My Daily Affirmations!

My random thought of the moment- In the spirit of spreading "Love and Light" into the world, lets additionally spread "Love and Light" within ourselves. In the habit of self discovery and practicing self-love, cause as you know the things you may say to yourself, you would second guess to say to someone else. Why? Why is this? Why shouldn't we be kind to ourselves first? This journey of self love, awakening and self discovery is a process that entails discipline and work - over and over. This process of falling into bad habits and having to start all over can be a demanding one. Besides prayer and meditation, positive self talk is critical for self progress. 

Daily affirmations can help with this practice of speaking kind to oneself.  Below are a some affirmations I sometimes repeat to myself and hope you can make a list of your own! 

• I am kind
• I am love
• The universe will always say YES! 
• Happy Mind= Happy Life
• Focus on what you have, not what's missing
• I am abundant
• I am powerful
• 5 by 5 rule- If it doesn't matter in 5 years, don't waste 5 minutes on it. 
• I am Strong
• Fear is an illusion!!
• Time does not exist
• I release all people and energies that no longer serve me
• What people think of me is none of my business
• We are only a moment
• The flower does not compete with the flower next to it
• Accept yourself in every way

May blessings everyone!!!! 

Peace and Love, Kali 

My Quotable Kid

So I, like most parents, think my kids are the most amazing, smartest, funniest little beings on the planet earth. They say the most amazing and funniest things and I started thinking maybe, if I write everything they say down I could write a book. Of course my common sense kicked in and I thought, in reality WHO would buy this book? 

As synchronicity usually works in my favor, I came across the book 'My Quotable Kid' at Barnes and Nobles. It has been awesome being able to write in the sweetest, funniest things my boys say. I was also ecstatic to find that they have 'My Quotable Grandkid' as well! My mom is obsessed with it.  

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Hope you enjoy this book as much as my mom and I do!! FYI - This is a great gift for Mom's  and Grandmother's on Mother's Day!!!

Peace & Love, Kali

My B-Day Surprise!!

So my birthday just passed last week and for my birthday gift my wonderful dear Fiancé gave me a huge a surprise!! He brought my mom and grandmother down here for a week ANDDD took us to Disney :) 

I was so happy my mother was able to be present for when we took the boys to Disney for the first time. Even before we left she was saying how she wanted to be in Florida when we decided to take the boys and she did not want to miss the experience. Not only was she able to share that moment with us, but my grandmother had never been to Disney and she always wished she would be able to visit. My grandmother is 83 and it was such a special moment having my family here and being able to share one of her dreams with her. And of course in TRUE Tourist fashion, we all wore disney related shirts with our position in the family (Dad, Mom, Grandma). My shirt was slightly different as it was my birthday. My Tee said 'All about me'. The best thing is we found these shirts in Target!! 

My Fiance fulfilled so many wishes and dreams and we will always be grateful! 

Florida oh Florida

HI All, 

So its been about 3 months since I've relocated down to Florida and let me just say, I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT! I thought I would desperately miss New York, (I mean don't get me wrong I of course miss my family and friends), however, the transition for the family has been great! 

My 2 most favorite things about living down here are the clouds and the serenity I feel when sitting outside. I feel so connected and grounded to the earth around me.

Julius started Pre-K and he is learning so much!! In less than a month he recognizes some letters and has even started singing in Spanish!!! Maximus loves running outside and chasing the animals around and getting dirt in his hair. Sito, (my step-son), transferred colleges down here and has adjusted well. 

It has been such an amazing transition, better than what I could've hoped for!

Peace & Love, Kali  

Good Deed of the Day

Hi Everyone!! So I have an amazing story I would like to share. It has deeply touched my heart, and everyone involved. 

The other day my Fiancé and I found a wallet in the street. It contained $230, Medicare Cards, Credit Cards, Insurance Cards, Social Security Cards. Besides these things that were replaceable, there were black and white photos of the husband of who we assumed the wallet belonged to. We knew instantly that we had to return the wallet as they had so many personal items we knew must mean so much to someone. My initial thought was to mail the belongs to the address on the ID Card, but my Fiancé pointed out that it was a Miami address and they were just in the Central Florida area just a couple days ago (according to the receipts we found in the wallet). When we got home we decided to google the address. Sure enough, the address had recently been sold this past June. We proceeded to call the BJ's card and provide them with the membership number in an attempt to either retrieve the woman's phone number or provide them with our number so she can call us back. Unfortunately, the phone number they had on file was inactive. My Fiancé decided to call a phone number on a business card, which happened to belong to the wallet owners husband's Urologist. We were finally able to retrieve her number; my Fiancé called her to let her know we had her wallet. She instantly started to cry, she had no idea her wallet was even lost to begin with!!! We drove over to her home which happened to be 15  minutes away from us. She told us that her husband recently passed away in January 2016 and she just moved to Mount Dora to live with her Daughter. She is an 80 year old woman, and had met and been with her husband since she was 14 years old! Her husband knew he was terminal and gave his wallet to her with his personal belongings in it. I'm so happy we found her wallet the same day she lost it and did not have to endure the heartbreak of knowing she lost the wallet. She also told us that she looks through it every night before she goes to sleep, which made me even more happy that we were able to bring it back to her in such a short period of time!! It was a blessing for us to find it. 

We met her daughter and son in law and were able to spend over an hour with this beautiful family! The positivity we felt once we left their home was unbelievable. The following day we received calls from her son in Texas and her cousin in California just to thank us for our kindness. I think their gratefulness meant more to us than what we did for them.  

Dear New York

Hi Guys!! So I recently just moved down to Florida which can explain my mini hiatus from blogging. As much as I wanted to pour my heart and soul into this I was utterly consumed with moving my life across the country. As excited as I am it is also about that time, time for me to say goodbye. It seems surreal to have to say goodbye, but as all things, life moves you in different directions. For the past 34 years you've been the only home I've known. I want to say thank you. Thank you for the amazing childhood memories, the teenage memories and new traditions I was able to make with my new family.  I'll never forget the sweet smell of spring in the air, the hot an hazy summer days, rollerblading outside with the people the made the most impression on my life.. and as quickly as that came, the smell of the crisp air around the corner (which meant school was starting soon) .. walking up to the top of the statue of liberty on a school trip and vowing never to do it again.. the heartbreak of 911 and how it impacted us all..visiting the windows on 5th Ave with my mother at Christmas time.. taking my children to see the tree at Rockefeller and witnessing the excitement on their little faces.. these are just paragraphs in a book I'll never forget.  So now on to my new venture, I pray that this new place I call home will give me as many fond memories as you have! Until next time ❤

My Son My Heart

Hi All!

I took my sons to a party on Saturday and for the first time my oldest volunteered himself to participate in a magic show. I was so nervous for him, I guess in part because I'm so scared to stand up in front of crowds and partly because I thought he would get nervous and freeze up - which he didn't. Truth be told, it was a kids party so how much would that have mattered, and by the way he's 3. He was so excited and so brave to participate, I got all mushy inside and was overwhelmed with pride. When we left the party I told him how proud I was of him and how brave he was for volunteering in the magic show. As if I wasn't already vulnerable to my little man, he says "Did they like me mama?". Oh.My.Goodness! My sweet little boy. I tell him "of course they liked you! You were the star of the show!" His little eyes just lit up and said "yeah!". He makes my heart melt more and more each day. Just writing this I'm started to tear up again. To all the mama's other there, what endearing, heart melting things has your little ones told you?

Peace & Love, Kali

Healthy Snack Alert

So we have been trying different foods in the home to practice healthy eating. I desperately need to lose weight, but that's besides the point. My fiance and I have been trying to steer away from buying junk food (I'm a chocolate freak) and stick to buying a lot of gluten free products. We came across these 'Harvest Stone' crackers (my fiance picked out) and they're made from brown rice, sesame and flax seeds. My fiance is a big foodie, and is always inventing little recipes and snacks to try. I always tell him his food looks better than mine! So he cut up bananas and added Nutella (which is Gluten Free) to the crackers (which are also Gluten Free) and made this healthy snack. Wanted to share in case anyone wanted to try it :) Enjoy!!!!!!

Peace & Love,  Kali