Positively Beautiful

  Only One   by Deena McDaniel Positively Beautiful Blog       Do think there’s time for your to-do list? Nope. Put the fun at the top and take one day to waste time. Time wasted isn’t just for blowing off life. We require recharging. My mode of operation has drastically changed in the last few months. I’m looking at life quite differently. As outgoing as I appear to be, I’m quite the coward on adventures. I guess I just feel like new is scary.  When it comes to following in adventures, I’m all in. When it comes to creating adventures it’s that timid mouse that creeps out.     Today I ventured out to a brand new (now my favorite) coffee spot. Neverland! The coffee spot is a quick jaunt from my gym in one of the coolest spots in North Miami. Why was I so fearful of trying something new? It’s because it’s new. As we age settling into comfort might be how folks slide into the grave. As I age, I’m beginning to do those things I’ve b...

  G.O.A.T. Positively Beautiful Blog by Deena McDaniel 5/21/22   Goat is traditionally mentioned as the  G reatest  O f  A ll  T ime. Suddenly goat has a different meaning in our home.  Here in South Florida palm trees and beaches, now goats have suddenly impacted my life. Miami isn’t known for the trendy goat. Instead, we’re known for the “South Beach” mayhem. Ft. Lauderdale is not known for goats, but “Spring Breakers” have made news every year. My Ozark roots have been revealed this week.       Are you part of email groups you forgot you joined? I was. Instantly I was amazed, “Downward Goat” had an upcoming event. I’d heard of yoga with goats but never thought it would be a “thing” I could experience in beachy Florida. Oh yes, I booked my class! Goat yoga?  “Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created.”-Rev...

  Eye Yi Eye  by Deena McDaniel Positively Beautiful Blog   Shopping at Target I was startled by a large bug. Suddenly I jumped and was very concerned. I blinked. I looked again and the bug seemed to follow my gaze. It wasn’t a bug. It was some weird thing in my eye. For you gals, who know what it feels like when your mascara is thick and clump on an eyelash it was like that. It wasn’t an eyelash. My eye site had suddenly been blurred and my vision was impaired. Is blindness on the way?  Was I about to have a stroke?     Deep breath. I couldn’t get rid of this black floating thing in my gaze.   My shopping abruptly ended. When I came home, unfortunately, I gathered my conclusions from Dr. Google. My retina was falling apart! Immediately I made an eye appointment, so the next day I sat with fear of blindness and torn retina. ” You’re just old,” the doctor comforted me. The “floaters” I see are part of the aging process. Now it could get ...