Soul Runnings

 Hello Friends! I know, I promised in my last post to try and blog daily. But life has gotten way ahead of me. Yet again. This is just a quick check in.   My son is getting married in two days. One of my goals was to comfortably fit into the amazing green dress I bought.  His fiance wants the mother of the bride and mother of the groom to wear green. Which just so happens to be my favorite color!   I ordered the dress off of Amazon months ago. But it fit rather snug. I ordered a pair of Spanx just in case.  This morning I tried it on and I am happy. I'm not perfect. There are a few lumps and bumps. But it's not about me. It's about my son and his bride-to-be. They are a loving couple. They have given me a gorgeous, bouncing grandson, who is now walking!  I will be in charge of keeping the kids happy at the wedding. As well as serving food. Unfortunately, the governor of Oregon has just tightened restrictions again due to another covid wave. So the...

 Hello My Friends! I am feeling most accomplished. I am sticking to my blogging every day! Well, it's only 2 days in a row, but it's a start! A journey of five years of blogging, begins with sitting my butt in front of the computer every day! I am so happy I forced myself to blog yesterday.  Not only do I feel like I'm beginning to get back on track, it appears I have helped a few friends as well. And that is one of my goals with blogging. Not just therapy for myself, but hopefully by being transparent about my struggles, I can resonate with some of my readers. I don't know about other people, but discovering a common struggle, I find, helps me feel just a little bit less alone in this world. And not quite such an odd duck! I received several lovely messages from friends yesterday, sharing that they too struggled with depression.  Honestly, as we come through the Covid-19 pandemic, I think the whole world is experiencing a bit of depression and anxiety at some level. I ...

Dear Friends: How I have missed you! I am sitting at a computer at the public library in the Vancouver Mall.  At last!  I did a happy dance when I saw the email that the libraries here in Vancouver were opening up for limited visits. I have exactly 30 minutes. I apologize for my extended absence. I simply did not have the energy to blog. I will admit, I have been feeling blue.  But, as my boyfriend pointed out (er, ehem - he is now my fiance!), I have expressed publicly that I NEED to blog. That it is cathartic for me. Especially when I am feeling depressed. As I often say, "Better out than in!" It is therapeutic for me to get the words out of my head. I had made a commitment to post regularly when I began this blog, often daily!  But than life happens, and I fall off the wagon.  I attempt to be transparent. I share my life with my readers, for my own sanity, and also in the hopes that sharing my experiences, might help someone else who is suffering similarly....

 Just another face post.  Amazing how the days go by, even when I barely leave home. How did I ever survive before the pandemic? I promise to get caught up soon. But for now, sleep is calling my name. And when sleep calls, I answer! I will leave you with my latest Qi Gong/Hooping video.   Talk soon! Love, Zita

 Finally a good face day! It has been a long time since I didn't recoil when I caught my reflection in mirror. I am wearing minimal makeup and I'm even sans glasses, because -yippee! No eye bags! I do believe there is hope for me yet.   I had a good day, which included a good nap.  And now I am comfortably sleepy. So I will have to fill you in tomorrow.  Just didn't want to waste a good face! Happy Wednesday! Talk to you tomorrow.  Love,  Zita

 Hello Friends: It has been way too long! I have thought of blogging many times, but either I did not have the energy, or felt I had nothing to say.   Or worse still, I felt I had too many toxic, negative thoughts. I did not want to unleash them on the world. Or burden you with them, my dear reader. Thankfully, at last,  the dark cloud has begun to lift. It has been about six weeks since I last let you inside my head.  So much has happened since then.  And as usual, when I retreat into my turtle shell, it takes some clawing, panting and moaning to pull myself up to the surface.  To breathe.   Air is a good thing.  If there is one thing I am keeping constant in my life these days, it's my breathing exercises.  Nothing complicated. We all breathe, right?  I breathe slowly in through my nose, hold it for a few seconds, and then exhale slowly.  It never ceases to bring me calm.  Even if it is temporary.   Qi Gon...

 Hello!  Here I am again! Two days in a row. I think I might be back in my zone again!  I may sound like a broken record, but as I tell my students, we humans learn by repetition. We humans learn by repetition... We humans learn by repetition... Some (like me!) need more repetition than others! What I want to say is something I have said many times before: blogging is not only therapeutic for me, I think it is necessary to my sanity. Especially now.  I hesitate to say "uncertain times" because it has become a trite expression this past year.  These times are not only uncertain, they are downright peculiar.  And the media seems to be feeding us too many of these trite lines.   Now that the vaccine has arrived, I notice most newscasters are saying, "The vaccine is here. The end is near!" Giving us hope of returning to life as we knew it, I presume?   I took an astronomy class for a much needed science credit back in college. I was a piano ...