Six days until Christmas.
Not a countdown.
Not a checklist.
Just a gentle reminder to move through this week without pressure.
You don’t have to do everything.
You don’t have to be everything.
You’re allowed to slow down, breathe, and let things be “good enough.”
Take this week one moment at a time.
Peace matters more than perfection.
Wishing you love and light,
~Anne Dennish~
This time of year has a way of pulling us in every direction – plans to make, places to be, and people to take care of, but somewhere in the middle of all that hustle and bustle is YOU!
And YOU matter, too!
So, today, give yourself permission to slow down. If you’ve been working all day, come home and let the world quiet itself for a moment. Slip into something soft, breathe deeply and allow yourself to unwind.
And if you’re in the middle of a busy day, carve out even five minutes just for you: read a few pages of a book, sip something warm, listen to calming music, or simply sit in silence and let your mind rest.
Self-care isn’t selfish – it’s necessary. When you nurture your own heart, you make more room for joy, patience, and love to flow into everything else that you do.
Take a moment today, and everyday because you deserve that much – and so much more.
Wishing you love and light,
~Anne Dennish~
Sundays have a way of reminding us to slow down – no matter what the weather is doing.
Here in Florida, the rain is settling in and up north the cold is creeping closer… but there’s something beautiful about it all. Maybe today is the perfect day to embrace whatever’s outside your window and create a little peace inside your heart.
So curl up with a soft blanket, watch your favorite holiday movie, sip something warm and let yourself just “be.”
Rain or snow, warmth or chill, there’s always a little bit of magic tucked inside a quiet Sunday afternoon.
Here’s to finding comfort in the coziness and joy in the simple moments.
Wishing you love and light,
~Anne Dennish~
There’s something beautiful about evenings in December. Maybe it’s the soft music playing in the background, or the glow of the lights on the tree…or maybe it’s simply the reminder that peace is something we can choose, even on the busiest of days.
Today, I’m choosing to breathe a little deeper.
To slow down.
To find joy in the small, quiet moments that make this season so magical.
It doesn’t take much to shift the energy of your day – just a peaceful morning, a quiet evening, a grateful heart and a little faith that things are all falling into place.
Here’s to choosing calm.
Here’s to choosing hope.
Herpes to a beautiful December day and a peaceful December evening.
Wishing you love and light,
~Anne Dennish~
December 1st always arrives with a certain kind of magic. It’s the first day of the last month – the final chapter of a story we’ve been writing all year long.
And maybe this year wasn’t perfect.
Maybe it held moments that broke your heart and moments that helped you heal.
Maybe there were lessons you didn’t ask for, blessings you didn’t expect, and changes you never saw coming.
But here’s the beautiful thing:
You made it here…
To this morning.
To this moment.
To this quiet breath at the end of a long year.
December is a gentle reminder that there’s still time.
Time to make peace with what happened.
Time to embrace what didn’t.
Time to forgive, to release, to soften and to open your heart to whatever is waiting just around the corner.
The page has not closed yet.
You still have 31 days to write something new, to surprise yourself, to choose joy and to rediscover hope.
So today, on this first day of the last month, be proud of who you’ve becomes…and excited for who you’re still becoming.
The story isn’t over.
In fact, the best part might be just beginning.
Wishing you love and light,
~Anne Dennish~
I’m 64 years old and after the tragedies of yesterday I sat here and wondered “when did this world change so much?” Where did all of this judgement and hatred come from? When did the world split apart into different teams? When did we lose compassion and empathy for our fellow human beings?
On September 11th, 2001, all of our differences were put aside and we all stood together. Neighbors met in the street to console one another, children stood on their streets holding up the flag and signs that said “honk for America.” On that day there was no race, color, religion or political differences. No one cared what your job was, or your financial status or what you believed in. We all stood together as one, consoling one another and standing in love, kindness and compassion for each other and for a world that was terrorized on that day.
What happened to that? What has happened to the people of this world? Did anyone deserve to die on 9/11? No, so why did someone deserve to die yesterday at the hands of someone else, or why does anyone deserve to die at all by someone else?
There is no one person or particular situation that changed this country or the people in it. WE are in control of the way we act and react. We have a choice to sit in judgement and spread hate to the people whose beliefs we don’t agree with OR we can choose to accept that we’re all different and that it’s not our job to judge someone just because they don’t believe what we do.
I believe that the problem is that we don’t hold OURSELVES accountable. We blame. We blame whoever and whatever we can. You need to hold YOURSELF accountable for what you put out into this world. Look in the mirror and ask yourself: “Am I trying to make this world and country a better place or is my judgment of others clouded by anger, fear and hatred?”
Is it so hard to accept that we’re all different? Is it so hard to let others be different? Or is it easier to judge and hate? In my 64 years I have never seen judgement or hate change anything. I have been witness many times to what love, compassion, empathy and acceptance can change and I’ve seen it change things for the good.
We, as a people, can move mountains and achieve greatness but it begins with each one of us.
Today is a day to pray for all of us and decide that it’s time for change. Today is a day to remember what happened on this day 24 years ago and to remember how healing it was when we all stood together as one.
Let today be the ending of hatred and judgement and the beginning of acceptance, compassion and changing the world “together.”
Wishing you love, light and peace,
~Anne Dennish~
Here’s a little reminder for you on this Sunday:
“You are not too much. You are just enough for the right hearts.
So go ahead, take up space, speak your truth and continue to shine your light!”
The world needs your light.
And the world needs you.
Happy Sunday, my loves.
Wishing you love and light,
~Anne Dennish~
It’s Friday and the world is finally slowly down…at least we’re hoping that it will! After all, it’s the weekend.
What do you need right now?
A long walk? A cup of steaming tea? A good book? Or maybe just the quiet hum of nothingness?
Weekends aren’t just for “to-do’s,” they’re for “to-be’s.”
They’re for sinking into your own rhythm, letting yourself exhale out all of the “shoulds” and leaning into what makes your soul whisper: “Ahhh…”
I hope your weekend brings you simple joy, gentle rest and whatever small things make your heart feel at home and at peace.
Cheers to Friday, to peace, to sunkissed days and moonlit nights.
And cheers to YOU!
Wishing you love and light,
~Anne Dennish~
In the past two weeks alone, tragic floods have swept across places we love – devastating Central Texas, overwhelming Plainfield, New Jersey and turning everyday streets into waterscapes in New York City and beyond. Lives have been lost, homes destroyed and families left shaken.
In times like these it’s easy to feel helpless, not knowing what to do or how to help, but here’s what I’ve learned: we are a tapestry woven by shared stories of loss, grief and the necessity to reach out.
These tragedies are more than weather events – they are reminders. Tragedy shouldn’t be the only reason that we step closer to one another. What if we gathered together and put our differences aside before the storms? What if kindness, empathy and understanding weren’t reserved for emergencies or tragedies, but simply became our everyday way of living?
Let today be a reminder to reach out to someone who lives alone, send a message of thanks to your community first responders or simply share your umbrella with someone who needs it without being asked.
Every act of kindness matters, whether that’s a comforting meal, a check-in call, or donating to local relief.
Unity doesn’t and shouldn’t just begin in disaster. It grows every single time that we choose to show up. Let tragedy remind us of who we are.
We are human beings who hurt together, heal together and hold each other always, not just when the skies open up.
Let’s build our bridges together as human beings now, not just in floods.
Wishing you love and light,
~Anne Dennish~
I love the first day of the month, no matter the month. It’s a feeling from childhood of the excitement of the first day of school, or how you felt on Christmas morning, not knowing what “Santa” brought you. The memories of those emotions always come back to me on the first of each month because there’s an excitement of not knowing what the month will bring. It’s as if we’re given another month to get things right or do them better than the month before.
It’s a new month with no mistakes in it. It’s a new month to change things, to do things differently, or to do what it takes to live your best life.
Here’s to the new month of July and all that it can bring to you…to all of us.
Welcome this first day of July with open arms, a delicious iced coffee and a mindset that this month will be filled with all that you want!
Life is filled with endless possibilities and with each new month there’s a renewed sense of gratitude for receiving the gift of another month to live your best life.
And by the way, the iced coffee is optional! LOL!
Wishing you love and light,
~Anne Dennish~
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