Girlfriends

I have just spent a fabulous weekend at the cottage where we ate too much and drank too much, got too much sun and some of us too many bug bites...and the laughter can never be too much, neither can the friendship, the sisterhood or the love.

We reminisced. We gossiped. We giggled. We full on belly laughed as we made new inside jokes, "Okay girls...spaghetti!"

We were overjoyed to see one another. We ate delicious meals. We had all of our favourite drinks. We played @sshole until 2 in the morning. We talked, we helped, we healed.

We listened to each other and we read gossip magazines. We drank wonderful tea and ate delicious bagels. We sat on the dock in the sun. We swam. We drank. We listened to our favourite old 90s dance songs.

We help rescue ourselves from dock spiders. We tidied and washed dishes. We vacuumed curtains. We mopped up spills. We weren't afraid of the fridge.

We ate cold chips. We made vegetarian s'mores. We mixed Rootbeer and Malibu rum. We got pizza stuck, which made it taste even better. We prepared for a possible trip to emergency.

We are the best of friends. We push each others buttons. We are there when we need each other. We miss one another. We listen to each other. We offer advice. We ask for help. We make each other laugh. We share each others fears. We support each other. But most of all, through it all and through and through we love one another.

Thank you for being my friends. Thank you from my heart, where you all live :)

With Love
~sarah~

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Location:Jackson Ct,Kanata,Canada

Another

Another busy week, and holidays were supposed to start. You know you really love a job when you consider working all summer without being paid.

Yup, seriously. I could go in every day and get a little more done. Organizing, tidying up, finishing off, straightening up. There's is so much that I'd love to get my hands on, I kind of just want to be there.

I will miss the school in September. I have a new school and I'm sure I will be just as happy, but I really felt like this school was my home. I will miss it, truly, deeply.

I can honestly say that I have never loved a job so much.

With Love
~sarah~

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Location:Jackson Ct,Kanata,Canada

To Sarah, July 3rd, 2011

I follow Dr. Diane Chung on Twitter. She is a naturopathic and energetic medicine doctor. I also subscribe to her mailing list, which is wonderful. She doesn't bombard your inbox, but when she does send you a little something they are pieces of spiritual and often life changing information.

A couple of months ago, when I signed up for her email list she sent out her Six Big Questions for a Healthy Life worksheet. I started working through the questions a bit when I first received them. Then things got busy and I didn't have a chance to look at them but I knew I'd find time again.

Today, on my last day of a girls weekend in Montreal, we did a couple of hours at the baths at Le Scandanive spa. During my rest portion of the bath cycle I pulled out my journal and my print-out of Dr. Chung's questions, and started thinking and opening up and going into my heart.

After doing the full baths rotation 4 times, on my last rest period, I started answering the question about what advice would my 100 year old self give to myself now. I thought I would have a hard time with it, but the words and the love flowed. I wrote a letter from my future self to my present self, dated today's date in 2077, which in itself is a little overwhelming.

But then I began, and I opened myself up to the love and the joy and the pride and the heart and so many wonderful things that my future self had to say to me now. I passed on some great advice (that I hope I'm not too stubborn to listen to), and in my true nature, wouldn't give away too many clues about what lies ahead (I really don't like spoilers, they make me even more stubborn than I already am!). ;)

It was a wonderful experience and even now my future voice is still speaking to me saying all the things that she ran out of time to write in the letter. I never want to forget how much I love myself, how proud I am of the woman I am and of the women I will continue to become. I want to remember how important it is for me to listen to the wisdom that I have and the wisdom that I share with others. To know that everything will be okay, to hear the voice of my future telling me that I will have it all, it's all waiting for me and it's really exciting and wonderful. I really am fabulous and I love me for it.

Do yourself a favour...take a minute and check out Dr. Diane Chung. http://drdianechung.com/ or on twitter @Drdianechung. If nothing else sign up for her email list and get her Big Six Questions and answer a couple. Or simply do the one I did today. Write a letter to yourself from your 100 year old self. Remember to be gentle where needed and firm in other areas. Remember to advise yourself as you believe you would and be true to yourself. And mostly don't do any of it because I said to...do it if something I've said makes you want to. :)

Lastly, I just want to say thank you Dr. Chung. You say in that first email to let you know how it goes. And all I can offer you is my gratitude for sharing those questions with me. For putting your best intentions out when you asked them. For trusting me (and everyone who receives them) to be true to ourselves and to continue to learn and grow. From the bottom of my heart I offer you my thanks. :)

Happy July 3rd everyone.

In Memoriam - Susan Saville, today she would have turned 46 years old.

With Love
~sarah~

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Location:University St,Montreal,Canada

How forgetful!

I forgot how much fun it is to dance the night away until your feet hurt. I forgot that bars in Montreal stay open until 3am. I forgot how much I love to sing in the streets. I forgot how good Montreal pizza tasted at 3:30am. Thank you Montreal...thank you!

I also forgot how to sleep in!

I say all the time how much I love Montreal, so sleep or no sleep...time to hit the streets and be the loving tourist that I am!

With Love
~sarah~

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Location:Boulevard Saint-Laurent,Montreal,Canada