONCE A WEEK which required me to be on my computer. I'm sure I'm not alone in spending time at home and working on a computer. I would love to hear some of the things you've done in the past year. Many of you, I'm sure, worked remotely, so home has become comfortable and productive. I have several friends who built home offices and gyms in various rooms of their houses this past year. I'm thrilled to finally get out of the house and go places, even travel, but mostly to not live in fear feels comforting.<p></p><p>Writing my first novel after writing non-fiction is a new adventure for me, and it is fun. I'd love to hear how the pandemic changed you or changed what you do. Is your life back to normal? Have you made a change in your <br />career, or has anything changed in your personal life due to the pandemic?</p><p>For me, I'm going to have more fun going forward, and I'll visit my family in Michigan more often and spend more time with friends. Also, I'm going to meditate and learn yoga. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Bunny Leachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06244642180313521488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2538444027892120802.post-25434164887727021672019-08-28T12:39:00.000-07:002019-08-28T12:50:13.378-07:00Running Your Own Race<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I like to run, not only for exercise but because I can think clearly when I run. I think about my future while running, and maybe that's because running is moving forward. My favorite place to run is on the beach. The ocean inspires me to think about life and what I want out of life. I see people running together but I prefer to run alone so I can focus internally. I first started running back in 2006 after my daughter died from cancer. Running gave me a outlet for my pain, and it still does.</div>
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<i><b>When life gives you a hundred reasons to cry, show life that you have a thousand reasons to smile. ~Author Unknown</b></i><br />
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For those of us who are baby boomers, whose parents are now elderly, I'm wondering how you are emotionally handling watching your mother or father age? My mother Beverly is eighty-six and has Alzheimer's. Mom now lives in Michigan near my sister and her family they are her caretakers. The photo above is a recent picture of mom and me taken a couple of weeks ago when I was visiting her at the assisted living facility.<br />
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It is sad seeing mom becoming frail and even harder leaving her to come home to Florida, where I live. I don't like to see my mom weak she had always been the strong one. She needs assistance to get around, she is very unsteady which is so sad because not that many years ago she was walking ten miles a day, she loved to walk. She also exercised daily, and played golf on a regular basis. But not anymore! <br />
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It's hard to believe that Alzheimer's was first discovered in 1906, and that not much has changed about the disease since then. Currently, at least 44 million people all over the world live with Alzheimer's in spite of the continued efforts through research to find a cure.<br />
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I miss having conversations with mom, like we used to. Now I have to remind her who I am. I can call her but she doesn't know it's me, her Bunny baby, as she called me. I will return to see mom again in September, and hold her hand, like I did when I was a small child because I needed her security. The truth is that I still need her security, but she doesn't know that anymore, but I know it, so I'll cling to her as long as I can.<br />
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LOVE YOU, MOM!<br />
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I'm sharing two of my favorite things today. This beautiful poem from Winnie the Pooh and a bible verse, and passage from my favorite book <i><b>Streams In Desert</b></i><br />
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The words are pregnant with meaning. A knowledge of this fact would immensely change our ways of working. Instead of restless struggles, we would "sit down" inwardly before the Lord, and would let the Divine forces of His Spirit work out in silence the ends to which we aspire. You may not see or feel the operations of this silent force, but be assured it is always working mightily, and will work for you, if you only get your spirit still enough to be carried along by the currents of its power. Hannah Whitall Smith<br />
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We should get into the habit of looking for the silver lining of storm clouds.<br />
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One day in Autumn, while on the open prairie, I saw an eagle mortally wounded by a rifle shot. With his eyes still gleaming like small circles of light, he slowly turned his head, giving one last searching and longing look toward the sky. He had often swept those starry spaces with his wonderful wings. The beautiful sky was the home of his heart. It was the eagle's domain. It was there he had displayed his splendid strength a thousand times. In those lofty heights, he had played with the lightning and raced the wind. And now, far below his home, the eagle lay dying,. He faced death because ----just once---he forgot and flew too low.<br />
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My soul is that eagle. This is not its home. It must never lose its skyward look. I must keep faith, I must keep hope, I must keep courage, I must keep Christ. It would be better to crawl immediately from the battlefield than to not be brave. There is no time for my soul to retreat. Keep your skyward look, my soul; keep your skyward look!<br />
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Japanese ProverbBunny Leachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06244642180313521488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2538444027892120802.post-543689844779257572019-03-07T13:25:00.001-08:002019-03-07T13:25:20.507-08:00SMILY Face :)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My daughter Nicki loved smily face. She had smily face stickers and a shirt, and she drew Smily on her notes or when she wrote letters. After she died I became fonder of smily face because it was something happy that reminded me of Nicki. So after she died Smily had a deeper meaning for me! Losing her led me to research smily face and I learned that the original version of smily face was created by the late Harvey Ross Ball over 50 years ago in Worcester, Massachusetts. He came up with the image in 1963 when he was asked to create a graphic to promote confidence and enthusiasm between employees at work. That's pretty cool way to bring people together, I think! It only took Ball ten minutes to create Smily, and he was only paid $45.00 for his work. The office he worked for then created posters, buttons and other visuals of Smily in hopes that their employees would smile more often during work. Many people and large companies have tried to claim they created Smily because it's so popular, and it has been said that Smily is so basic that it can't be credited to anyone for designing it. But for me the simplicity of Smily with those big dark eyes and a huge smile have made my life happier and sunnier. And Smily helps me smile more often and that causes me to smile bigger and brighter. It's a beautiful thing when something so simple can remind us all to smile more :) And you never know who you may pass by because it could be someone who may need to see your beautiful smile, or maybe someone you work with, or a complete stranger you could be helping. So put your smily on and see what happens. I know I'm going to... Keep smiling :) Love, Bunny<br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">This year I will begin my blog posts with a bible verse. And since I tend to be a worrier I chose </span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow, will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> This verse is so true...(for me) the fact that I worry about things that God will resolve with time... if I have patience. So, I wonder, is it my lack of faith? I don't think so, I think it's human nature, at least for me to doubt myself. So, I have to remind myself to </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> I'm going to work on <span style="color: #cc0000;">TRUST </span>this year!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Last year my goal was to finish my manuscript and submit it to be published in 2019, and I did! I knew before I began writing my book that I would face obstacles along the way. But... it was a passion that I write this book, and I was ready to take on the challenge. So, I prayed and I asked God to give me more<span style="color: yellow;"> </span><span style="color: #351c75;">faith/TRUST</span> in Him. I felt that God wouldn't give me a challenge without giving me the ability to succeed. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">February 15, 2019 my book <span style="color: blue;">"<i>Letting Nicki Go</i>",</span> will be launched/published and available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and in major book stores. The book will also be available in the Mayo Clinic gift shops</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The sequel to Letting Nicki Go</span><br />
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<i style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Please visit my new/updated website <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: magenta;">bunnyleach.com</span></span> </span></i><br />
<i style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> And also please visit the new <span style="color: #674ea7;">Nicki Leach Foundation </span>website <span style="color: purple;">www.nickileach.org</span></span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i>Thank you for your kindness ~ I wish you abundant blessings ~ love & peace</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i> always dream BIG because dreams do come true!</i></span><br />
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As a life coach, I help people find their path to happiness. I help people figure out how to move forward to create a life with purpose and meaning. I can't think of anything I find more rewarding than helping people resolve confusion in their mind. I enjoy helping people see possibilities that are new and fresh so they can move beyond what is holding them back.<br />
What I've found since I've been coaching people is that we all long for many of the same things, contentment, peace, love, acceptance, and fellowship with others. When I ask people what they desire most, many say that they want a carefree happy life with little stress.<br />
Success seems to be at the top of most peoples list, but success is defined differently from one person to the next. Being at peace, being happy, and having great friends go hand in hand, and seem to be universal to humans, even animals long for acceptance and love. The fork in the road is when we run into unexpected obstacles that veer us off our path. Seems that we would all be happier and more content without obstacles? Perhaps that's true but in life, we will at times face the unexpected. Unfortunately, there is disease, and other health problems, depression, drug addiction, accidents, and betrayal, the list is long. These unwanted disruptions that cause people to veer off course can confuse and disrupt not only the person but others around them. At times we will have to overcome unwanted interruptions. This shouldn't cause us to live in fear but rather to be aware that life is full of up's and downs, and problems that have to be resolved. Its how we react and recover from life's setbacks and how soon we get back on our own path that keeps us on course.<br />
Getting back on your path when something veers you off is the fastest way that you will overcome difficult situations and keep your focus. Your path may be forgiveness, faith, or letting go of something or someone that is holding you back. It's knowing how to come to terms with disappointments, hurts or anything that holds you back. This is what defines strength and perseverance.<br />
At times I find it difficult to stay focused on my future and keep walking my path. Feelings of regret hold me back. Dwelling on bad decisions I made instead of forgiving myself hold me back. But what helps me when these thoughts come in is to remind myself that I can't go back and change the decisions. But I can go forward and think deeper and forgive myself.<br />
My peaceful path is writing, meditating, and taking long walks along the ocean. These are the things I do when I feel stress or have a situation that troubles me. My path is long and full of ups and downs but I've learned to keep walking it even in the winter when there are no flowers in bloom. My winter coat is heavy but I keep walking my path because spring is just around the corner...<br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"> Most of us who knew and loved Nicki remember her for her beauty, grace, and her perseverance. She<i> was always a triple threat because she</i> had a beautiful voice, she could dance and act. Acting was in her blood and she was filled with ambition, and a strong will to succeed. She loved acting and performing, especially on stage. Her ultimate goal was to one day perform on Broadway, so perhaps there is Broadway in heaven.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>But more important than Nicki's talents, and her earthly dreams, and goals in the performing arts Nicki is more remembered for her human kindness to all.<span style="background-color: white; color: cyan;"> </span><span style="background-color: white;">This is what we all </span>loved about Nicki, and her laughter, she laughed a lot and had a great sense of humor.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Sadly all of Nicki's efforts to succeed in making her dreams come true on this earth were cut short when she was diagnosed with brain cancer, a glioblastoma, brain tumor, the deadliest brain cancer of all with no cure. She had just turned seventeen-years old.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>To keep Nicki's memory alive and to honor her request to "find a way to help other young adults who have cancer"</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> the Nicki Leach Foundation was created in 2006 in her memory. </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">In addition to the foundations work with helping young adults who have cancer the foundation also works in collaboration with the glioblastoma/brain cancer research lab at Duke University. More information about our collaboration with Duke can be found on the Nicki Leach Foundation website.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Losing a child is beyond the scope of understanding and is unimaginable to most mothers/parents, and I understand that because the thought was once unimaginable to me. But if it happens it is something one never "gets over." The pain and grief experienced from the loss of a child lives inside of us like our own hidden cancer with no cure. But there are ways to ease the pain of losing a loved one and through our efforts at the Nicki Leach Foundation to "do good works for others" our suffering can subsidie a little. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"> Nicki had many wonderful friends and family members on this earth besides me, and I know we all miss her in our own way. I hope Nicki's friends and family members will share their own stories of love for her and remembrance of her on her birthday, it means a lot to her family to hear how much she is loved and remembered.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"> So, let’s celebrate </span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: "Apple Color Emoji"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">🎉</span><span style="font-kerning: none;"> Nicki's birthday October 3, and celebrate her memory together, and at the same time honor other young adults who are currently battling cancer. Nicki would like that!</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>To make a donation to help a young adult who is battling cancer in Nicki's memory please log into our </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">official website</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Love to all... </span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: "Apple Color Emoji"; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">🙏</span></div>
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Bunny Leachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06244642180313521488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2538444027892120802.post-35068540266804581462017-09-05T09:19:00.001-07:002017-09-05T12:57:33.728-07:00Breathing New Life in New Jeresy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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September 2017 marks our first anniversary in our New Jersey house. Kurt and I were married at Cornman Farms in Dexter Michigan on Mother's Day 2017 this year. Together we are building our future full of hope and many new beginnings going forward.<br />
We moved to New Jersey because we were both offered advacment in our careers and several other opportunities. My fabulous husband Kurt is the new director of clinical cancer research at Atlantic Health Systems, and is a practicing neruo-oncologist taking care of brain tumor patients.<br />
The photo on the top left is a picture of my New Jersey writing office in the city overlooking the sidewalk that leads to downtown Summit and to the direct train into Penn Station NYC.<br />
I'm so happy with the remodel of my office. Kurt and I had a fun time designing it with white window shutters that contrast the dark hard wood floors freshly painted walls and we installed a ceiling fan. Kurt built me floor to ceiling bookcase which I immediately filled with my favorite books and things. I'm working with a new agency to promote my two books TURTLE SHELLS: Heading Through Cancer, and TURTLE HATCHING'S: Breathing New Life. My hope is to have a new publisher very soon and that both books will be available again with the possibility of book to movie or Broadway show.<br />
In other news I have taken a three-year term on the moleculor tumor board as a member of the TAPUR study (the Targeted Agent Profiling Utilization Registry) for ASCO (American Society for Clinical Oncology) their first clinical trial. ASCO is the world's leading professional organization representing physicians who take care of people with cancer. "Clinical trials are research studies that involve patients. The TAPUR trial is a clinical trial for people with later-stage cancer. The trial is focused on whether specific targeted therapies can benefit more patients and lead to more personalized therapies. This is the first of it's kind.<br />
I continue to run the Nicki Leach Foundation and ask for your support to help young adults with cancer by making a donation at www.nickileach.org<br />
This November the foundation will fully fund our endowed scholarship at UNF, the University of North Florida, in Jacksonville Florida. The foundation was responsible for $25,000 before it became fully funded, and we met our obligation. It's dissappointing that we had very little support locally to help us reach our $25,000 goal. It was mostly funded through a private foundation out of California. Even without the support of Nicki's home town in Ponte Vedra, and Jacksonville Florida we successfully succeeded to persevere like Nicki did and fully fund the endowment. If a local teenager or young adult should need assistnace at UNF the Nicki Leach Foundation endowed fund is there in place to help someones college student continue their education if they were to get cancer, just like Nicki did.<br />
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Best Wishes to all!<br />
BunnyBunny Leachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06244642180313521488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2538444027892120802.post-52978250808913805182017-07-21T17:40:00.000-07:002017-07-21T17:40:01.134-07:00New BeginningsJuly 21, 2017<br />
I married the man of my dreams on Mother's Day 2017 Kurt Jaeckle, my husband I will cherish and love him the rest of my life. Kurt is a neuro-oncologist, a brain tumor doctor so he takes care of people with brain tumors. Most of you know that I lost my nineteen-year old daughter Nicki Leach from a glioblastoma, (brain tumor). Often times in life we will find a mate that is like minded. I admire my husband for what he has givin his life to. I will take my last breath with him. He is my soul mate. At our wedding we were lovingly surrounded with family and friends. The true meaning of life is to find your sould mate and build a life together. Always be kind, loving, honest and true to who you are. I will love Kurt, and support him and encourage him to be the best he can be. Surround yourself with goodness, embrace love, kindness, and always live the life you had only imagined.<br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">C.S. Lewis is one of my favorite novelist, poet, and lay theologian. I find his mind fascinating especially the way he can cause ones mind to think deeply by writing one sentence thought provoking quotes. But I love not only the words he writes but sometimes people put pictures with the quote and this one pulled me in. I was drawn to the vision of the woman standing next to the bench. She gazes across the water I wonder what she's thinking? I wonder if she went there to think or if she just randomly wandered into this area. I think she goes to this place often to think deeply. Maybe she's in a transition period in her life and by looking off into the open water seeing nothing visable on the other side perhaps her mind expands and she imagines. What do you think she imagines? We will never know but we can imagine in our own mind what she might be thinking and that will cause us to think deeper.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">I think this quote goes hand in hand with the quote at the top of the page. Because if you believe that there are far far better things ahead than any we leave behind...and if we are never too old to set another goal or to dream another dream then maybe </span><span style="background-color: white;">the woman in the photo went to this spot to think deeply about moving forward in her life. Maybe she knows that she will be leaving someone, and somethings, behind if she goes forward. Maybe it's time for her to set another goal and dream a new dream. We can only imagine her thoughts.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Life is full of hellos and goodbyes - But keep in mind that every new hello can start a new chapter in your life, and every goodbye can leave you with new energy to go forward with renued strength and determination to grow, to expand and to build your own happiness, and achieve your own goals.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Keep being courageous, take risks, love deeper and pray. God hears your prayers.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: purple; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I wish this for you...that your dreams come true as you go forward to achieve your full potential, trusting God. He has the perfect plan for your life.</span>Bunny Leachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06244642180313521488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2538444027892120802.post-68409918361814308572016-08-18T10:51:00.000-07:002016-08-18T10:51:24.879-07:00Breathing New LifeI'm excited to introduce my second book in the TURTLE book series of non fiction writing.<br />
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The release date for TURTLE HATCHINGS: Breathing New Life is September 6, 2016 Tate publishing.<br />
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Although my heart is in writing non fiction I also write fiction under a pen name which will be revealed when my fiction novel is published September 2017.<br />
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I will be spending much of next year in New Jersery writing, attending writers workshops, meeting other talented writeres, editors, publishers and new friends as I expand my world and opportunities.<br />
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Never stop growing, never stop learning, never stop creating and never stop dreaming!<br />
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Thank you to my friends for all of the love and support you have shown me over the past four years when I first began to publish some of my very private thoughts and feelings publicly through my writing. I love to read and I love to write these are two of my passions in life.<br />
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Whatever your passion is always create with love. When we share our joy with others we find a world of loving, kind friends that we never knew were out there. So spread your wings and fly...God Bless you ~ Bunny<br />
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As a Life Coach I partner with you to help you follow a path that you design so that you will succeed in fulfilling your dreams and goals. Whether it’s your professional or personal life you can create the life you want. I customize my approach to your individual needs by listening intently to what you want to happen, while observing your body language, and tone. I learn your strengths, skills and what resources you have. Life Coaching is not designed to relive your past or to get over your past but rather Life Coaching is a human relationship where I assist you going forward.</div>
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A successful coaching relationship typically last six months, but is not unusual to take up to a year to achieve the desired results. Partnering with a coach is a very powerful relationship where I assist you in creating visions, and setting goals for achievement. My part is to assist you in developing strategies, as you discover solutions for roadblocks. I mirror back to you what I hear you say so that you can listen to yourself. Just as a map directs you to a desired destination think of me as your map or your ship set out to sea you will steer the boat and sail to your desired destination.</div>
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<span style="color: #4c1130;"> Late meaning it arrived in my mailbox on New Year's Eve, 2015. The card had a drawing of a cute Bunny on the front and I knew immediately the Christmas card was from my dear friend, Abby who loves bunnies. We had lost contact for a few years but she always sent me a card at Christmas.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #4c1130;"> I first met Abby through a mutual friend of ours who connected us because she felt that it would be good for us to know each other. You see, Abby and I have many common bonds. We are the same age, and size, we are both blondes, and other similarities. These commonalties that we share were not the reason that our mutual friend felt that she needed to connect us. Abby and I have both lost our teenage daughter's, and their deaths happed the same year.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #4c1130;"> Abby's daughter Suzanne, died in a car accident on her way home from college late one evening. My daughter, Nicki died from a malignant brain tumor that lingered for three years. Both Suzanne, and Nicki were nineteen years-old when they passed from this earth into the arms of a loving God. Abby's daughter had a sudden death, my daughter endured pain and suffering for three-years undergoing, chemotherapy, steroids, surgeries, and many hospital stays. Abby and I often talked about the issue of sudden death, or lingering death. We concluded that there is no better way to lose a loved one, especially a child...No easy way. How we die we is not a competition. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #4c1130;"><br /></span><span style="color: #4c1130;"> So back to the Christmas card that Abby sent to me... In another letter she wrote that her husband, Bill had been diagnosed with cancer, and that it was terminal. I never got the chance to visit him to say goodbye before he died, but I thought about him, and Abby everyday. </span><br />
<span style="color: #4c1130;"><br /></span><span style="color: #4c1130;"> When I opened Abby's Christmas card this year, I saw a photo of Abby, her son and her daughter in law, holding a baby, Abby's new</span><span style="color: #4c1130;"> grandson. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #4c1130;"> </span><span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span style="background-color: #351c75;"> Smiles so big! </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #4c1130;"><br /></span><span style="color: #4c1130;"> Inside the card was a small piece of paper, 4 1/2 X 2 1/2, it fit in the palm of my hand. On the front of the card was a subtle drawing of Jesus. With his right hand knocking on a door, His left had holding a rod. I turned the card over and there was a photo of William Carson Myers, Abby's husband. He had a big smile on his face, as the sun was setting in the background. Bill passed away on July 11, 2014. </span><br />
<span style="color: #4c1130;"><br /></span><span style="color: #4c1130;"> We are all going to die at some time. What took my breath away was the bible verse that was inscribed below Bill's photo...</span><br />
<span style="color: #4c1130;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #4c1130;"> </span><span style="background-color: yellow; color: #660000;"> "Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past."</span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #741b47;"> </span><span style="color: #20124d;"> </span><span style="color: #990000;">I was doing some research on<span style="background-color: white;"> Men</span> and came across this information from Shape.com </span></b></div>
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“There is ‘man time’ and ‘woman time.’ For men, time goes by faster than for women. Einstein tried to explain this with his theory of relativity and I think it was all about trying to get along with his wife. So, the next time a guy doesn’t call or text a girl back right away or it’s been two weeks since he last said ‘I love you,’ just remember that it doesn’t mean he doesn’t care it, it just means that time passes differently for him.” – <em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Dr. Tom Hacket, 44, World-renowned Orthopedic Surgeon and Team Doctor for US Olympics Snowboarding</em></div>
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“In that single moment when you glance in our direction, we lock eyes, and all we feel is our heart beating through your chest, you have us. And there is absolutely nothing we can do about it!” – <em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Alexander T. MacGregor, Jr., 19, Editor-in-Chief of The Boulevardier</em></div>
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3. <strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">We Like Shopping with You… Sometimes</strong></div>
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“Things I wish women knew? If you trim your hair, don’t get upset if we don’t notice. Help us along by actually wearing it in a different style that day. Also, we actually like going shopping with you, as long as you let us pick out your outfit. And, sometimes we wonder why someone as amazing as you wants to be with us.” – <em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Lalo Fuentes, 34, Celebrity Trainer</em></div>
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“At the gym, men are just as self conscious and check themselves out in the mirror just as much as women do. In regards to cooking, men can do more than BBQ. All you need to do is ask—but be sure to do it <em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">after </em>the game! Oh, and, men do like salads, especially if they are topped off with bacon!” – <em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Chuck Hughes, 34, Chef and Cooking Channel host</em></div>
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5. <strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Your Teenage Tendencies are a Major Turn Off</strong></div>
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“A few things: Insecurity is a major turn off, using the acronyms ‘lol,’ ‘lolz,’ or ‘rotfl’ should not be used by any female above the age of 15, we don’t like being called ‘dude,’ ‘friend,’ ‘bro,’ or any combination of the above because you are not our male friend, thinking <strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Justin Bieber</strong> is cute is <em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">not </em>cute, and finally, going to the bathroom in pairs is bewildering to us.” – <em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Beau Davidson, 30,Country Music Recording Artist</em></div>
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“I’ve always been told that women know everything. Is that not accurate?” – <em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Steve Berry, 56, New York Times Bestselling Author</em></div>
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“For every rule or guideline to dating that you read about in magazines, there is always an exception!” – <em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Kyle Erickson, 25, Celebrity Publicist</em></div>
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“I wish women knew even though we appreciate you taking hours to get dressed and ‘put on your face,’ it’s no longer necessary. Superficial beauty catches our attention but natural beauty keeps it.”<em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> – Thomas Edwards Jr., 26, Founder of The Professional Wingman</em></div>
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Bunny Leachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06244642180313521488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2538444027892120802.post-45870050338909407922014-12-03T08:01:00.003-08:002014-12-03T08:15:04.112-08:00Photoshopped<h2>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Not only do these select few spend hours making themselves look perfect in their photos, they then post those sexy photos all over the internet to draw attention to themselves. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">There was a time when photoshopping was used to enhance models to grace the covers of magazines. Now with so much free technology middle, and high school kids spend hours a day using apps and other means to enhance their selfies, and photoshop themselves. Not all but some girls constantly post photos of themselves in various poses mostly with their breasts exposed and with little clothing. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's concerning that more and more young women are putting their sexy photos on the internet for free, creating a fake image of themselves for others. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Self esteem comes from the inside not the outside. None of us are perfect, but the self-obsession that some teenage girls have with themselves is self destroying. The teenage years always come with peer pressure but not all succumb to the dangers. Many young woman believe that intelligence is beautiful. Creating a false image on the outside will never bring happiness, because it's not real. By photoshopping yourself you are creating a false image, and a false impression to others. </span></div>
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Bunny Leachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06244642180313521488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2538444027892120802.post-55991503046258267952014-11-09T17:20:00.002-08:002014-11-09T17:30:34.810-08:00Nicki Leach Foundation<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We are heading to Miami for the SNO meeting, (Society for Neuro-Oncology), Brain cancer! What a horrible disease. I watched my teenage daughter die from brain cancer. Nicki was only nineteen when she passed away. Nicki would be twenty-nine now. I miss her, and I don't want to see any young adult with cancer suffer or not be able to fulfill their dream because of cancer. The Nicki Leach foundation provides scholarship money to young adults age (18-30) who have cancer. We want to see our young adults remain as normal as possibe while they battle cancer. Then we want to see them rock the world, and survive. Please visit our official website www.nickileach.org and donate!</div>
<br />Bunny Leachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06244642180313521488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2538444027892120802.post-40605617495894674682014-11-05T11:40:00.004-08:002014-11-05T11:40:39.966-08:00HAVE A DREAM IN YOUR HEART<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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How do you interpret this quote from Henry David Thoreau?<br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">GO</span> means to move somewhere, <span style="color: #351c75;">CONFIDENCE</span> is to feel assured that by going you will succeed. A <span style="color: #a64d79;">DREAM</span> is having a vision. A clear belief for happiness, contentment, and pleasure.<br />
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If you can imagine in your mind, a place, a plan, a love, and then direct your thoughts to a path that will lead you there you will succeed. It just takes the will to GO, the CONFIDENCE, to believe you can get there, and a clear DIRECTION.<br />
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<br />Bunny Leachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06244642180313521488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2538444027892120802.post-43002739125597640462014-03-17T06:41:00.001-07:002014-03-17T06:56:16.802-07:00Turtles and St. Patricks Day<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i style="color: #0c343d;"> This morning I awoke to the sound of rain. Pitter patter, pitter patter. I got up and looked outside at the lake in my back yard, it was full of happy turtles. Most turtles are green they were dancing in the rain in celebration of St. Patrick's Day. I watched the turtles for a while then I went on my Pinterest page and someone had pinned this picture of a turtle looking out the window at the great outdoors and all it's beauty. Made me wonder what this turtle may have been thinking...and then I started thinking, and thought ~ (what is it</i><i><span style="color: #0c343d;"> about turtles that fascinates me?) Maybe it's the way they can pull their arms and legs, and head into their protective shell when they are frightened. They can breathe under water and swim with that shell on their back, that's pretty cool. They have curious eyes, and I love the way they stretch their necks out and look around. So full of wonder. Turtles are a work of art. Even though there isn't a real meaning to this blog post today I loved this photo and wanted to share it. Everyday I'm reminded that beauty, and wonder surround us. As I write this a bird is singing in the background, the rain is falling, everything outside my window is green. The sky is gray and my mind is full of wonder...</span><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><b>Happy St. Patrick's Day 2014!</b></span></i>Bunny Leachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06244642180313521488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2538444027892120802.post-64617654758077391922014-02-19T14:21:00.000-08:002014-02-19T14:21:02.149-08:00Trust<h2>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Sometimes I get restless and wonder where God's leading me. I get anxious and weary especially when everything is stable and seems OK. I have to question myself as to why OK is just not enough, and then I talk to God. He always gives me the same answer every time I question Him. He tells me to TRUST HIM. We can plan our future but we can never see our future ahead of us. That's why we must walk by faith. I choose to believe that God has a perfect plan for each and every one of us, and then I wonder if we can screw God's plan up. I think we can. I'm sure I've done it many times. At some point it's time to TRUST HIM. Not just part of the time, but always. I believe He has a better plan for you and me than we do for ourselves. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>We are all given the same amount of time, it's what we do with the time we have that will impact our day to day living... </i></span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Whatever your day may bring to you, you have a choice on how to handle any situation you may face. If everything in your day goes well then thank God and enjoy! However if something bad comes your way, you can choose to be strong and handle it with the right attitude. </i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Sometimes you have to ask for help from a parent, a child, a friend, or even a professional. You don't have to face a dark day alone when there are so many wonderful people and resources to care for you. But you have to learn to take control and ASK if you need help. Do all that you can do to rise above pain, and sorrow to enjoy each day and to be happy.. Going after each day with a positive attitude is a choice and is staying focused on feeling good, and never give up. Don't be content in the valley when you can be on top of the mountain. The sky is the limit and you CAN feel the warmth of the sun on your face and body, it's an all over warming. Go out and grab all the sunshine you can and let it warm your heart. You can have what you want- JUST GO AFTER IT!</i></span><br />
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As we begin a new year 2014 I'm thankful that we are entering into our eighth year of providing scholarships to young adults with cancer. But I am also concerned!<br />
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As we move forward my concern is that donations have fallen short of previous years. 2013 was our worst year to date. It seems that this age group (18-30) are a group of people that are somewhat forgotten. Even when it's a time in life for these young adults when they are either in college or persuing employment with challenges because of cancer treatments.<br />
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Since I am unable to do this on my own it will take our young adults who are applying for assistance to spread the word, and get involved in helping to bring awareness about what we do and what they face at this age when diagnosed with cancer. Most people do not recoginze the need that this age group faces unless they have someone in their family needing assistance.<br />
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I am bombarded with phone calls every day from family members, nurses, social workers etc... seeking financial help for their young adults who are in treatment, in college and many are living on their own. They need assistance, treatments are so expensive, and insurance does not cover them. I wish I were getting phone calls from people and businesses who want to donate to these deserving young adults.<br />
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Every year I pray and ask God to provide the money to keep the Nicki Leach Foundation up and running. We are also funding a scholarship at the University of North Florida where Nicki attended until she died.<br />
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Please spread the word about our need and encourage your family and friends to support the NLF to support us by making a donation! I cannot do this alone.<br />
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If you would please donate to our endowment at UNF you can contact me directly or you can contact the University of North Florida and tell them you would like to donate to the Nicki Leach Foundation endowment for student with cancer. I urge you to support this non-profit.<br />
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<br />Bunny Leachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06244642180313521488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2538444027892120802.post-69620375226802523352014-01-31T07:07:00.001-08:002014-01-31T07:23:11.024-08:00Sixty Is The New Forty ~ thank's to Christie Brinkley<a href="http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20780764,00.html">http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20780764,00.html</a><br />
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Sixty is the new forty at least for this woman!<br />
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<b>Christie Brinkley turns 60</b> and poses in her bathing suit on the cover of People magazine!<br />
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I sing praises to Christie Brinkley and commend her on staying healthy and fit. She is just gorgeous at sixty. Just as the old saying goes "age is just a number", well yes it is. Most woman at forty years of age are taking care of kids and working probably leaving little time to themselves. Having raised two kids myself I can agree that when a woman reaches sixty and has kept herself in shape, and has a healthy diet the world is seen through different eyes. When I was forty I was running around taking care of everyone else, before myself, but don't get me wrong I loved it. I loved caring for my family and my kids. As a stay at home mom I spent twenty-years devoting my time to my family. I did it by choice. But I can't deny that I love where I'm at in my life now, and feel healthier than I did ten years ago. Why, because I have more time for me than I did when I was raising two kids. Christie has always been know for her commitment to health and fitness. She works out at the gym daily, runs, loves skiing, and sailing. She's been a vegetarian since she was a teen. Her healthy habits and positive attitude show on her face and body. Thank you, Christie for being a healthy, happy role model for woman of every age, but especially for making a statement that woman can make a choice to be healthy and fit and rock the cover of a magazine in her swimsuit at 60!Bunny Leachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06244642180313521488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2538444027892120802.post-69960051632299875442014-01-30T08:00:00.001-08:002014-01-30T08:00:09.889-08:00Cabin Time Welcome to the cabin where I write. This is the rocking chair on the front porch. The back of the cabin has balcony with a porch swing overlooking a beautiful view of nature, where I do most of my writing. It's so high up that I'm looking at the top of the trees watching the birds while the wind blows the leaves while the birds chirp. This backdrop is stimulating and sets the tone for thoughts to come to my mind as I write. This is not where I wrote Turtle Shells my first book but I'm writing the sequel Sunrise Over Ponte Vedra Beach mostly from this cabin.<br />
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My next book the sequel is a story about moving on in life. And that by moving forward we can grow and build new dreams.<br />
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Dreams are what keep us moving forward to create the life we want. We are not defined by our past, but instead we create the life we want by putting one foot in front of the other. We can get to where we want to go...one step at a time. You will find that your dream is just around the bend...<br />
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Come with me because the sun comes out again ~ and Dreams become reality if you believe! <i>Bunny</i></h4>
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