... hello Monday (a day late) ... hello Gratitude ...

Hello Tuesday, actually ...

yesterday being a holiday was spent enjoying every moment with

my daughter and son ...

So hello to so much gratitude this week...

Every since my post last week HERE about  being 

Not Young, Thin or Rich 

and

 Still Living a Beautiful Life 

there has been a lightest to my spirit 

that comes with true self acceptance.

Letting go of

 the some day I'll ...

has opened up my soul...

to experience more joy in the everyday...

I hiked for the sheer joy of it...

not in the usual I  have to hike to  better myself mode...
BUT RATHER
 I KNOW THIS IS
 GOOD FOR MY MIND BODY AND SOUL.

This week I reconnected with an old friend

 who has such a catching zest for life...

and

 shares the joys of major hikes!

What is the saying...

when the student is ready...

the teacher will come!

I am absolutely giddy over our future  hiking and biking adventures!

In the middle of writing that post...

another dear friend

asked me to lunch at her club...

Having the time to lunch with a great friend...

is one of life's true gifts.

Hello to gratitude to time spent with my husband...

finding new places for our Friday night date night!

Hello to a full heart getting to spend time with my darling daughter who was home for the weekend...

Hello to having the most marvelous lunch with mothers and daughters

who are the very best of friends.

The four of us had such truly fabulous time..

and I am counting down to our next lunch date!!

Hello to excitement over decorating for the holidays...

I have my holiday landscape all thought out...

and it will only require minimum effort...

and

 last through the spring here in Southern California!

Hello to a heart full of gratitude...

for all that I have in my life.

Hello to the practice of gratitude 

and

 self acceptance...

the two together are helping change my life...

and have propped up a new soap box for me...

I am on a mission to celebrate all the gifts that 

come with the wisdom involved

in growing older...

and 

wiser.

as always my friends

I wish you love and joy

as you style your life