Happy New Year!

Wow... another year is behind us. I don't know about you, but I'm really ready for a fresh start.

2008 was certainly not my favorite year ever... but I'm grateful for all of the challenges, for they have caused me to grow by leaps and bounds.

To summarize briefly, on Feb 21st of 2008 my second daughter, Ava, was born. What a blessing... we had another home birth and it was beautiful and successful. She was born super healthy @ 9lbs 6oz... and she, and her sister Livvie, are the loves of my life.

Here's where the struggle comes in... on March 27th, my divorce began. All of a sudden I was a single mom of 2 (a 5-week-old and a 3-year-old), and life as I had known it was over. We had to move, I had to put my 3-year-old in counseling, put myself in counseling, hire a lawyer, find new childcare... you get the picture. My world was turned upside down.

I'm not telling you this to sound like a victim... I want to show you something and EMPOWER you. See, during all of the changes that were taking place @ that time, I had my hands full and didn't have time to focus on my business. For 4 full months, I didn't work. At all.

AND, during those 4 months, I got paid the whole time. That's right... the checks kept rolling in... enough to support my family so that I didn't have to go out and get a J.O.B. and put my kids in full-time daycare. I got to BE w/ my kids and take care of everything that needed to be taken care of, and got paid the whole time.

This is the thing I'm most passionate about in regard to this business... RESIDUAL INCOME. We do the work once, and get paid on it forever. I've always been passionate about what residual income provides for people and families... but, until now, I've never put it to the test by taking an extended period of time off.

I have a whole new appreciation for residual income and what it provides. And when I see the owners of my company now, I just hug them and thank them. We are truly blessed to have access to such an incredible, ethical, and highly rewarding way of doing business.

And I'm really excited about 2009 and what it has in store for us. Many people and industries are struggling in today's economy. And, partially due to this, our industry is exploding more now than ever before. There are tons of people looking for another way, and we are hear to provide that for them.

I actually cried last night every time someone called to wish me a happy new year. Tears of joy, that is... because I am so present to love, and joy, and compassion, and hope for what the new year will offer. (I even stayed up til midnight to ring it in... first time I've done that in YEARS!).

I hope you can see the incredible potential for the New Year as well. We have so much to be grateful for!

Expect Abundance,

Amy