It’s official…

Barry proposed to me today!

Yes, even though we’ve been talking about getting married for some time now… even though it already feels like we ARE married (and a lot of people assume we are)… I was holding out for a real, old-fashioned proposal.

I’ve never been proposed to before, and it’s an experience I wanted to enjoy.

Okay, that’s not entirely true.  Marilyn Manson (yes, the goth-inspired singer) did propose to me once at a bar that I was bartending at, and he was hanging out at with a mutual buddy, one of the radio DJs from the local alternative music station.  But his two different eyes kinda freaked me out, and besides, I was already married at the time, so… I had to turn him down gently.

And the reason I was previously married without ever being proposed to was that I had read an article in the paper about Sadie Hawkins Day (Feb. 29) one leap year.  The tradition said that if a woman proposed to a man on Sadie Hawkins Day, he either had to say yes or buy her a red dress.  I figured there was nothing to lose (red was my favorite color and I could have used a new dress!) so I did it — no fanfare, no forethought, just an off-the-cuff question — and the rest was history (except that it took another six and a half years to actually get married, but that’s a different story).

Anyhow, I didn’t want any repeating patterns in this relationship, so just “getting married” wasn’t in the cards.  Turns out Barry’s a romantic, too, and wanted to do something special when he proposed, so he decided to wait for that opportune unique and memorable moment…

>>> CONTINUE READING The Interrupted Proposal…

Russell Brunson is a typical guy.

An ex-wrestler (high school and college) who, not so long ago, lived in a tiny shack of a house with his wife and made potato guns for fun.  You wouldn’t have looked at him then and said, “Wow, that’s a future millionaire!” or even, “There’s the next successful entrepreneur!”

In fact, you wouldn’t look at him today and say, “Wow, that’s a millionaire!” (which is actually true of most millionaires I’ve met).

But you can’t judge a book by its cover, and I love how that fact will prove itself to you again and again in life, no matter how you wish you could!

See, Russell makes millions of dollars a year online, and lives with his family in a breathtaking 11,000 square foot mansion. He’s the epitome of what most of us would call “successful”.

Yes, sweet!

I’ve had the pleasure of interviewing Russell, and he’s the real deal.  No hype, no BS, just a down-to-earth guy who’s figured out how to make it.

Now he wants you to succeed too… he’s just launched a contest called the $100 Million Dollar Challenge where you get training at no cost… and can even win a brand new Corvette, delivered to your door by Russell himself!

If you’ve been struggling with your online business, then you need to check out what Russell has to say in this video (as well as his students… pretty impressive!)

Plus, hey… you can’t beat the price!

Russell’s also donating proceeds from the contest to World Teacher Aid — which helps to bring education to children in third-world countries.

So you can help yourself while you help others too!

Keep Unwrapping Your Success!

My soulmate Barry and I got married today on the perfect day… 10-10 (October 10).

That represents a “10″ rating for the wedding, AND a “10″ rating for the marriage.  It doesn’t get any better than that!

It also happens to be Canadian Thanksgiving weekend, and that represents all that we have to be thankful for in our relationship together.

And it’s Columbus Day weekend in the US, so that represents our desire to explore.  We explore life together, we explore metaphysical concepts together, we explore ways that people can improve their lives together.

And in a few weeks, we’ll be exploring parenthood together!

It was a pretty simple wedding, with about 10 guests — mostly family members and neighbors — in our own backyard.

But it was heartfelt, emotional, and very meaningful, and we found the perfect non-denominational minister who likes to explore and teach the same sorts of metaphysical concepts that we do!

She also let us customize the vows, the ring exchange, the readings and blessings, for a very special ceremony that included poems we wrote to each other.

All in all, it was definitely a perfect 10… and we couldn’t have picked a more perfect day.

By the way, it’s officially Heather Vale Goss now… but I’ll still answer to Heather Vale as well.

Keep Unwrapping The Mysteries of Life!

The due date was November 9, but I always had a feeling he’d come early… maybe even as early as October so he could have his own birth month (my birthday is November 18, and I was sure he wouldn’t want to share it).

I even made sure everyone knew he could come as early as October 19, since that’s when I’d be 37 weeks pregnant, and the baby would be considered full term.

But it still took us by surprise when, on October 19, I really did go into labor… or at least start the process.

Yup, it was a classic yet rare instance where the water broke before reaching the hospital, but it wasn’t a big gush like in the movies, and it didn’t trigger labor so they had to induce it.

And on Monday, October 20 at 5:30pm (almost 24 hours after checking into the hospital) our beautiful son Konan Brody Goss was born.

Here he is, arriving home from the hospital for the first time yesterday.

Yes, he was three weeks early (another rarity for first-time moms) but still a hefty and healthy 8 lbs, 3 oz.

Obviously this guy is meant to be a super-achiever, and not a procrastinator!

I am filled with wonder, intrigue and fascination over the journey ahead, both for him and for Barry and I, as first time parents.

What will his future hold?  How can we ensure it’s the best it can be?  And what will he do with the infinite possibilities that are now before him?

One thing’s definite, we’re going to make sure he follows his birthright to be a super manifestor.

His birthday is 10-20… and if 10-10 was perfect to get married, then 10-20 must be twice as good a day to be born.

For someone so small, he sure carries and elicits a lot of love.  And he looks a lot like his dad, which gives me even more to love because I now have two special guys.

In only a few days of life, he has completely changed our lives, and we’re sure he’ll change many more lives in the future.

After all, if he’s anything like Barry and I… he’ll have a similar purpose of changing lives for the better, one person at a time.

Welcome to the world, Konan!

Keep Unwrapping The Mysteries of Life!

This weekend I lost a very special friend.

Mercury, who I considered to be my feline soulmate in many ways, was killed by a car right outside our house.

I didn’t want her to be an outdoor cat, even the part-time status she had, for that very reason.  But Mercury had a free spirit and a mind of her own, and she demanded again and again to go outside after we moved to the new house.

We let her out to make her happy, first thinking we had the yard adequately blocked off so she would stay within our fences.

That turned out to be not the case, as she immediately figured out how to jump over it… but she adapted so well, and was so at peace when she was allowed outside, that we couldn’t say no — no matter how much I tried to.

It’s that age-old dilemma: do you try to protect what you love by keeping it close, possibly smothering it in the process… or do you let it be free, both to happily do what it loves, and to also possibly make mistakes?

Well, we also knew that with Konan on the way, it would never work to force Mercury to stay indoors.  She would either demand more attention than we were able to give her with a new baby in the house, or be miserable, or both.

So we let her have her way.

And despite how it turned out, I know she appreciated it very much…

>>> CONTINUE READING Farewell, My Special Friend…