I am a SPARKLING SUCCESS STORY!

I love that title... It makes me laugh.  :-)

I'm not actually a SPARKLING SUCCESS STORY in my own mind.  But I'm certainly a work in progress.

Yesterday afternoon my gorgeous friend Coralie (Check out her photography webpage!) spotted little old me, sitting there as a testimonial in Leonie Dawson's Amazing Biz and Life Academy newsletter!

I couldn't work out what she was on about at first.  LOL I thought she'd gone nuts! How did I get in there?  

Then it clicked...

I remember writing that!!! Waaaaaaay back in January!  

I had forgotten all about it.  I saw the request for testimonials, wrote it, lodged it and promptly forgot I'd even done it.  

Here is the part that interests me though...  The timing!  (Timing is a concept that is intriguing me lately...  Synchronicity everywhere!)

I have been feeling very lack lustre for the past 2 or 3 weeks.  My health hasn't been so good.  My children's health hasn't been good.  Our sleep, as a consequence has not been good.  Less than nothing has been done around my house - what a sty!  Life has tossed a few hot potatoes in my direction and I've been grappling with those...  And then, as always, my head and heart work overtime on 'things' sometimes and I have felt the need to retreat into my cave and stay there for a while, to hurt, to discover, to heal.  (Yet another blog post to write! I need to make a list!)  

I have just been laying low and waiting for the mojo to find me again.

Then Coralie saw the testimonial and I got to read my own words.

Boy, can I kick my own ass back into the 'Sparkle Zone!' or what?

When I wrote that testimonial I was feeling so filled with a colourful life for the first time in years.  I'd found enough get-up-and-go and some wonderful tools to help me, and had a reality check from life that I didn't ignore for the first time.  It was awesome and I really was feeling a buzz through my veins as I found my wings.

But yep, life isn't always easy.  I found my flat spot recently.  And then - timing!  My own words reminding me of how I felt and how I can feel again if I just pull up my saggy socks and get back on the horse!

So, here I am... :-)  The first day of a new week and I'm going to leave that lull I've been having in a flurry of sparkle-dust. 

Coming along for the ride?

If you want to read the testimonial I wrote click here!  

Enjoy!

My Magazine Article - Published!!!

Butterflies!!!

A few weeks ago my gorgeously creative friend Pepi from depepi.com told me she was starting and e-magazine and invited me to contribute an article!  

WOW...  Me?  Really?

I've never identified as any kind of writer.  I hated handing in any kind of writing in school...  My blog... Well its more for me than anything else!

But, what the hell!  

Despite having no clue what to do.  I told her I'd do it.  

Interestingly her aim for the magazine is to promote Indie Authors, Artists and the "Indie Revolution" at large.  That scared me even more!  I'm certainly not "indie" anything in my mind!  But the first issue was dedicated to, "starting up" and "beginnings."  I figured I could work with just that topic in mind and forget all the scary stuff... :-)

So... If you want to read my article submission you shall have to go and buy Depepi Magazine!

(This is an affiliate link - just so you know! :-)  

Besides my humble little article and illustration, you'll find lots more articles from amazing folks and all kinds of interesting articles from the world of Tarot and Lenormand - Pepi's passion.  

In hindsight... I'm still no writer or "indie" anything... :-) But it was fun to write, and most certainly an experience I've ever had before.  And I'm all about new experiences lately! :-)  Nothing to lose, everything to gain!

May I have this dance?