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When we left Siesta Key in 2018, my mom began talking about her 90th birthday celebration. They also did all of the shopping and created small plates of hummus, pita, kalamata olives, and feta cheese. Before the big day, Mary contacted most of our cousins, asking if they’d be in Siesta Key during our stay. Near the end of our second week in Siesta Key, we were on the beach and noticed a wedding was being set up behind us.

But, at the same time, there are twenty family members here, coming and going at any given time, and the closeness and comfort of that is simply grounding. You tell yourself things like, “I’m so busy, I can’t take that much time” or “I don’t have the funds”, but I bet you could figure it out if you gave yourself permission. But the health benefits of vacation time – both physical and mental- make it imperative that we do this for ourselves from time to time. Here’s hoping that this post inspires you to take the time to schedule that PTO (that you’re going to lose if you don’t use it).

It’s January and the holidays have past. It’s just yes, quieter. It’s too much work and for a person who has pushed herself forever, I am working at just being. It’s not easy.

Over a period now of twenty years, I still consider deer to be a sign of the divine. He had passed about two hours after I saw the three deer. and I swear this time I asked God to send me a deer sign. As the herd walked past me, I thought of God and how He always delivers.