July

So, July will come to a close tomorrow. August. Amazing that 7 months have passed in this year and there are only 5 months remaining. What have you done this year? Are you on your way to meeting your goals? Did you stick to your New Year's resolutions?



School will start soon. I love the fall and the notion of school starting. It's been years since I started school in the fall but I love the memory. There's a line from "You've Got Mail" in which Tom Hanks talks about a "bouquet of freshly sharpened pencils". I love that line. I love the idea of new clothes, brand new notebooks to be filled with words of all kinds. Map pencils and rulers....am I showing my age too much? The notion that the days are becoming shorter - not noticeably yet, but on their way to shorter days and I love that. The whole notion of moving towards fall and winter excites me so much. The promise of that first cool spell. Ok, I am getting ahead of myself considering how very HOT and humid that it's been lately. Ok, so here are my thoughts for the day. Make it a fantastic ending to our 7th month! Take care.

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For more information about The Nurtured Heart Approach to Transforming Difficult Children, please check out the website at http://www.difficultchild.com/.

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http://www.difficultchild.com/

http://www.deleedarcytherapy.com/

"Transforming the Difficult Child: TheNurtured Heart Approach"

Gulf Coast Computers

Success is the ONLY option!

I teach parenting classes and I love them. They are a great way for me to connect with good people who are trying to raise good children. Last night, one of the parents from my class called with a brief question related to parenting. We discussed her issue briefly and then she gave me a huge compliment - she said that I should be out there, on the internet, letting others know me. She complimented my style, saying that I had good energy and that I could engage people easily. I was so pleased to hear this. While I don't teach parenting for the kudos, I am like many people - I like to hear that I am being successful at what I'm attempting to do. And I do get energized talking with parents about raising their children. I want them to feel successful as much as I want them to raise successful children. I teach a lot from a book called "Transforming the Difficult Child: The Nurtured Heart Approach" by Howard Glasser and Jennifer Easley. When I went to Tucson years ago for the advanced training to become a Certified Trainer, our motto was, and remains, "Success is the only option!" - for everyone! Speaking of which, check out www.difficultchild.com for more information on The Nurtured Heart Approach. It works! And, it can work quickly! Anyway, I digress.....I love getting excited about my work. I love getting to sit with people and hear their stories, their trials and concerns and watch, help, support and encourage them toward the change that they seek. There is so much in my head that will eventually come out onto this blog, or show up in my webste (www.deleespace.com), so please, check back.

Websites and Creativity

I have been literally struggling to get my new computer up and running and I think I finally have it. It took the help of Mark Johnstone with Gulf Coast Computers, the good folks at my ISP, Ygnition, Dell computer techs and a guy named Dave with Microsoft in India. Thanks to them all for their support and patience! Exhausting does not begin to describe how this was for me. Shouldn't it be that computers are simple - plug in and go? Well, they aren't for me. I'm glad to be back on line and getting ready to gear up and build my passion - Therapy!

So, now I'm in the process of creating my website. Check it out: http://www.deleedarcytherapy.com/. Be sure to check in periodically because it will evolve daily, I'm sure.

As an undergraduate Art Major at SFASU I would find myself challenged in regard to: "where to begin" in creating something new. I find myself back there again and wonder if this is something that you find as well - I call it paralized by possibility.

If you are in a moment of creative contemplation, be patient. Let it unfold and don't wait for "perfect". This moment is perfect if we stop and consider it deeply. Sit for a moment, breathe deeply and be aware of all that is around you. In this very moment, all is well. Breathe it in and know that you can feel this in every NOW moment.
Take care.

88 and going strong!

Nana is 88 years old today and was spry and so happy to see me when I walked in to meet her for lunch today. It was a delightful lunch with her. 88 years is a very long time. Just think of all that she has seen and experienced. She grew up near San Angelo, Texas, a place near and dear to my heart as we still have family living there. It was in San Angelo that she met her husband, Bill, married and had their only daughter, Dorothy - my mom. They moved to Texas City in 1949 - two years after "The Blast" at the request of her brother, Jerome. There were no computers or telephones or microwave ovens when she was growing up. Nana was the oldest daughter of 9 surviving children. The family worked as sharecroppers although it seems as though the Williams did pretty well for themselves, even back then. In 1969, Nana turned 50 and I remember watching the astronauts take "one giant leap for mankind" on the surface of the moon. She worked for (at that time) Houston Natural Gas, which later became Entex and then Enron. She states that Ken Lay used to come out to the warehouse where she worked and stop at her desk to talk. Gratefully, she lost nothing in that fiasco. She has lived through many losses: her adopted daughter, Darlene, her husband, Gene, Jerome, Brooks, Berman, Cleo, Homer and Marietta: her brothers and sisters. She lost her daughter, Dorothy, unexpectedly, 4 years ago. We continue to reel from that one, although differently than when we first lost her.

Two of Nana's brothers reached the age of 90: Uncle Berman and most recently, Uncle Wimpy. I wonder if she'll live to her 90th birthday? What will her remaining years be like. I can only hope that she lives well and contented. My sister and I try to provide this for her and some days are more challenging than others. Aging can be challenging and yet there are moments when we see the grace and joy that we remember from childhood. Happy Birthday, Nana.

Photo courtesy of Ramie Babcock Photography.