Living is a whole new adventure when you suddenly find yourself alone, widowed and the mother of four young boys a lot like their Dad.

I Just Had To…
Janae Janae Thompson Janae Janae Thompson

I Just Had To…

Look at this! It’s so beautiful here where I live. I’m out here right now in the mountains near where I live. I just had to come out here into nature. With the snow falling, the ground and the rest of everything covered in fluffy frozen water; I just had to come out here and be in it.

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Beauty
Janae Janae Thompson Janae Janae Thompson

Beauty

Beauty has taken on a whole other meaning again.  I love beautiful things.  This morning as I was getting ready, I felt beautiful.  Not like I felt like I looked beautiful, but as I settled into the feeling of being in my body, walking into the bathroom, surrounded by the silence of being alone; that is also now a state of being for me.  I felt the feeling of beautiful inside me.

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The Secret To Beauty
Janae Janae Thompson Janae Janae Thompson

The Secret To Beauty

What is beauty anyway? It’s said that inner beauty is more important than outer beauty.  It is but that’s so easy to say. What does it mean? 

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No Risk No Fun…
Grant Janae Thompson Grant Janae Thompson

No Risk No Fun…

When Grant first took this picture, I thought it was funny.  Yeah I thought, to risk is to live fully.  That’s what it means, right?  To not watch from the sidelines. To live fully is fun. Yes there is risk in action, participation and trying new vistas in life, but that doesn’t mean inappropriate risk or foolish choices. It means to take a chance at something new and different and outside current knowledge and comforts.

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