The Ceiling is Disintegrating!

    You work for the weekends. You want to enjoy life! You try to enjoy all the abundant gifts...and to a degree, you do! But there's something that just feels a little suffocating.  You work your tail off only to know realize that you still, you still have miles to to go before the next potential raise.  You have a family, after all.  You've got to provide.  Keep trekking away.  Don't get me wrong..you are living! But you have stopped dreaming of something more.  This is it...maybe you will retire when you're 65..ish.  Then maybe you can dream again?
     I could relate to this kind of thinking not too long ago.  It's a little embarrassing to admit.  Why? Because I am happy and content where God has me! Why would I want to dream of more? But HE made me a Dreamer! There is more to this life He's given! Yes, even more than dance competitions, baseball games, and awesome TV shows. Even more than my service to my local church family. He's put dreams in my heart that only He can bring to fruition.  So stuffing the dreams well, it feels a little like suffocating.
    But I am dreaming again! 7 years ago an opportunity was created for what seems like "just for me!"  I was introduced to Beachbody Coaching one year ago exactly and though I ignored the opportunity for a good 3 months, something just itched at me whispering "this is your ticket, this is That opportunity." You know the opportunity that I've been waiting for that would rip the income ceiling right off the roof and open my eyes to more world than I can fathom! Its been a wild 8 month ride but this opportunity has me dreaming again! There is NO income ceiling! I can work from anywhere.  My job is to simply encourage people to live healthier and more fulfilling lives.  I could do that! You can do that.  My eyes are widening with excitement as I am watching God bring people into my life that I have the privilege of walking alongside.  Everyone wins! I will give God the glory.  
    As I sat with my husband of 12 years on our swing in the yard, I told him about my dreaming.  I think he got a glimpse of that dreaming spirit and for the first time in a long time he is daring to dream a little more.  Our ceiling is disintegrating.
 
    If you are ready to start Dreaming again, whatever that may look like, I'd love to encourage you in whatever way I can.  This opportunity isn't just for me.  There are so many who have begun to live our their God given dreams...again...through this gift of Beachbody Coaching.

Check out my Tuscan Dream Board on Pinterest to see some beautiful views of my dream coming true! https://www.pinterest.com/productofgrace/tuscan-dream/

Pomegranates and Prayers

When I look back just over the last couple years of my life I can see how kind and graciously God has answered so many of my prayers, even the simplest. In April 2011 I had no clue what was next.  My jobs we insecure, we were outgrowing our rented condo in Woodbridge, Ca, and the way things were headed were, simply put, uncertain.  But God, in His providence, had so many amazing things in store! Fast forward to April 2015 and I am living the life I had always dreamed of. I even find that God has answered on a regular basis the smallest of prayers: My youngest's cough to not turn into Round 3 of a cold, a way for my daughter to dance, new jeans, perfect play set for the yard, opportunity to go on a cruise, chicken to come out tasty from the oven, a whisper of truth to a friend who was confused, and countless others.  A recent prayer was that our pomegranate harvest would be plentiful.  I specifically asked for 20 juicy fruits on one tree in particular.  Well, I check and there are well over 20 in bloom! God is so good and his mercy and grace is abundant.  I bet you can imagine that there is WAY more to this life story but for now I will keep it short.  God is always good, we are always loved.