Conversing with my son while dining outdoors on Friday, I said if I pass away today, I’d like to leave you with 3 things I’ve learned. Then I asked if he was open to hearing about them. Responding affirmatively, I started with 1) Trust, hold sacred and follow your deep internal knowing/intuition as much as possible; in essence, do not abdicate your authority, 2) When in a low mood and/or wanting and needing to shift energy, upon waking, greet a new day with stripping the bed of all linens and throwing them in the washer followed by the dryer, and 3) Remember the Daily Word quote, “I say yes to the joy that invites me in this moment.” He wanted me to elaborate on these 3 things which I eagerly did. He then asked, for his reference, if I could write these down and continue to add to them.

His request reminded me of the lovely book Loving Yourself by Barbara Lee. In it she said, “My daughter gave me an empty journal for Mother’s Day, asking that I leave her a legacy of affirmations. This is my first response.” It’s an amazing, heartfelt response! We’ll see what I come up with.