Inspirational

It is not all glam when it comes to making a TV show. The life of a star is complicated and tiring. Just having a wee taste over the years with makeup and hair, memorizing lines, costume and set changes, I can honestly confirm it is a real job! Not everything that glitters is gold. In fact most things are not...

A couple ditched their 9-5:00 jobs years ago to travel with their kids, move to southern France and they explain how they did it. In February 2011, Alfonz came home from a stressful day of work. They just went through a full year of tragedy, losing an uncle to a heart attack, a stepfather after a liver transplant that...

  Happy New Year! It is that time of year again! RESOLUTION time. I know, for most people they don't work, but for me it keeps me on track. I started writing this post from our home in Budapest, Hungary, having spent the holidays in our Elizabethtown 19th century apartment enjoying the festivities of the Christmas markets and visiting family and...

  Third Culture Kids (TCK)  refers to children integrating aspects of their first culture and their new culture, creating a unique “third culture”.  Kate from Flight of the Wines Poured shared with me some of her experiences as a Third Culture Kid now all grown up living in southern France. I had never even heard the term before, nor thought there was others like...

  Promising Starts After crying the blues about the system, when I was nearing the end of my rope, that’s when it all falls into place. I managed to accomplish something today that made me very proud of myself. I went alone to the doctors. Over the past two years; Alfonz, Mallory or Anne would tag along to talk for me. I used...

                DO YOU BELIEVE IN THE SUPERNATURAL? Definition : Supernatural - a force beyond scientific understanding or the laws of nature I have told this story a thousand times, usually drunk with no inhibition. Now, I am not a pusher of ideas or necessarily a believer, just open to any possibility. -- --------------------------------- A long time ago now, thirteen years to be exact, at a...

I must be crazy! I bought this very slimming black one piece bathsuit about 8 kilos ago. I looked at it each morning as motivation! Today I went to Valencia Lake in Hungary and wore it! I felt great. I didn't have to cover myself with beautiful bathing suit covers, or try not...

My One Year Pursuit of Happiness My pursuit to find happiness started around 27 years old right after ending a long relationship. I even stated it in my ‘Dear John letter' that it was time for me to focus on myself, to pursue what makes me happy and to put myself back on my priority list. There I was after...

My inner mantra of inspirational thoughts keep me on track pursuing happiness.  These are the top quotes that inspire me. #13 If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten - Tony Robbins #12 Go take on the day - Dr. Laura Schlesinger #11 I want you to get excited about your life - Dr. Phil McGraw #10 Success...

Have you seen this kid riding his bike through the neighbourhood? Capestang has a new boy in town, one with a goal and a determination measured to none. Daniel received a second-hand bike from us when we first landed in Capestang. With the fabulous weather ahead, we had a line on good used bikes from the rental company Mellow-Velo, and...