#reverb 10 - December 26th

Prompt: Soul food. What did you eat this year that you will never forget? What went into your mouth & touched your soul?


Any meal that was made with love and served with kindness this year touched my soul.  Of which, there were many dishes.  I won't name them all in case it causes my blog to crash :D


I'm very lucky to have a family that cares about good food and nutrition and takes the time to make delicious and healthy meals.  There have been some disasters over the months, but mostly it's the effort put in that makes the food taste great.  


I'm also extremely fortunate to have a family that sits down together at a dining room table to eat and talk.  The topics aren't always comfortable, but there's always proof in the pudding that a family that eats together grows stronger and healthier.  I'm constantly made aware of how rare this is and for me this is the greatest gift I could receive all year.  

#reverb10 - December 15th

Only 10 more days till Xmas!  Hope you've all sent your letters out to Santa :D

Prompt: 5 minutes. Imagine you will completely lose your memory of 2010 in five minutes. Set an alarm for five minutes and capture the things you most want to remember about 2010.

• The time I spent with my niece, who's just turned two, and reading non-stop to her this summer. She just loves books so much and is so gorgeous and inquisitive.  Also practicing my limited Spanish on her!  
• The very special person I had known for a long time, but finally opened myself up to right at the time when I'd resigned myself to the fact that I would never meet anyone I could be in love with again.  
• The realization that while I'm telling myself that i've given up hope - my soul never has.
• The understanding that serendipity and fate really exist in my life if I'm willing to go with the flow and believe.
• The realization that I absolutely need to taking a step back from my mental patterns and have way more compassion for myself than I've ever given myself in the past.
• The important step of taking my health,  and mental and spiritual growth seriously.
• The admission that I need writing in my life to stay a healthy person.  I need an outlet for the stories that have planted their seeds in my soul.  It's simply a matter of me taking them seriously, and watering and feeding them everyday so they can grow into the work that I know others will enjoy and I will benefit from.
• That I absolutely need to stop being scared of opening up to people and give them a chance to enter my life.  
• The realization that if I'm happy I will attract happiness into my life.  I've not had that for so long because I have refused to believe that I am deserving of happiness and that happiness is possible no matter what is happening in my life.  Happiness is a choice in the moment, not a destination to be sought after.
• My willingness to question how much stuff I really need, and the understand that more things do not bring more happiness.
• The development of my Buddhist practice and all I can benefit from and learn from very wise teachers if I simply seek the wisdom.

LOVED this prompt! <3