: About Me

I am a wife and mother of three lovelies: two boys, ages 10 and 6 and one daughter child, aged 4. Dog, my HoneyBear, an energetic 3.
We live happily in the Canadian Rockies where I am photographer of weddings and portraits (www.tracyconneryphotography.com); writer/editor/publisher of small local newspaper, The Fairmont Range Gazette (www.frgazette.com); writer of ongoing works of fiction and non-fiction as well as articles relating to parenting and various other interests. I love yoga, pounding and soldering baubles out of silver and building things.

My life and times, as well as other supporting materials pertaining to kids, parenting, the home and other completely unrelated topics can be read at www.theinspiredfamily.com.

My passion is ...

My kids. Creativity.

I know too much about ...

Celebrities!

My parents always told me ...

Hmmmm........

My childhood ambition ...

Write romance novels. Design houses.

My favorite memory ...

Road trip to grannie's in Ontario.

Why I write ...

Relieve stress. Share my voice.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Sedaris. Follett. Spiderwick. Munsch. Winehouse. Spirit of the West. Any kids movie.

My first job ...

babysitting when I was 12.

My best moment ...

Any of the births of my children.

My inspiration ...

My kids. My dog.

Religion & Spirituality > Meditation & Prayer Mindfulness meditation and the law of attraction

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Mindfulness, simply put, comes down to allowing yourself to be in this moment. Not the moment yesterday when you should have stood up to your obnoxious and overly competitive colleague; or the moment last week when you got the call from the bank telling you your account was overdrawn. Nor is it the moment at some point in the future when you need to come up with some way to make your rent or credit card payment. When one is truly mindful, the past and future dissolve away, where all that is taking up space in the consciousness is what is occurring now. It is not contaminated by thoughts of...

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