A Note of Appreciation

Oh my goodness me! I have crashed through a barrier – hurtled into a new decade! Farewell sixties and H-E-L-L-O seventies! Hopefully I’m not lying in a clumsy heap {figuratively speaking} but more that I have arrived in the new decade with grace and a little bit of class! I feel like it is the latter, so let’s hope that’s really the truth and if so, long may it continue. Enjoying my 70th birthday is GOOD news.  After all what’s the alternative?  Nevertheless, I admit that hitting the BIG 70 could have been traumatic at worst and disconcerting at least! But it wasn’t – it was AMAZING! All good!
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A New Look for Anthea’s Anthology

Whew! It was a major project – a daunting task which I wasn’t excited to embark upon, but I was definitely ready to get it completed by the end of 2014. No loose ends for me going into 2015, so I strapped myself to my chair and computer, put my head down, hitched up my big girl panties and focused on THE ONE THING!! And now it’s DONE! Checked off the list.
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The Best Gifts Around the Tree?

 The Family!  All Wrapped Up in Each Other!

A big shout of gratitude to each and eWrappedUpinChristmasvery one of you who’ve blessed us with personal friendship, and supported our business in  2014. You mean the world to us—our holiday will shine a little brighter this year because of YOU. We thank you and we wish you the kind of moments you’ve been dreaming of. We pray for a holiday filled with joy, good health and the gift of loved ones. 

We’re pretty sure you’ll agree that life today is crazy busy.  We lead scattered, frenzied lives running in many different directions trying to keep up with the demands of work, {the Joneses—haha!}, family activities, household chores, social events, and we attempt to balance it all with much needed personal time, FaceBook time—and you name it. It’s really insane sometimes, right? We may even feel like we’re losing our minds in our effort to keep up the frantic pace. Is the craziness really worth it?  Continue reading →

One “Poor Me” Short of Pity Party!

pitypartyIt’s been 7 weeks today since my hip replacement surgery and I have to say I’m feeling great. Overall the time has passed quickly and I’ve had amazing support from family, friends and medical professionals – all of whom contributed to my speedy recovery and helped me keep my attitude positive and hopeful, despite the obvious restrictions and incapacity I faced for a while. 99% of the time I managed my feelings around the daily “ups and downs” with prayer, affirmations and picturing myself walking pain-free. All would be worth it soon I constantly told myself ….. Continue reading →

Hip~Tripp~Hooray!

It’s day thirteen of the rebirth. The restoration of my right hip joint!  Thanks to the Grace of God and the skills of my wonderful surgeon, the-faithful-but-worn-out-old hip-joint, that has served me well for 69 years, is laid to rest. A “bionic” joint now resides in its place, eagerly promising to serve me well as I go forward into the next chapter of life……..
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A Forever Kind of Love

Forever and a day – that’s the relationship I envisioned!  I know ~ I’m a confirmed romantic but come on folks, fess up – I know most of you are too!! 

AntheaBeachOh to find the kind of love to last for eternity and beyond. To fall in love passionately and live happily ever after! That’s what dreams are made of, right? Of course I am realistic enough to understand that love and marriage are risky and not all couples stay together due to unforeseen circumstances, but let’s just say it’s what I hoped and prayed for as a young woman.  Continue reading →

If a Child Lives With ……

If a Child LivesThe longer I live and the more I experience and reflect on life, the more I understand it is an absolute miracle that our children have grown up to be such “normal, happy, healthy, productive” adults with such a capacity for love and a deep regard for others, as well as a having self esteem, confidence and belief in themselves {and God}. I admit it has to be more by the grace of God they turned out so well, than for any other reason! Heaven alone knows, as a Mom I’ve made many parenting mistakes and I can truthfully admit that raising children is one of the most challenging experiences I’ve ever faced, but it’s also been one of the easiest and most rewarding!

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Fright Week SCREAMS in at Tripp Towers!

OMG! Scream #1. I can hardly believe I gave myself permission to procrastinate on writing in my personal blog posts for so long! Horror of horrors! What was I thinking? FIVE months since the last one? Shame on me! But my excuse is really a good one {you may have heard it before or even used it yourself!} I’ve been busy …. busy living life, instead of recording life’s activities. Never been one for spectator sports – get me in the game as a participant – the thrill of giving it my best shot on the playing field! But I HAVE been legitimately creating stuff – writing in my business blog at getsuperhealthy.com Adding pages, beefing up the content and posting in THAT blog!   Continue reading →

We Don’t Know if it’s Good or Bad Yet!

Have you ever stressed over life’s circumstances and made a judgement that what happened was either good or bad? Have you noticed that perception is everything? That what at first appears to be good may NOT be so good! In the same way something may SEEM bad, but morph into something amazing! Ever lost sleep worrying about the circumstances at hand? I know I have, and this thinking has caused me to ride the emotional roller-coaster of life – many times! Not fun! Can anyone relate? Continue reading →