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Monroe Crossing will hold a bene-fit for Cedar Key School at 7 p.m. Jan. 14 at the school, Whiddon Avenue.

Among their many honors, Monroe Crossing was selected to showcase at the 2007 International Bluegrass Music Association Convention and they were inducted into the Minnesota Music Hall of Fame in 2007. The only bluegrass band ever nominated as “Artist of the Year” by the Minnesota Music

Academy (MMA), Monroe Crossing won the 2003 MMA “Bluegrass Album of the Year” award. The group also took home four awards — for Female Vocalist, Guitar, Mandolin and Banjo — at the Minnesota Bluegrass and Old-Time Music Association’s 25th Anniversary Awards Banquet.

Tickets are $15 at door; $12 in advance; children free. Call 813-215-0050 for more information.

JanuaryPepper busters Daniel

Barrand, Richard Baker, Kit Lane, Roger McDaniels and Milli Chapell spent their holi-days eradicating the color-ful Brazilian pepper plant from the area. This hardy foreigner has come into the state and is considered an invasive plant as birds eat and spread its red ber-ries.

While only four deaths for manatees were record-ed in 2013, it was a deadly year for the beloved mam-mal as 813 died across the state, according to the state Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Cold weather, a mystery illness and red tide were blamed in the die offs.

The empty bowls fund-raiser for the Cedar Key Food Pantry is Jan. 29.

The Cedar Key FFA chapter recently participat-ed in the first round of Leadership Events and came out of the com-petition with some impressive placings. Sarah Bartholemy won first place in the Prepared Public Speaking contest, In the Opening and Closing Ceremonies contest, the middle school chapter offi-cers took top honors in the event. Senior FFA member Caitlin Goss won the Extemporaneous Public Speaking event, while middle school student Casey Williams placed second in her category. MacKenzie Kirkbride placed third in the FFA Creed Speaking con-test. The team coach is Denny Voyles, FFA advi-sor.

February The Cedar Key Arts

Center paid homage to the Honeymoon Cottage with an exhibit of artwork

depicting the landmark. At about half way

through a five-year study on Gulf communities, researchers are revealing what many Cedar Key res-idents already know: that folks in the area feel they can depend on each other when times get tough. That was just one of the revela-tions by researchers with Healthy Gulf Healthy Communities, a federally funded project. The study also revealed that Cedar Key residents consider themselves “rugged indi-vidualists,” adding that they feel they can depend on each other more than on state or federal support.

There’s been little move-ment on the gill net ban that some are hoping will be overturned. Florida Freshwater Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Spokeswoman Amanda Nalley said last week that the appeal filed by FWC to counter a recent decision to lift the ban will hold until a decision is made to the contrary. The ban was overturned by a circuit judge in late October 2013.

A research project study-ing Cedar Key dolphins has led to new finds and more questions that mean years more research will be done, according to a researcher with the University of Massachusetts.

Kenny McCain, a long-time wildlife officer with the Cedar Keys and Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuges, is named National Wildlife Refuge System Employee of the Year.

Invasive non-native lion-fish have reach local Gulf of Mexico waters and while they will not be eradicated, their numbers can be controlled, said Dr.

From national television toaward-winning FFA teams, CK had it all

Monroe Crossing to be in concertBenefit for school Jan. 14

Photo by Mark Scohier

Ten-year-old Chris Neal, of Cedar Key, spent part of his day Tuesday braving the obstacles at the Delma Locke Skate Park in Chiefland. Chris said he's enjoying his time off from school.

Tom Frazer an aquatic ecologist and Director of the University of Florida’s School of Natural Resources and Environment.

Beacon columnist Capt’n Danny Allen

brought national attention to his hometown with an appearance on “Tidal Adventures” which airs on the Pursuit Channel and the NBC Sports Network,

both on cable. Cedar Key RV Park on

State Road 24 is growing from 83 to 99 spaces.

March

Winter Break Fun

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Community CalendarMonth of January

Collector's show plannedFor January 2015, the Cedar Key

Art Center would like to have a show of the fine works of art and crafts found in the homes of area collectors. If you own art work, paintings, sculp-ture, prints, photographs or fine crafts and are willing to visually share those pieces with the rest of the community and our visitors to Cedar Key, we would like to display the work from Jan. 10 to Feb. 1. We have space for at least 30 pieces and maybe a few more depending on the size of the pieces submitted

The artwork, may be for sale, if for sale, it must have a price indicated, if not, NFS. All art work must be ready to hang with your name, title of the piece and price or NFS clearly indi-cated on the back. Your name will not be used on the exhibit card identify-ing the piece unless requested.

If you are interested in lending to this show, please contact Henry Gernhardt, Gallery Director at 352-543-9165.

Schedule of deadlines and events:Jan. 5 (2015) – deadline for the

delivery of your art to CKAC;Jan. 10 – The show will open with

a reception 5-7 p.m.;Feb. 2, 3 – pick up your art and

return it to that empty space on your wall.

January 8

Island Room Restaurant is having a Wine Dinner on Thursday, Jan. 8. The reception starts at 6:30 p.m. with Jed Steele, a premier winemaker from California. Reservations are required.

Dinner is at 7 and costs $70 per person plus tax and tip. Reservations are required. To reserve a place email islandroomsox@gmail.com or call 352-94981265. Please call 352-543-6520 to make yours. Call Cedar Cove for discounted rooms for the evening of this event at 352-543-5332.

March 28-29

Old Florida Celebration of the

ArtsOn March 28-29, 2015 Cedar Key

will be hosting its Annual Spring Arts Festival. What started as the Sidewalk Art Show in 1964 is now one of the most exceptional juried arts festivals in Florida.

The picturesque natural setting of Cedar Key, along with the intimate location and unmatchable hospitality, makes the Old Florida Celebration of the Arts a favorite for 120 top artists and craftsmen and over 20,000 visi-tors each year.

This free, pet-friendly event is open from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and artists will be doing demonstrations both afternoons. Visitors can enjoy local seafood and homemade goodies along with children’s art activities in beach front City Park.

The event benefits local non-profit groups including the Cedar Key Arts Center, the coordinating sponsor. Cedar Key is located 60 miles SW of Gainesville at the end of SR 24 in the center of Florida’s Nature Coast.

If you would like more informa-tion, please contact the coordinator at CedarKeyArtsFestival@gmail.com or call 352-543-5400. Website: www.CedarKeyArtsFestival.com.

OngoingSenior lunch twice a weekA free lunch is available for

seniors on Monday and Friday from 11 a.m. to noon at the Christ Episcopal Church Hall. The lunches offer companionship, fun and food. The church is at 609 5th St.

Zumba offered twice a weekZumba Fitness with Sarah Beth will

be offered at the Cedar Key Community Center, 809 6th Street. This program is designed for every-one –all ages, sizes and fitness levels. Class is each Sunday and Tuesday evening 6-7 p.m. and is $5 per class. For more information, contact Sarah Beth at 352-443-2354 or via email: zumbasarahbeth@gmail.com.

Operation PETSNIPA non-profit, spay/neuter clinic is

By Ben MillerShark Correspondent

The Eagle's Club held their annual Christmas Bazaar at Cedar Key School on Dec. 16.

The annual event once again gave elementary students an opportunity to meet with Santa Claus one-on-one to make their gift requests. The bazaar

was also an opportunity for the chil-dren to buy presents for their parents and have the gifts wrapped for only a couple quarters.

The bazaar went great this year with plenty of kids donating their unspent quarters for charity, the kids were both happy and grateful to be able to buy gifts for their parents.

Students enjoy Winter BreakBy Tabatha Hays Shark Correspondent

It's still Winter Break time for Shark students and staff!

Students took their semester exams just before the break started, but the semester will continue for two weeks once they return. Administrators real-ized how much students could forget during a two-week break from their

classes, so final semester exams took place in mid-December. So, when stu-dents come back they will complete the last two weeks of the semester.

Once the break is over, teachers will return Jan. 5 for a work day. Students will return Jan. 6 and report cards will be distributed on Jan. 23.

Have a great Winter Break!

Eagles sponsor bazaar

now available to Levy County cats ($40) and dogs ($60). For more informa-tion, call 352-376-6647.

Guardian ad Litem seeks vol-unteers

Be a powerful voice in a child’s life. Advocate in the court system for children who have been taken away for neglect and abuse. No special background is needed, staff and legal support provided. For more informa-tion, call 352-463-3135.

Monthly Grief Support group“Ten Touchstones for Grief,” an

ongoing support group to help anyone who is grieving find hope and heal-

ing, is held from 10-11:30 a.m. the last Tuesday of every month at Hospice of Citrus and the Nature Coast (licensed 1985), 304 N. Main Street in Chiefland. You may start attending this group at any time. For more information, call Grief Specialist Brian J. Coleman at 386-454-1338 or 866-642-0962 (toll free).

Chiefland BingoBingo is back at the Chiefland

Senior Center on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 8:30 a.m. Monday's and Wednesday's after exercise at 9 a.m. enjoy the craft classes. Card making has moved to Mondays and all other crafts are now on Wednesdays.

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By Dave WilsonSpecial to the Beacon

The Levy County Horse Club held its 14th Annual Breast Cancer Awareness Benefit Trail Ride Oct.18.

The event is held at the Tidewater Trailhead in Goethe State Forest each year in conjunction with Forest Awareness Month and Greenways and Trails Month. This benefit is for a great cause and what better reason to be out on the trails. This year’s event raised $7,000 that was donated to Shands Cancer Center to be uti-lized for the use of local breast cancer patients. The Levy County Horse Club has donated a total of $53,125 into our healthcare foundation that is administered by the Shands Cancer Center to date.

The horse club held its Christmas ride/luncheon Dec. 13, when we pre-sented the $7000 check to Jennifer

Adams, Clinical Social Worker for Shands Cancer Center. Jennifer informed the club how the funds are so desperately needed and has been used to benefit over 700 patients in need, so far. It’s used for purchasing their combs, brushes, wigs, gas cards for trips for treatments, and even an occasional payment for their electric bill, motel stay, rent payment, etc. The recipients of our funds are genu-inely surprised to hear that their assis-tance is coming from a horse club. All the planning, work and local business contributions in putting on such an event to benefit our neigh-bors that are battling this disease makes it all worthwhile.

Should you be interested in next year’s event or wish to learn more about our horse club, visit www.levy-countyhorseclub.com or email levy2@flahorse.com.

Horse club donates $7K to Shands

Log Cabin Quilters

By MYRTICE SCABAROZIPublicity

The Log Cabin Quilters did not meet Thursday, Dec. 25, Christmas Day. Instead, we were with our families and friends and enjoying the Spirit of Christmas. We will also not be meeting New Year’s Day. We’d like to wish everyone a safe, healthy and happy New Year.

Our annual Christmas Show is over and we’re

getting the rooms back in order. We’ll have Christmas items up all year for everyone’s enjoy-ment.

Emily came over Tuesday to pick up her new quilt. It was the first time she had won a prize. We hope she enjoys the quilt for many years.

We’d like to wish everyone a safe and happy New Year. Make a New Year’s resolution to come out to the museum this year.

Right: Donna has completed her sec-ond quilt.

Left, Emily, from the Homosassa area, came up to pick up her schoolhouse sampler that she won before Christmas.

Levy County Horse Club President Dave Wilson, right, pres-ents Jennifer Adams, Shands Cancer Center Clinical Social Worker, a $7,000 check for local breast cancer patients' use.

The downtown Chiefland Farmers Market returns Saturday, Jan. 10, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the Train Depot Park in Chiefland.

Chiefland’s down-town Farmers Market specializes in fresh, sea-sonal local food. Please come out and support the community market.

More vendors want-ed! Do you have farm, garden or homemade products to sell? For more information, call 352-493-1849.

Chiefland Farmers' Market returns Jan. 10

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By Gary MillerSpecial to the Beacon

First light has always been my favorite time of day. It’s at that time that my expectation is at its highest. Whether I’m fishing, hunting or just out and about I love the possibilities and excitement the breaking day brings. It seems that all game is more active during this period. Every cast is made with a great expecta-tion. Every corner of the woods is looked at with a great expectation. The skies are filled with a great expectation. It’s a feel-ing that only you and I know. I wonder

sometimes if that’s not what draws us back to the water or the woods.

It seems that much of our daily lives are filled with less than great expecta-tions. Instead they are filled with expec-tations of the normal or average type. We expect to go to work, put in a long day, get off, come home, and do it all again the next day. And we usually get what we expect. But when we are in the woods or on the water our mind begins to think outside the normal possibilities. I never go into a hunt with a great expectation to shoot a spike. Nor do I rush to get to the

lake so I can land that 12 inch large-mouth. No, my mind soars beyond the average and beyond the normal to the possibilities of what may lie just beyond the corner or just under the surface. And it’s that dream that makes the experience so exciting. Some people say, “Get real.” I prefer to let my mind take me to the “what ifs.”

God has put within each one of us the capacity to dream. Those dreams are our motivation. They are our “great expecta-tions.” They get us up early and keep us out late. When put into action they are

our contribution to the world. If you think about it, dreams have always took us where we had never been and allowed us to do things that we thought we would never do. If you have a dream it’s a gift from God given to you, to be used for Him. To not follow that dream would be not only a shame but a sin. As you look ahead to a new year, rekindle the dream you have let simmer, and this year might be your best yet.

Contact Gary Miller Gary@outdoor-truths.org

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Four of five Cedar Key FFA chapter teams that competed in the Area II Ornamental Horticulture CDE’s will be moving o to the state finals. Sisters Lauren and Sarah Bartholemy landed first place in the Consumer Use Sr. Division; Emilie LaVoie and MacKenzie Kirkbride took first place in the Jr. Division of Consumer Use; Mikayla Pope earned first place in the Artistic Arrangement Division; and Amanda Robinson and Terra Dunn placed second in the Jr. Artistic Arrangement Division. The Sr. Marketing Team of Taylor Davison and Nathanael Brinkman placed third in the event.

The Florida Nature Coast Conservation Award is presented to Diane and Ronnie Taylor. Taylor, a contractor, granted a per-manent conservation ease-ment on the Railroad Trestle Trail.

April

Watermen and women were introduced to differ-ent ways of raising oysters in bags suspended between poles and on top of clam beds in a seminar spon-sored by aquaculture inter-ests. This is seen as one way of reviving an indus-try hard hit by drought that created water too salty for the shellfish and leaving them vulnerable to para-sites.

The Old Florida Celebration of the Arts celebrated its 50th year of all things creative and the public responded by attending the biggest festi-val yet. The weather, which at times has damp-ened the celebration, coop-erated that weekend.

Volunteers planted gar-dens to draw pollinators to the national wildlife refug-es.

Anglers Campground, an RV park on State Road 24, wins county commis-sion approval to put in a swimming pool that will also be handicapped acces-sible.

MayThe federal government

has twiddled with the National Sanitation Shellfish Program’s model ordinance so those growing and harvesting shellfish must attend training.

The City of Williston agrees to pitch in with manpower when the Cedar Key fire station needs someone to be at the sta-tion. The cost to Cedar Key is $12 per hour.

After a year of writing back and forth, first and second grade students at Cedar Key School and Chiefland Elementary School met face to face on Friendship Day and cele-brated at City Park.

Cedar Key mosaic artist Valerie Bretl is one of 40 artists selected for the 2014 Mosaic Arts International exhibition.

Ron Black, volunteer caretaker of Shell Mound is named Volunteer of the Year for Lower Suwannee and Cedar Keys National Wildlife Refuge.

It’s announced that the Smithsonian Institution will be bringing an exhibit, “The Way We Worked,” to Cedar Key in September. The event is part of the “Museum on Main Street” program and is one of only two showings in Florida.

For the first time, the high school and middle school chapters at one school won district FFA aquaculture competition. Both of Cedar key’s FFA chapters made the cut to the state finals. Florida’s smallest school in Florida beat out 71 teams to win the biggest trophy. They move on to state competi-tion.

Project Venus is under way, to allow eligible growers in Levy County to learn and “experiment” with sunray venus clam culture practices without the investment and com-mitment of acquiring a lease.

The month ended with the graduation of 13 seniors from Cedar Key School.

June

Roland Senecal, a mem-

ber of the Cedar Key Lions Club, was named a Melvin Jones Fellow by Lions Club International Foundation for his com-mitment to serving the community.

A couple of manatees were thought to be in trou-ble when they were spot-ted in shallow water in a cove with the tide going out. But it was nothing more than mating season and the next morning the mammals were gone.

Fundraising to put on a fireworks show on July 4th is underway as the city and the Chamber of Commerce do not have $10,000 for the show. By the end of the month more than enough was raised for the show.

Cedar Key no longer has a recycling trailer at the lot on State Road 24 and County Road 347 because people kept put-ting garbage in and around the trailer.

July The island mourned the

loss of a favorite son, Eugene “Gene” Hodges Jr., 77. He represented the area in the state House from 1972 to 1988. He served in the U.S. Air Force in North Africa from 1955-58, on the Florida Parole Commission and was a Cedar Key Judge before serving on the Cedar Key Planning Commission and the City Commission.

Retired Levy County Sheriff’s Deputy Herman Wells won a workers comp case on appeal when the court ruled that even though he was a bailiff, he was always considered to be on duty. Wells was injured when he stopped to investigate why a log truck was parked on State Road 24 one morning on the way to the courthouse.

Cedar Key oystermen have asked the Levy County Commission to lobby the governor for

money to help them through the collapse of their crop just as he has by sending Apalachicola oys-termen emergency funding and money to reseed their beds.

Cedar Key tourism is due to get a boost from billboards placed along I-75 north and south of the Gainesville exits inviting people to visit Florida’s “Other Keys.”

August Early indicators show

that Cedar Key is safe from a large red tide bloom about 90 miles out in the Gulf of Mexico.

When state Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam makes a campaign stop in Trenton he will be hearing from Levy County Commissioner and old college classmate Chad Johnson about the collapse of the oyster crop in Cedar Key and a pitch to funnel some state money for reseeding the oyster beds.

SeptemberThe Museum on Main

Street exhibit “They Way We Worked” opens in Cedar Key for a month-long visit. The exhibit is park of the Smithsonian Institute’s outreach pro-gram.

On the weekend of Sept. 13-14 the island suffered its second annual invasion of pirates. It’s a good-na-tured bunch of folks who like to celebrate the pirate lifestyle and raise funds for scholarships. It also brings tourists to the island in one of its slowest times.

For the first time in about 10 years, clam leas-es have been shut down in Cedar Key due to red tide in area waters. Leslie Sturmer, Cedar Key aqua-culture extension agent with the University of Florida/IFAS, said Monday that the eastern portion is only a precau-tionary closing, at this

time.

October The state Department of

Transportation announces it will hold a meeting to discuss plans for traffic while it replaces three bridges on the island: the C Street bridge leading to the commercial area on Dock Street, and two Gulf Boulevard bridges at Daughtry Bayou and Lewis Pass.

Red tide’s effects in the area are subsiding, clam beds are open and it’s just in time for the island’s 45th annual Seafood Festival.

The George T. Lewis Airport, better known as Cedar Key airport, has been undergoing extensive renovations and work on repaving the runway with concrete, rather than asphalt will wait until the two bridges on Gulf Boulevard, which leads to the airport, are replaced. The new bridges will be able to handle the heavy cement trucks.

The community turns out to look over proposals for handling traffic for the two to three years of con-struction work to replace three bridges on the island. Of most concern is the C Street bridge which leads to the commercial and tourist area of Dock Street.

November

Thirteen years ago, near the headquarters of the Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge, staff built the refuge’s first bat house. Now, a new one has been built with the hopes that the Brazilian free tail bats that have occupied the first will move – before the old one collapses.

Brazillian free tail bats, unlike some of their soli-tary cousins, are colonial, cramming into a space sometimes 40,000 to

60,000 bats strongThe Old Florida

Celebration of the Arts was voted in the top 50 juried fine arts fairs in the country in the 2nd Annual Readers Survey adminis-tered in October by ArtFairCalendar.com.

Levy and Dixie counties are listed among the 10 major watershed projects the state is seeking Gulf Coast restoration funds for. The projects, meant to redress environmental and economic harm done during the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill, were selected as the result of numerous stake-holder meetings and more than 1,200 online project submissions to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection.

December

Cedar Key oystermen have united with those in Dixie County to form an association to lobby the state for money to bring back the Nature Coast’s oyster industry. The water-men have voice their grievances with the state for allocating all the money for oyster replen-ishment and benefits for workers hurt by the indus-try’s collapse to Apalachicola.

The Community Redevelopment Authority will be $60,000 short on property tax revenues for a $600,000 note owed to Capital City Bank in 2015. The CRA board will be meeting with bank offi-cials in January to discuss possible refinancing.

Efforts are underway to locate a new cell tower in Cedar Key, in order to improve phone and Internet services, but one proposed site on Park Street is drawing criticism for being in a residential area. American Tower, the company that will build the tower, will look at other sites.

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Cedar Key Cedar Key Tide Chart Tide Chart Jan. 1–8 Jan. 1–8Levy County’s 8,000 adult smokers who want to

be tobacco free in 2015 are invited to a class Jan. 21 at 1 p.m. at the Capital City Bank in Chiefland or Jan. 24 at 10 a.m. at the Regional General Hospital in Williston.

More than 70 percent of tobacco users want to quit and half make an attempt each year. The IQuit with AHEC (Area Health Education Center) program offers free sup-port to tobacco users. Locally, Suwannee River AHEC hosts the IQuit with AHEC Tobacco Cessation program. This in-per-son option of Tobacco Free Florida’s 3 Free & Easy Ways to Quit can double a tobacco user’s chance of quitting with free classes in all 67 counties in Florida.

The IQuit with AHEC pro-gram covers all forms of tobac-co. Participants learn important strategies and skills for quitting, in a friendly, respectful and sup-portive group setting. The programs are led by trained tobacco cessation facilitators who use an evidence-based methodology to guide group mem-bers toward a successful quit attempt. Tobacco users learn the health risks associated with tobacco use, the benefits of quitting, symptoms of nicotine withdrawal and the triggers that can sabotage the quitting process. The program includes follow-up support and teaches coping skills to prevent relapse. Group participants will also learn about Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) products that

can help during the quitting process, and receive free NRT while supplies last and if medically appropriate.

Independently evaluated, participants describe the program as “easy to understand,” noting classes “provide health tips.” Participants also have strong

quit rates shortly after the program concludes and at the seven-month mark, which is two times that of non-participants, making group counseling an effec-tive and critical compo-nent of quitting tobacco.

“Trust the quitter in you,” said Sarah Catalanotto, tobacco and health program officer from Suwannee River AHEC. “It’s that inner voice that tells you that even when you’re down, you’re not out. It’s that gut feeling you get because this time can actually be

the last time. Believe in yourself and make a plan. With the help of IQuit with AHEC you’ll double your chances of successes.”

Several classes are available for the New Year all throughout North Central Florida. To register for a FREE tobacco cessation class or find out more information, please contact IQuit with AHEC at 866-341-2730 or visit the calendar at http://www.ahectobacco.com/calendar/

Give yourself a gift: stop smoking in 2015

By Tracy LeeSpecial to the Beacon

As we approach the New Year, we often reflect upon the past one, looking for habits, thought processes, traditions, etc., upon which we might improve. If you have suffered a significant loss over the past year, you may not be looking forward to the New Year nor its festivities. You may not think the New Year holds anything for your life without your loved one by your side.

It is normal for grief to preoc-cupy our minds for quite some time after the loss of a loved one. Our lives and thoughts are disor-ganized; we must learn new skills and reorganize our thoughts, our lives and ourselves.

In addition to parties, tradition dictates that one thoughtfully set New Year’s resolutions. Resolutions are goals we set to improve your lives. Improving our lives is the very same goal of grief recovery. In both circum-stances, one may not wish to change. One may feel extreme pressure or great fear when faced with new behaviors, new chal-lenges, and new experiences. We may not be ready nor strong enough for change.

The choice is yours alone. Just as we choose to redirect our hab-its to improve our physical health, perhaps by eating healthi-

er foods or adding more aerobic opportunities daily; we can choose to improve our bereave-ment health.

Grief is brought on by broken attachments, and although we do not wish to erase our loved one from our lives, we do eventually choose to adjust the attachment they maintain in our hearts. To recover from grief, one must move the decedent from a living companion to a loving memory. Doing so protects and preserves the relationship shared with your loved one, yet allows recovery from the excruciating pain of their absence. The time and efforts invested into your lost loved one may now be focused on other loved ones and new activities.

The New Year is a good time to evaluate where you are in your grief recovery process. If you feel you are ready to add activi-ties and outings to your life, for-mulate a plan that fits your strength and abilities. You may feel ready to begin your transi-tion beginning January 1st. It may be that you set a goal to work up to venturing out to your favorite activities beginning in March or even September. The point is that you are the authority on how you feel and when you are ready to increase your physi-cal activities, your emotional

acuity, and your social exposure.Take the New Year opportunity

to evaluate your abilities and your desire to recover from loss. If you are ready, embark on a plan of action to reorganize your thoughts, skills, and activities to accomplish grief recovery. If you find that your goals are over zealous, simply adjust them. The activity of formulating your goals puts you on the road to reorganization already. In so doing, you have already taken a giant leap forward toward grief recovery.

My name is Tracy Renee Lee. I am a funeral director, author and professional speaker. I write books and weekly bereavement articles related to understanding and coping with grief. I am the American Funeral Director of the Year Runner-Up and recipi-ent of the BBB’s Integrity Award. I deliver powerful messages and motivate audiences on their “Road to Recovery”. It is my life’s work to comfort the bereaved and help them live on.

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