Perfect

This goes out to every woman who has walked this path of healing before me, and all those who sadly will follow.

I have to say, keep in mind while watching that these two young women are competing in a win or lose/in or out competition here, and in order to give the best performance they worked together on it rather than trying to out do each other. So sad that either had to leave the show after this. It's not in this clip, but when the "loser" comes down to hug her coach Cee Lo Green goodbye, he tells her he will take care of her too. :)

Continuing on with some songs that have helped me along the way. I love Adele, but this version by Haley Rhinehart on American Idol of Adele's "Rollin' in the Deep," had far more emotion than the original artist's recording. Tho I must admit Adele's video had some mighty powerful emotional imagery. Here are both- enjoy!

Positively Zen

After a year plus of the most difficult transition of my life, I am nearly free. I have debated time and time again what to do about the blogs of the past. This one, which is a highly painful dose of reality of all that is gone or never was to begin with, is going to remain because I have poured too much of myself and my children's history into it to let it go.

The new one however, "Positively Zen," I can't afford to keep. I started it in September of 2009 on Typepad for all the bells and whistles that site provides, and have been paying $15 bucks a month to sustain that one week or so of posts, because downgrading to a free blog would undo a lot of those fancy things that I went to Typepad for.

But today I finally downgraded it to free. Should have a long time ago and kept the $250 odd dollars just having it up there has cost me. But in all honesty? What's that amount compared to all else I have lost along the way.

It was very weird to go back and read how hard I was trying to be positive -totally unaware of the toxic situation about to surround and shatter my world both in my health and personal life.

So I didn't linger on it. As Becca says in Rabbit Hole- "Quick and painless- like a band-aid." Of course it's taken me nearly one and a half years for quick to feel somewhat akin to painless. Perhaps "numbness" is a better word.

I'll be re-starting this blog -title, pic and perhaps even a slightly edited post or two- on Blogger in July when I will be able to continue the journey I tried to attempt in the fall of 2009. I'm proud I attempted it then, when I was feeling the effects of efforts of those closest to me as well as those I'd never met drowning out any hope for positivity at that time in my life.

Thanks to everyone who has allowed me the negative time necessary to heal from so much hurt. I couldn't have done it without each and every friend-0ld and new- who all lifted me up through this spiritually trying time, whether you even knew what I was healing from or not.

Positively seeing you in July!

A diva Edith Piaf canta "Ne me quite pas"

Wow... forgot how much I absolutely love her. Now that's interpreting a song. I am going to surround myself in amazing music for the next month as I hopefully transition fully into my new life. More to follow.

Sara Bareilles, Ingrid Michaelson - Winter Song

The Last Word

Stopping by to say hi- fabulous weekend regardless of horrific cold and no voice. Hmmm...perhaps because of no voice ;)

Posting Songs right now seem to help me stay on here a bit, while still documenting my feelings regarding all the changes I'm facing and processing.

So here's the song of the day- ENJOY!

Ray LaMontagne - Be Here Now

Big Dreams are Coming Back My Way

The song says it all...

I'm BAAAAAAAACK!

Well, sorta. Lot's of changes for me right now, that have me focusing my energy in many different directions at once. It's a growth process, complete with growing pains of sorts that I am unable to share.

I am taking down my Positivity Blog from another source since it cost money every month, and coming back to blogger.

So look for the new, improved and totally intentional life of...

State of Gracez.

Coming soon. To a blog near you :)

Til then...

Account inACTIVE

What a sad state of gracez this is! I have been so busy with life or something like it, that I have neglected my little blog, my little space for creative thought.

Damn Facebook! Ok...I love facebook as well, but it is quite addictive.

More writing to come in the following weeks. Much to catch up on. Still no time this week to do it! Although til then I will have to return to an old template to get that obnoxious "photobucket inactive" crap off there. Not sure when I became a slave to the photobucket folks, but am assuming it had to do with an add compliance issue through my blogher network. So if the blogher folks are reading...

help! I can't comply with the three column format, as when I did it screwed up my blog.

Anyway...

More next week when I will once again have time to write on here.