by Karen Creamer | Jan 9, 2025 | books, italian, my one word, Spiritual Practice
Anyone who has been following me for a while has heard me talk about My One Word, but for those who are new:
My One Word is pretty simple: it’s a spiritual practice where you choose one word to focus on and to inspire you for an entire year. There is a book entitled My One Word by Mike Ashcraft and Rachel Olsen for anyone who is like me and likes to read about new ideas.
There is also a website that walks you through the practice if you are interested in investigating it further: MyOneWord.org Keep reading
by Karen Creamer | Jan 2, 2025 | Being BRAVE, Comfort, fitness, health
I retired from nursing in May last year (my birthday gift to myself).
I took a part time job at
Quest Fitness and started working the front desk.
After a while, I thought about trying out some of the classes there and then I thought of all the reasons why this was a bad idea: I’m out of shape! I haven’t done an in-person exercise class in years! I don’t remember how to use any of the equipment! And so forth, ad nauseum. Plus, there were a lot of different types of classes (over 60!) and teachers and I had no idea where to even start.
Bottom line: I was afraid to try.
I needed a strategy!
Then an old saying came to mind … Keep reading
by Karen Creamer | Nov 20, 2024 | Connection, yoga
When I was in my forties, I had lost some weight and decided that the next step was to get more physically active. I decided that I wanted to learn yoga and nervously signed up for my first in-person yoga class.
I did my due diligence prior to going. I called ahead and spoke to the teacher and explained that the extent of my yoga practice thus far consisted of following along with the YogaKids Videos with my son when he was little. She said that was fine! Come to the class! It’s for all levels! Keep reading
by Karen Creamer | Nov 19, 2024 | Connection, relationships
I met the love of my life at the exact wrong time.
When I was in my teens, I thought that everyone at some point in life would meet the person they were destined to marry, the one they were supposed to be with for their whole life, their person. (I didn’t think in terms of ‘soul mate’, but if you do, then this would be the equivalent).
I met him when I was 14 years old at my first church youth group dance, and I knew! He was the one! The only problem was, he didn’t know. I thought, that’s okay! I can wait!! Keep reading
by Karen Creamer | Aug 21, 2024 | (it's all about the) food, Connection
My daughter and I used to go to the Wells Chili-fest together over the years when she was younger. We loved buying the tasting kit in the plastic baggie, filled with small plastic cups, a spoon, and that all-important voting ballot!
Izzy at the Wells Chili-fest, 2013
After trying all of the different versions of chili from the participants, we would vote for our favorite one. Often we would have to go back to re-try one or two that we were torn between before we could make a decision. These contenders produced top shelf chili and it was sometimes hard to narrow it down to what we considered to be the best one, but, of course, we always did–although we didn’t always vote for the same one! Keep reading
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