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I think my most recent leap of faith or moment of insanity if you will is that I am pregnant with my third child. I already have a not quite 3 year old and an 18 month old. I am not sure I can get any braver than that. :)

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Leap of faith?
Im launching a product not within the realms of my immediate craft. But if you live by the sword, you die by the sword - thats how much I trust myself!

I am taking my first dance class. I always have loved to dance and never had the courage to get out take a class. Now ever Thursday for an hour, I dance and really enjoy the body that I have been given.

We are taking a huge leap of faith and I personally am mustering up as much courage as I can find inside to do it...relocate with my husband and 4 children to another state! Both sides of our family live right here where we are but we just cannot pass up an opportunity to go after a better life for our children. What an adventure this could be. I will miss everyone though. And thank God for technology these days!!

Ali my most recent leap is the fact my husband just lost his job. Being a scientist in manufacturing and living in the middle of nowhere of upper (very north) of NYS we know we will probably have to move wherever he can find a job. I've thought of starting a business here at home, this might be the time...

Most recent leap of courage - Everyday is a leap for me as I am an adoptive mom of 5 special needs children from different cultures,backgrounds, and disabilites. I have to listen to others opinions while knowing I am doing what needs to be done to be the best mom I can be! That means walking away from ruder coments and keeping my head high! I love my kids and who they have helped me become! I thing courage is everywhere you look!
Thank you for such a profound blog entry! You are amazing!

That was perfect for me today. My life has taken a recent leap that is quite a challenge. One step forward, two steps back and today seemed to be a step back. I am also considering a leap this summer that is more about "me" than I have done in a long time. Once you become a mom it is just not about you any more so it is hard to think about things for yourself without feeling guilty. I think I could handle that Feb kit with no problem though!

I am gonna have to say my biggest leap, was to not wear my Converse All Stars....I have worn them for seven months, every day, since my brother past away....kinda my tribute to him, and it was hard to let that go.

taking a new job at work

My biggest leap of courage was to not give up on my son when everything looked very bleak. He's now (at 26) a senior at an excellent college and on Dean's List. We had four very difficult years, but we kept the faith--and it's paid off.

My biggest leap has been to move countries and start a new career. Smaller leaps lately was to change my diet to gluten free.
Thanks for a great blog, I love dropping in here.
All the best with the new baby, hope everything goes well
Linda

Pregnancy- We've been waiting for this for almost four years and could not be more thrilled.. and also scared!

Our most recent leap around here has been having my son's G-tube (for feeding) come out. We've been very happy with his progress without the G-tube feeds, but actually having it out is a big leap for us. To have it back in, he'd have to go in for another surgery, so we are sure hoping this is permanent!
Katy, CA

my big leap was having a tonsillectomy and up3 surgery (sleep apnea)...at 36 yrs old. i read about the pain and long recovery time for an adult but at the end, it wasn't so bad and i actually sleep now! :)

my big leap has been a 180 degree shift in my job. And I love it! My little leap has been going digital with scrapbooking. And I love it!

I am 51 years old and have been living with severe fibromyalgia for 7 years after I was on life support because of surgery complications. Since I woke up from a three day coma I have hurt from head to toe and have depended on narcotics to keep going. I have three children and a wonderful husband but I have to work full time. My job provides us the medical insurance we need. My big leap is that I have almost finished completely weening off of all the prescription medications over the past 6 months and have started to work on dealing with the pain holistically though vitamins, exercise, massage and testing my ph often and trying to keep sugar and caffeine out of my diet. I have started losing weight and pray that I can continue to live without pain pills.
Kristi

My most recent leap was to accept a request to allow college students who want to be teachers into my special education classroom to observe my teaching and daily classroom structure.

My leap...taking time to exercise this totally uncoordianted body of mine in a group setting. People may laugh, or maybe I'll just be the topic of conversation at water coolers across the metro tomorrow, but I'm going to head off to class and try to fit in (on the back row of course)

Great wisdom on leaps...we've had lots of leaps in our lives...mostly good, thank goodness!
Thanks for the great giveaways!

Well I guess standing up to someone in my life that was not to pleasant to me or my family.
Oh what a great giveaway day! All kinds of cool stuff. Could today be my day? I could use a good day. :)