Today Show - Ageless Beauty with Valerie Ramsey

My mom, Valerie Ramsey, made her 5th appearance on the Today Show this morning in a segment titled Ageless Beauty. The segment starts with Iris Apfel - the new face of Mac Cosmetics, then goes into the studio with Valerie and Donny Deutsch. Three cheers for accepting aging!

"I think younger women are looking at women like us and seeing that we are real, that we are continuing to be involved, that we have something very, very dynamic to offer to the world and that the real beauty comes from, I would say, above all from confidence and from having courage to be ourselves, from the wisdom that we have acquired within ourselves over the years, from vibrancy, excitement, about being involved in life. And it's when all of those things are on the inside and shine through on the outside, that's what real beauty is all about." - Valerie Ramsey 

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Valerie Ramsey is the author of GRACEFULLY: LOOKING AND BEING YOUR BEST AT ANY AGE

The Power of Vision Boards, Double Rainbows, and the Five Year Gap

Vision Board Double Rainbow 2006

If you're familiar with vision boards, you know that they are essentially a collage of things in life that you desire, make you smile, or inspire you. About five years ago, while still living in Virginia, I created several vision boards for all aspects and areas of life...from career to lifestyle to relationships.


It was on my 2006 Lifestyle board that I added this picture (top) of a double rainbow in a California valley. I was visiting California and brought home some magazines to use for vision boards since it was my goal to move to California.

Carmel Valley Double Rainbow 2011

Fast forward five or six years and I am indeed living in California, and have been for two years now. Last fall I was driving back to my place in the valley and had an amazing view of this double rainbow the entire drive. I pulled over and captured several images of it on my iPhone (didn't have my Canon DSLR yet.).



 It wasn't until this week when I realized that it's almost exactly the same as the one I glued to a vision board way back when. Besides my living in California now, this double rainbow represents one of several images I glued to the Lifestyle vision board that have now come true. Perhaps it's time to create a new vision board for the next five years?

A Cozy Reader's Corner Reviews: Whispers From the Heart

A Cozy Reader's Corner Reviews: Whispers From the Heart: Author: Heather Hummel ISBN:978-0983030836 Publisher: Pathfinder Publishing Source: Chick Lit Plus Blog Tours Link to Tour Reviews: ht...

Signs from the Universe are Everywhere - Even in Your Rear-View Mirror!

"I can do all things through Christ,
who strengthens me."
Philippians 4:13

True Story:
Two years ago today I left Charlottesville, VA for California. It had recently snowed two feet and the weather forecast was for another two feet that weekend. My Subaru was filled with my dogs and other essentials, and a small UHaul trailer was hitched to the back, packed with my worldly possessions.
I was leaving a place that had been home for 11 years, but heading to the place that was always home in my  heart. Needless to say, I had a lot of mixed emotions.
Only a few days before my departure, I was driving back from running a pre-move errand and was thinking about the move - the weather - what lay ahead. Naturally some worries and fears come up with a big change such as a 3,000 mile move in the middle of winter.
As I was driving, I noticed a little piece of gold sticking out of my rear-view mirror. Curious, as I had never noticed it before, I put the window down, and pulled it out from where it was wedged in the mirror. The picture you see here is the coin that was "stuck" in my rear-view mirror.
"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." Philippians 4:13
Those who know me (or who have read my book GO BIKE & Other signs from the Universe), know I'm more spiritual than religious. But, they also know that I receive signs like this  on a daily basis, guiding me in the right direction. Since my move, I never looked back, this is true, but when people say not to look in the rear-view mirror, I have to disagree.

Keep the faith!