Feeling vulnerable

Who do I think I am to put on a women’s retreat?

It’s not that I’m not scared and feeling vulnerable thinking no one is going to come and play with me.  But I do it anyway. 

I want to try something.  Do something that’s out of my comfort zone.  I want to show up for life.

Every day I pray that more women will sign up for the St. George retreat…that they will feel it’s FOR them and something that will pump up their spirit and enrich their soul. 

 This is my ministry…. even if no one salutes it.

I'm so old that....

Another phase of life..

Do you see it? 

Is it a headband? 

No it’s a pair of reading glasses used as a headband! 

I have now officially become that lady who wears glasses like a headband on her head every day because without those reading glasses I can’t see.

I don’t know when I got so blind but I do remember the very moment my eyes turned. I was 47, at a young women’s activity and some girl asked me to thread a needle and I couldn’t see the thread - couldn’t see the hole— the day before I was sewing at my house and I saw the needle and the hole just fine. I just started laughing and I thought this is it!!

So it’s been the last eight years but really just the last year that I have come to wearing readers on my head every day —- so I can read my phone, so I can read ingredients at the store, so I can make out prices, so I can read my computer screen, so I can read a recipe— it’s just crazy. I guess it’s just one more step in my earthly existence.

I should look forward to these steps by now I’ve had enough of them........getting my drivers license, getting married, graduating from college,  having babies, being a grandma ...so I guess it’s just the evolution of life —wearing glasses on my head. It’s what I do.

We are all broken

Check out Ladiespassiton.com   website. 

excerpt from it.....

Regrets? Live Free

1. Say I love you often, freely and without fear. No other words matter quite as much and you can never over-speak them.

2. Turn failures into stepping stones. It’s far scarier to never have tried in the first place.

3. Accept yourself for who you are and realise we are all flawed and equally wonderfully so.

4. Refrain from judging others and also yourself. Life is easy for no one.

5. Let go more quickly, each day spent holding onto a grudge is a day wasted.

6. Speak your truths, with kindness but also with strength. Swallowing emotion is bad for your health in so many ways.

7. Take chances, risks even… what if you fall? Oh my dear but what if you fly?

8. Take things less seriously, if it won’t matter in 5 years do not give it 5 minutes of your peace.

9. If you dare to dream it, dare to do it. Life is an adventure waiting on you to simply show up.

10.  Live for what makes your heart sing, love those who build you up and ignore those who bring you down.

Lastly, not believing in yourself is a human’s biggest barrier in this life. Whatever it is that you think you cannot do remember that someone else has already done it, somewhere at some time – so why not you?

Pass It On…the time is now.

D. Ashworth

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ladiespassiton.com

October Retreat feedback

More bathrooms would be nice. The length of the event was pretty good, because two nights are needed for reservation timing. You might consider occasional one day events. You have a great idea and passion for this. The food was fantastic and you planned everything well—from music, to speakers, lovely gifts, gatherings and fun. Exceptional.

10/20/2017 5:23 PMView respondent's answers

Can't wait for the next one

10/18/2017 9:32 AMView respondent's answers

Melinda is the best!

10/16/2017 6:10 PMView respondent's answers

loved it!!!!!

10/16/2017 9:07 AMView respondent's answers

It was amazing. I loved all of it. I would just do 2 meals like we talked about and try to have dinner by 5:00.

10/16/2017 7:01 AMView respondent's answers

There was something for everyone. It was obvious that it event was created with a spirit of love and was done so and through divine inspiration.

10/15/2017 8:18 PMView respondent's answers

You made everyone feel at ease so they would speak openly if they chose to. I loved that there wasn't any peer pressure to participate in activities. I didn't feel like painting but was perfectly content to watch and enjoy the conversation. I think 2 meals a day is plenty. Later breakfast and dinner with a light snack in the afternoon of maybe cheese and nuts or crackers. I know people like to exercise in the morning, but I don't. An early afternoon nature walk would be nice. I loved the area you chose.

10/15/2017 6:58 PMView respondent's answers

I LOVE YOU. ❤️

10/15/2017 6:42 PMView respondent's answers

Amazing! Pick top 3? not possible :-)

10/15/2017 5:44 PMView respondent's answers

It was a great time meeting and talking with others. Finding out we all share sorrows and happiness. Well done Melinda love you and your family. You have a great support system of friends.

10/15/2017 5:09 PMView respondent's answers

My favorite part which wasn't an option to choose was Share Your Story! That is when I felt most loved and love for the other Soul Sisters there! It is where my connections began!

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