As I sit here by the pool on Dec. 18, 2011, complaining about how hot it is and the waves are too high to snorkel, and the breeze is messing up my hair, and I can see a couple of cruise ship people strolling our way to interrupt our perfect aloneness, and there's a bug in my fresh passionfruit juice..... I realize I have become a total beach snob.  Ten years ago, had I been suddenly transported from my desk into this scene, I would have been ecstatic!!  Heat?  Bring it on.  Big waves, fun to play!!!  Breeze, how delicious!  Bug in fresh juice?  Protein!!  It’s December.  Most people are freezing!  Even when things are nearly perfect, I can lose perspective.

I have SO much to be grateful for.  So after promptly smacking myself, I began to see and appreciate my life and my choices. I chose this and made it happen.  And once I stop to reflect, it is so clear why I made this choice and how good a choice it was indeed!

So seasons greetings from one hot, sandy, wind tossled, grateful happy woman living well in ST CROIX!