Dear Reader:

I have always taken delight in my Libra approach to life… keeping a balance within myself and others. Overall it has worked well… but every now and then life just seems to get out of sync… and we struggle to get our balance back again.

Case-in-point. In the past few weeks my appetite has dropped and foods I loved so much… turn to mush. I have spent a ridiculous amount of time struggling to figure out what I can eat… and then , again, end up disappointed.

I started out in life as one of those picky eating children who drive parents crazy … and now I have come full circle… I am driving myself crazy… and worst of all… losing my energy in the process. I have always been very energetic so this is driving me even crazier…

I was even worried about going to the family July 4th celebration for fear I would fizzle out… but instead it was exactly ” what the doctor ordered!” It has been quite awhile since the family was all home at the same time… the excitement of being together again was palpable!

And that is when it happened… suddenly my mind was off myself and reveling in the grandchildren’s excitement… it was as if someone had opened my gas gauge and poured renewed energy in! Hallelujah!

Doctors call the human trait of receiving energy from others … empath. Sometimes it can be a negative thing if we are too open to others negative energies but in my case.. it was like my body was craving this positive energy and guess what…craving food too and I found myself eating more while talking and laughing than I have in a long time! A win-win!!!

I learned an important lesson… too much alone time is not good even though we might think we want or even need it… sometimes we need people more. People who need people!

My poor garden is in a slump… from the over-rainy Monsoon” weather that over drenched the plants for several straight days to hot sunny daof mid to upper nineties- …with heat indexes in the triple digits-produces burnt leaves and buds in swamped rotting soil… bad dilemma.

Except… one plant is as happy as it can be – my long-stemmed sunflowers are bursting into bloom-more and more everyday!

So until tomorrow… one thing we can always count on-climate change and all… beautiful sunrises and sunsets in the Lowcountry!

Today is my favorite day-Winnie the Pooh