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My big leap is committing to taking care of myself and getting healthy this year- it's so hard to put yourself in 'no. 1' position when you've got a family.
I've been drooling over Stacy Julian's class for months now but with the economy the way it is, I knew there was no way I'd be able to swing it this year. But now... just maybe... with a little luck I might!

My most recent leap was recognizing that I needed help and actually asking for it. Not something I like to do, but necessary sometimes :)

My biggest leap was to leave my job to stay at home with the kids. We adopted our children at ages 5, 3, and 2 and I felt I needed to spend a lot of time with them. No regrets on that one!

I have been making sure to stay true to me, even in the face of differences and things that are not what they seem. :)

My most recent "leap or act of courage" was to rejoin Weight Watchers and take control of my health. And the great news...This time my husband is going with me.
Great giveaways; can't wait to see who wins!

I asked a boy out who is shy!

My big leap was to submit a piece of my writing to a magazine. I've never shared my work before. It was scary and exciting.
I would love to win a spot in Stacy's Library of Memories class. It would also be a big leap to go from chronological scrapbooking to Stacy's freeing method. :o) Kathy

My biggest laep lately has been to some times loose controle. Everything doesn't have to be perfect and neatly polished. It is ok to let go...

My biggest leap this year has been to be content being alone. It is not something I ever thought I would be at peace with but find myself becoming more and more content each day. I experienced a couple of major losses in the past couple of years, most significantly the loss of my mother, whom I miss every day, and then the end of a long term relationship soon after. I am discovering that I can be happy alone and just being myself. For others who are going through similar situations, there is hope and better things to come maybe not what you expected, different maybe but better.

My latest leap is a trip to DC in May to celebrate the life of my sister Trooper Kara Kelly, EOW 12/22/08. She will be memorialized on the National wall. It is hard to go there for it, and face it, but I booked the tickets, and am headed there for it.

I don't have any recent "leaps". . .so here's an older one. After I was laid off from my job last March, I took 6 months to just chill & relax from the high-tech industry. I now work at a job I love and one that is so very relaxing too. I'm a manager of a scrapbook store! :)

My biggest leap was that I applied for a position to become a clinical resource nurse (a.k.a. charge nurse) on my busy medical unit. It's a big change and responsibility from moving to being a general duty nurse to providing leadership and being a resource to the nursing staff, etc. I'm quite nervous but if I didn't do this now or have the courage to do it now, i'll probably never do it later. =)

Moving to Atlanta to go to photography school... after just graduating with a degree in an unrelated field... =) Where He leads, I go.

My most recent "leap or act of courage" was to rejoin Weight Watchers and take control of my health. And the great news...This time my husband is going with me.
Great giveaways; can't wait to see who wins!

We are in the process of adopting a boy from Ethiopia. This was a leap of faith, but only from the money standpoint. We should be going to pick him up sometime in 2009. What a year.

Signing up for a 5:30 a.m. bootcamp was the hardest thing I've done for a while. Friday is the last day. Can't believe I made it!!

My leap of courage is signing up for a job that I did not think I could do. It's been several months, so far, and I feel good about where I've started. Now, I am working on setting new goals...it's scary, and I fight feelings of being overwhelmed... but I understand this to be a PROCESS rather than something that I must succeed in right away.

What is smaller than a leap? A leapette? I think mine classifies as a leapette...I am a very picky eater (don't like my food touching, turn the plate as I finish one item before going to the next, etc) and last week I tried Mexican casserole (yuk) and chess cake (yum!) Now to most of you, that doesn't sound like a big deal...but for me it was like jumping The Grand Canyon on a motorcycle ala Evil Knievel! I have decided that I need to be more adventuous!

Retirement has been my biggest leap so far. Now we are looking at moving... two huge things in one year!

The most recent for me was after taking a break from being super involved, switching to a new church and going to the church's neighborhood gathering and also a class on City Matters. It's been a while since I've surrounded myself with strangers and potential new friends. It's scary but also feels good.