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Spread Your Wings organizer plays new cancer benefit

1/29/2016

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Just say YES

1/20/2016

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Each year we pick a theme, or it picks us, for the coming year.  

This year we are going to "
Live Like Cecile", and say YES to everything fun that comes our way!!!
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And the FIRST thing we are saying "YES!" to is an offer from our wonderful friend Bob Graham to host another Great Music  Benefit for Wind River at the famous Double Door Inn in Charlotte on Sunday January 31st from 3PM - 7PM (yes, "normal people" hours)! 

We are also saying YES to (and hope to see you at):
  • Gardening for Your Health with Cheryl LeCroy
  • an inspiring weekend at Shift Charlotte
  • the kick-off celebration for 24 Hours of Booty and
  • a very special 5K for Colon Cancer called Get Your Rear In Gear!

​We are, of course, saying YES to three fun spring 
Cancer Wellness Retreats!  Apply now as we fill up quickly!

 
Here's to a year of saying YES to fun, adventure, friends and family!         

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Dave, Shannon, Cheryl, Shirley and Tai Chi Mike


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In Loving Memory Video

1/19/2016

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In January each year we take a moment to light candles and remember the Wind River friends we've lost over the years.  This year we also read over 130 names of loved ones given to us by you, our extended family.

We also remember the Wind River family members we've lost over the last 12 months by creating a short video in their honor.

This year we remember  Sue Falco, Cecile Domigue, Tracey Weiler-Elmore, Kelly Stuart, Dan Powell, Robin Morrison, Dorothy Williams, Cassandra Gary, Delena Johnson, Jennifer Plemmons,  Doug Stephenson, Juanita Nivens, Jill Hall, and Valerie Schilds.

We are blessed to have known them and honored to remember them...
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Be here now

1/11/2016

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Be Here Now

Three simple words – BE HERE NOW.  So simple, yet so powerful. 

With the deluge of information coming at us every minute of every day, it’s no wonder these three simple words get lost or forgotten.  I diligently attempt to manage my time with categorized, color-coded email, smartphone alerts to remind me where I need to be and when, and an ongoing search to find more time in a 24 hour day.  In spite of all my efforts, it’s not uncommon for family and friends to ask me, “Where are you?” while I’m sitting right there with them. 
  
For years I’ve heard phrases like, “be present”, “enjoy the moment”, and “there’s no time like the present”.  Intellectually I understood the concept; however, I totally missed the experience.  My perpetual short-term lists and long-term goals clouded by ability to connect in the moment.  It’s as if I was short changing events yet to come by taking my eye off the future – I would miss a detail, it wouldn’t come out just right, someone would be left out, and on and on.  I even piled on ‘expectations’ of those events by conjuring up the anticipated experience well in advance of those moments.  

During a recent seminar I was introduced to idea of ‘being here now’.  As we explored the benefits of staying in the moment, this simple yet power notion began to take hold.  I was missing a conscience effort to FOCUS on the NOW - to clear my mind of the lists and temporarily relieve myself of the future.  As I became more mindful, my experiences are richer; I feel more engaged and fulfilled. 

To me, being present is like breath is to a yoga practitioner.  It is essential to my life experiences and connection to loved ones.  It keeps me grounded in what’s important.  I find that my contributions to future are more enriched by my awareness of where I’ve been.  What a gift to build meaningful memories because I can ‘be here now’!
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Lori Myers
January 2016

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