This blog was birthed out of loss. At the time of this blog I have experienced three significant losses that have changed the trajectory of my life. Yes, I know your curious mind wants to know what have I lost? I would say, just replace what would feel like three significant losses in your life and think about how that would feel and that's exactly how I feel right now. The word for it is grief. I am grieving over these losses. I am in the process of letting go of what I once had. They have disrupted my normal. And quite honestly my grief has put me on the edge of losing my joy and my serenity. But I will not have it! Neither my joy nor my serenity will be overtaken by grief. Where can I go to protect the joy and the serenity that I have? There is only one place. It's the place of appreciation. Appreciation is the place where I can rest from my interior griping over my losses and gain an appreciative perspective on the everyday events in my life, These events are inviting me...