A Tiger Cub is Born

First and foremost, thank you (yes, YOU!) simply for being you.  Each and every one of you are special to me in some way, and I appreciate your continued love and support over the past few years, and especially over the past few months.

  After an amazing cross country drive from Atlanta to California, I have finally moved out of the Civic and into a real home...well, a shoebox home, but MY shoebox home, and I couldn't be happier in my new abode.  I have settled down in Laguna Beach, a town of about 20,000 people and very "localized".  My place sits on the PCH overlooking a small private cove called Victoria Beach.  For those of you who don't know, I am now in California training to be a White Tiger Yoga Instructor. I know, some of you are laughing right now- but you have to admit, it's fitting...i am still just as random as ever! haha

 I have narrowed my possessions down to the bare minimum (plus a little extra), and that has been very freeing. I am trying to embrace each moment- connect with whatever it is I'm feeling, and allow myself to just...be....ME.  This is much harder than you might think! It's amazing how many distractions there are in this great big world!  I work on this constantly.

 White Tiger Yoga is undoubtedly the perfect discipline for me in this moment.  It is rooted in Tai Chi principles, so the practice focuses on ridding yourself of toxins, cleaning your energy, and letting go of pent up emotions.  WOW, I have a lot of them apparently!  I have been practicing for almost two weeks now, and beyond a noticeable difference in my body, it has made a major impact on my emotional state.  I have never cried so hard in my life over the past week- and it's a wonderful release of emotion.  Don't worry!  Don't feel sad about this...these tears are long overdue!!

  So overall, I am working through this as constructively as possible.  I cannot drink during this process (I learned my lesson last Friday), so I am pretty much sober...well....close enough ;), and just trying to face each day with a smile on my face, a willingness to learn, and an introspection that is changing me in ways that I have yet to discover.  I certainly do not feel like the same person I was three months ago, even three weeks ago, and I'm not sure what that means yet.  I'm embracing the process one moment at a time, and I am really appreciating the results. 

 So here I am, in Laguna Beach, California, transforming every day and happy to be here.

  With all the love in my heart (and you know I mean that), M