Happy Monday to you..

This song made me feel Great...Hope it does the same for you..G

Sunday.

Happy Monday Dear Friends

I spent yesterday with my kids just hanging out at our

house doing what we do...

Draw

Paint

make paper dolls

I just love how we all migrate to the table in the kitchen and

begin. I painted a Mexican girl. she is drying. I bought a cheap set of oil paints from Micheal's

and I played.

This is the pencil drawing of what I wanted to paint.

I also put lots of hearts around her because I have been feeling like I am in a bubble of hearts.

I am really happy to be in love and more happy that Mr. Joe as my daughter calls him is such a great

boyfriend. I feel really lucky and grateful.

I hope you have a great Monday. Can you believe January is almost gone..

I am back to running and its strange how i feel I haven't been my happy person and i am saying not exercising regularly is a huge part of it. I have asked my dad for help with watching my kids so I can run and he said yes..

Peace to you my sweet friends..

G

a day in the life of me.

Here it is my day..

I saw my dad

I saw my two girlfriends

I saw Joe ( the man I love )

I ran

tried on 3D glasses

all in all a good day...

Oh yeah and i went to Micheal's..

hello..

I'm loving this song

I am so loving closing my eyes and just listening to this song..I am traveling in my head to cloudy happy place..

such Bliss...

Close your eyes and listen..Do you feel it just special perfect thoughts...

A day in the life

I woke up with my camera next to me in bed...It must of gotten cold during the night so she crawled up here to be with me. So I decided to see if I could take enough pictures in one day to do a mini album...A day in the life of me...Holy Cow !! I might be talking best seller here..So tomorrow , ok maybe not tomorrow but sunday for sure...I hope to share my day with you.

Stay tuned ....

Oh !!! Drawing Journal..

Oh..How love my love my drawing journal ..It doesn't talk back to me..

or tell me to go on a diet.

Its just is there for me to draw in whenever I want.

I love drawing . I love drawing girls.

They let you create whatever you want in them. They let you write stories, The possibilities are endless.

I can copy pictures of any artist I like in my handy dandy journal and

Its all OK because its my drawing journal..

Thank You ..Thank you Mr. drawing journal for being such a great part of my life..Oh how I love you.....

The Journal Obsession

I know there are lots of girls like me out there. You know the type of girl who get this incredible feeling inside of her when she buys a new journal. The kind of girl who doesn't care if its a 20 dollar journal or a 2 dollar journal?

What really matters to this girl is the never ending possibilities of what she could write in the journal. Draw in this journal. What story she could tell in this journal.

maybe this is the journal that has the perfect poem or thought or quote or Idea. This could be the journal that explains it all.

The journal that has the perfect love letter or it has your dreams and goals. I love me a journal and I have a new one for 2011.

Yes, it makes me feel a little like I am in high school. It makes want to sharpen my pencil. I even feel like I have my fun secrets inside of it, Tid bits of words ,ideas that make me unique. My question is do you just love journals too?

Do they make you as happy as they make me ?

I sure hope they do....

"Imagination is the biggest beginning of creation: You imagine what you desire:You will what you imagine; and at last you create what you will."

George Bernard Shaw

The movie I watched last night

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I watched this movie with Joe last night. I have seen it before but I think I could watch it many more times . I just love how passionate Frida was about her life. She felt it all her art is full of pain but in color witch I think just makes it so vivid and alive. One of the things I love so much is how traditionally Mexican she dressed. I love the feel of the blue houses in the movies with the yellow trim. I love the braids in her hair. Her art feels sad to me but so intense and beautiful. I think I can see a small window into what she went through by looking at her paintings. I can feel her pain. Did you know she did so many self portraits because she was alone so much that she would study herself and paint her best model...herself
If you haven't seen the movie you should go rent it. Its really good. I really like it..

Happy Weekend

G

I begin...to let go

I begin by letting myself be aware of my faults

I begin by not judging myself

I begin by slowly forgiving myself

I begin by letting go and not trying to hold on

I begin by understanding its OK to feel this way

I begin by understanding I cant be perfect

I begin by letting myself sit

I begin by knowing I will slowly begin to shift

I begin by once again by forgiving myself

I begin by putting away my fear

I begin by loving myself just as I am Today

Imperfectly Perfect.

Have you ever felt like this part of you was waking up inside of you .

This is my experience of what is going on inside of me at this time. I don't know if it's maturing or what I really feel like is that there is a part of me that's always been their but I was afraid to let out. So, I chose to let her hide . I am in the process of not letting my story define me. I have a really good story that when I felt sorry for myself (witch I am sure I will do again ) or maybe when I wanted an excuse for why I am the way I am I would tell. I am slowly emerging from that. I am not my story . Yes, because of my past I have become who I am . I understand that. I guess what I am trying to say is just because certain things happened in my life does not mean I am weaker or damaged. It just means certain things happened. How I am choosing to react to my past will define me.

I think when unhappy things happen when we are children to us, or when we let ourselves continue in unhealthy relationships we ..I am going to speak about just me so I will be shifting this to I.. instead of we. I can only speak for myself and hope this helps someone out there.

I have used my story as a crutch for a long time. I have felt deep sadness because of it, I understand that. I feel that I am at a point in my life were I am choosing to let go of it. I am not going to pretend that its all OK. Life is not always all OK.

Life was not meant to always be OK. I am choosing to really take a look at the not OK part and let it go. When life has handed me more than I think I can handle, first thing I do is pray.

I believe in God. I have faith that good things happen to good people so when life hands me a little to much I hand some over to him . This is what that sound like in my head.

Dear God,

I don't feel like I am going to get through this. I don't understand why all of this is happening at once. I know you wont hand me more than I can handle but I am really overwhelmed right now so I am gong to put some of this in your hands and I know you will help me carry it. Then I just have complete faith that no matter what happens since hey than man upstairs is helping me carry it . I will be OK with what ever happens.

Yes, so faith carries me a very long way.

So, back to letting go of stuff that holds us down. I am at the point were holding on is no longer working for me. I need to move passed it and I do not pretend it did not happen if anything it makes me more empathetic to peoples pain. We all have struggles I get that but man its so nice to see the light at the end of the tunnel now that its time for me to let go. The other thing is trusting my own intuition or listening to that voice inside me that's giving me permission to let go. Loving myself enough to want to be an emotionally healthy female. That's the big thing right. I love my kids ,I love my family , I am in love with Joe. Yes, I have lots of love just like I am sure you do but I need to love myself enough to emotionally pay attention to what I am feeling and nurture myself . This way I can have a much healthier relationship with my kids, my boyfriend , my family and most importantly.... Myself

This is me just as I am... sharing my thoughts my word and my story...

Big Smile,

G

Welcome 2011

Hello Sweet friends...
I have been away for a much needed Gloria break. Lots happened the week of New Years and I think I am settled inside with all of it. So as the saying goes...

Today is the perfect Day to start over...

I have realized that two of my kids do this when I try to kiss them.
I have been crocheting some as this does tend to help me Chill...

I started painting and I stopped half way because the girl I was painting..well she kinda scares me...I think I am going to put some cute scrapbook paper all over her pretty little face and start over.

I have been going to work..( still a weird thing ) work.

I have been journaling some. I do have to say that one of my highlights of the new year (besides kissing Joe at midnight) was starting my new Kelly-Rea date book...Love

I have also had a-lot of much needed family time. I am not talking about my kids, I am taking about me needing my mom and sister..Sometimes only your mom will do.

I also have ran just a little bit but its enough for me to see that I love to run and its good for me.

I am so crazy about my word too.. Brave

I am going to not let fear stop me to many times...

I will try hard to be Brave in the face of fear and when I am not or when fear wins I will simply recognize what that felt like. What just happened and push myself a little harder next time.

Hope you have a good week..and do you have your word yet ?

Big Smile, G

I know its almost near the end..2010

I feel like I should pat myself on the back and say good job G..You got through it and I did. I know I defiantly don't want to be the got through it girl though. What do I mean by that..I want to stop trying to survive things I would like to be just OK. Does that make sense..I know its an attainable goal. So now that this year is almost at an end and that I have grown up in many ways..I would like write a bit on what is going on inside of me ..I feel incredibly blessed to have been made aware this year of just how much my family loves me. Family dynamics can be very complicated because for the most part no matter what we feel a need to love our family.( I do ) So unlike a friend who may do something to hurt us that we feel we can not forgive, we can choose to actually not talk to them again and go on with our lives . I feel with family we grow from difficult matters. We learn to forgive our brothers and sisters because there our family. I know I am more aware this year of how much they love me. I can honestly say that each one of my siblings has hugged me this year and told me that they love me. I cant even begin to explain that even in the darkest moments when I looked up what I heard was G we've got you..

What I learned from this year is. What makes my life beautiful are the relationships I have with my family , my friends, my children, my boyfriend. The relationships that I have cultivated . The people I choose to surround myself with . All of these people fall under this category..

People I love.

I have chosen my word for next year....

Brave

I will be brave in love.

I will be brave with my art

I will be brave in my friendships

I will be brave in my children's lives.

I will be brave in educating myself

I will be brave in figuring out my finances

I will be brave in communication

I will be brave in my relationship with God.

So if I close my eyes what I see is me jumping with and get this...my eyes are open..

That's right.

I know maybe not all the time but I really want to be Brave in my life..So now that I have my word I am going to start to write t down and make it happen..even if its only a little bit at a time. Life changes start with being aware of what is going on in our own life .

I am going to brave in between the lines of my life...

So I am going to do a toast.

Here is to being grateful that we were all granted one more year of life. To doing our best to lead a positive and productive life. To being aware of all those people around us who loves us and to cultivating a positive 2011..

I will do my best to show up and be brave in my own life.

Oh how I love my little people..

Us being silly..

Merry Christmas...

I am wishing all of my fellow blogging world beautiful peeps a very wonderful Holiday.

May God bless you !!

Feliz Navivdad

G

My last night.

Last night I should have been wrapping but instead I painted her..I am going to work on having more expression . I think she is sweet. I put this little tiny button in her heart that says mom..I think she looks like a mom..I love being a mom. Merry Christmas.

Just found this girl ..

love this song..so good hu..

A Downtown date..

Yesterday night I went on a date..Movie and hot fudge sundae night. Sometimes as I drive into downtown I am reminded of how beautiful all the lights are..Then I immediately imagine what it would be like to live in all the action. am sure it would be a blast and fast..

joining me on this fabulous date is Bella and Christopher. He is really not into letting me take is picture right now so he is the photographer.

We went to watch Yogi Bear in 3 D. ( I know) but when you become a mom that doesn't sound so bad. To be honest I liked it a little bit. Then comes the reason I really wanted to go out..Hot fudge Sundaes ..So after the movie we walked about 7 blocks after I took a Gloria detour. That's the one were I get us just a little bit lost before I figure out were we are going. Then we find the ice cream parlour. I asked Bella to find our seat and she did..right under this sign.

Then we all sat down only had one minor breakdown but soon enough we were happy and eating chocolate...

Everyone got there own sundae..I don't really enjoy sharing ice cream sundaes..do you ?

Then before you know it..Our date night was coming to an end..

So walked only 4 blocks this time heading over to the mall. I love love taking pictures of these two together. Its amazing to me how big they are..

Then we drove home but before I found the freeway there was time to take it all in again..The beauty of lights and the cabs and that feeling of just how lucky I am .

Merry Christmas and I hope to share with you what happened when we tried to make a gingerbread house...

A Christmas song..

I love this song. Listen to the words they are so perfect for Christmas...

Ramblings from Gloria's brain.....

I felt like a small note was in order..So how are you feeling about Christmas right now ? a little overwhelmed..Really excited. Are you a planner so its all ready and hiding in the garage. Or maybe you haven't actually started. I am a little bit of all of the above ..Yup call me scattered I don't really want to think about it until I absolutely have to Gloria King. I also know that its absolutely OK to be were I am regarding Christmas. That some how I will pull it together ..So dont fret I think given all the stuff we need to get done . We are all doing a great job. ( when I get a little scared inside I go and smell my tree)

So I am sending you a big Christmas hug...

LOL G

A Christmas Evening with Miss Bella

Bella and I went on a Christmas date, Its funny I was tired and grumpy I was not in the Christmas mood , but i had promised my sweet Bella I would take her to the botanical gardens to see Santa so after me acting grumpy and complaining about having to go...Bella reminded me that I promised so of we went.

and I am so glad I did...We had so much fun. We both got to talk to Santa about what our Christmas wish was..We held hands , we did some running, and we did...

arts

and crafts.

There was kissing and hugging and laughing..

Yes, she has Christmas nails...fun !!!!!

I am so glad I went and just let myself be with Bella..We will both remember our little night out

A List of goals for 2011

A list of the races/goals I have planned for 2011..

January 17Th Arizona Rock n Roll Half

February 13Th San Diegito Half

April 17 Th La Jolla Half

May 14Th Rosarito Ensenada 50 mile bike ride

May 22ND San Diego Century ride

June 5Th San Diego Rock n Roll Marathon

July 4Th Long Beach Half

August 15Th AFC Half

Sept ????

Oct 1st St. George Marathon

( I will do 3:45 )

November/December Unearth Retreat

This is a small part of my goals I have set for next year.

One of the most exciting things for me when starting a new year is.....(drum Roll please)

getting a new Planner......Joy hmmmm....This year I have yet another kelly-rea 2011 Planner.

I am going to fill this beauty with so much love , oh and yes making goals then achieving them..have you started planning 2011? You know if you start putting it out there and writing it down or even making a simple list on your blog...You might just make it all happen.

have a blessed day..

Gloria