I want to share this story about my father, and my kittens. And how so much pain, would unknowingly . . . → Read More: In Honor Of My Beautiful Father]]>

2 years ago today, I kissed my father goodbye for the last time.
I had tears in my eyes earlier, when Madison walked up to me out of nowhere, hugged me and kissed me.

I want to share this story about my father, and my kittens.
And how so much pain, would unknowingly bring so much love!

Feb 20th, 2009 my father called me to tell me he had stage 4 bone cancer and the doctors gave him a few months to live.
I remember that call like it was 5 minutes ago.

When we hung up, I cried for hours.

Then for some unknown reason, I went on the internet, and really wanted to look at kittens pictures.
I wasn’t thinking about getting a cat, I never had cats, but my dad loved them, and somehow that’s what I was doing at 2am on the saddest night of my life.
I went to Petfinder, adoptions, and starting browsing.
I couldn’t think of any other place to see kittens. Their beautiful little faces somehow eased the pain of what was happening.

First I saw “chocolate”.. I fell in love with his beautiful little face…

Lexington Winters

but I wasn’t there to adopt kittens.. so I kept going through the photos…

5 photos down I saw “orphan”, she had the same look in her beautiful little face, as I was feeling!

Madison Winters

little “orphan” was found when she was 2 weeks old.. her mom was hit by a car, made it back to her babies and died. Her siblings also died. My heart screamed out to adopt her!
I was going to be an “orphan” soon… I had to take care of her.
I then went back up to “chocolate” and they were being fostered in the same place!
These 2 little kittens told me, we were all meant to be together.

I didn’t know anything about cats, or fostering, or how to adopt them, or even what to ask, so I wrote and asked if they knew each other… Jane wrote back and told me, they not only knew each other, they were madly in love!
I told her I wanted to adopt them both, and she sent me more photos.

When he first saw her, it was love at first sight.

Lex sees Madison for the first time

And she felt the same way about him!

His mom fed her, and after seeing this photo, and I wanted to adopt all 3 of them, but the mom had already been adopted.

The next day I called my father to tell him I was adopting 2 kittens. He wasn’t the least bit surprised. We never spoke about me adopting kittens, but yet, it was as if he planned it.

I could see and feel his smile over the phone. He seemed somehow relieved.

My dad was a Marine… the best man I’d ever known with a heart of gold.
He knew how to do everything, and taught me how to do some pretty amazing things .
I renovated my apt with my own hands. I could fix almost anything broken.
If anyone needed help, he was the first person there.
If he saw a stranger stuck on the road, he pulled over to help.
That’s what you’re supposed to do, is all he would say.

Here he is helping a local merchant prepare for a hurricane.

Now, he would teach me one last thing about life, love and parenting, since I didn’t have children.
We didn’t need to talk about the “cancer”, and he didn’t want to.. we spoke about the kittens, the funny things they were doing every day, how much I was learning from them… and exchanged photos by email.
He was signing cards to me “meow meow” now.. hahahaha so not what I was ever expecting from my “Marine” dad!

I was still learning things about him, and learning from him.

On July 21st, he called and said, well Honey, if you want to see me again, you better get here fast, they are getting ready to take me out!! WHAT???? where are they taking you, I asked, and he replied, if you don’t know what I’m talking about, you better go back to school!

Yes… that was my father…. he didn’t sugarcoat anything, Everything was fine, then it wasn’t. He didn’t think it was important to talk about what could happen… until it was happening.

I called a great friend and asked if he could come over and stay with my kittens.. I had to get
to Bonifay, Florida as fast as humanly possible.

My sister, her son and daughter drove down the day before I flew in.
We all had the best time those last days… we laughed so much, hugged so much, and there was no doubt about how much we loved each other.

David, the hospice nurse told me my dad was ready to go, but was holding on till after I left.
His beautiful wife Mary, who he shared so much life and love with. and his identical twin brother Midge were with him, and he was in his own house.
I kissed him goodbye, told him how much I loved him, and would always be grateful he was my father, and left.

I was just thinking about how he set it all up, like he always did.

After living with my kittens for over 2 years, I believe he had “something” to do with me going online that night. I don’t know how, but I always said “they found me”, and have loved them more than I could ever have imagined.
I didn’t want to call her “orphan” so I changed their names.
I renamed her Madison (for the M on her forehead) and he is Lexington, and when I say their full name with “Winters” at the end of it, I hear my dad saying “Denise Winters” , and I laugh out loud.

Earlier today, I changed my facebook photo to the one below with my dad, and then saw the photo of Madison and Lexington when they first came to live with me…
and for the first time…
I noticed the similarity in these photos…
I am sure my dad knew exactly what he was doing!
I love you dad!

The more I learned about the company, and their mission, The . . . → Read More: Ryan Blair, CEO of ViSalus and Creating A Positive Change!]]>

Joining ViSalus in April as a customer to start the 90 day health challenge, was the greatest thing to happen in a long time. I heard great things about it, it was very affordable, and I knew people who had great results.

The more I learned about the company, and their mission, The more I LOVED the company!

The more I knew about the CEO Ryan Blair, the more I knew it was where I really wanted and needed to be, and wanted to work with them.

Ryan Blair just wrote “Nothing To Lose, Everything To Gain”, about his troubled teen years, and how he turned his life around. It will be out Aug 4th, and I can’t wait!

Ryan has donated $100,000 to http://www.urbanborn.org for at-risk youth with Percy (Master-P) Miller to help children in the same situation he was in, get the mentoring they need to have a great future.

Ryan has announced, in honor of his Mother, that all the profits from his book are going to Urban Born!
(click here to read his blog!)

Be Passionate about your company, and the products!

Before you join a company, become a “product of the product”! If you are happy with the products, and getting great results, join the company! It doesn’t matter what company you join as long as it . . . → Read More: #1 Tip When Getting Started In Network Marketing!]]>

My #1 Tip When Getting Started In Network Marketing!

Be Passionate about your company, and the products!

Before you join a company, become a “product of the product”!
If you are happy with the products, and getting great results, join the company!
It doesn’t matter what company you join as long as it is something you are truly passionate about, and want to share with everyone!

Why you need to be passionate!

When you are passionate about what you are doing, you will want to learn everything you can about it, and naturally share it! Before you know it, you will become an expert!
You will never become an expert on something you are not passionate about. It takes hours, months, weeks and years to become an expert, so it MUST be something you love, or you will lose interest fast!

I think it is why they say 97% of the people fail in Network Marketing. They join companies thinking they will “get rich quick”, and when that doesn’t happen, they give up. It was the money that made them join, and not getting rick quick, made them quit!
If they were passionate about what they were doing, they would never quit!
It takes time to see great results in every business, and when it happens, you want to be the best you can be, knowing everything you can about what you are sharing.

I am very passionate about photography, nutrition, personal development and technology!

To be able to share photography, nutrition and personal development with everyone, I am using technology!

I have been a photographer for 25 years, and love every minute of it!
I am using nutritional products as a customer right now, (get 3 friends to join you, and yours is free!)
I am ready to join the company as an independent distributor after getting great results, and loving the products.

I joined a technology company because I wanted personally branded video channels, emails and webshows. It is an amazing tool for every business today, and I love the company. I am sending everyone to my webshows, and they are seeing the products without me having to tell them about it.
The technology is selling itself, because I took the time to learn how to use it!

Whatever your interests are, there is a company for you!!
Click here to see the thousands of Network Marketing companies!

I am on Day 35 and have lost 21 pounds. ViSalus IS FANTASTIC!!

Call me @ 212.752.3794

To start . . . → Read More: What Is ViSalus?]]>

This overview will introduce you to ViSalus, the challenge, the compensation plan, everything you want to know about ViSalus!
Call me @ 212.752.3794 and I will be happy to help you get started.

I am on Day 35 and have lost 21 pounds. ViSalus IS FANTASTIC!!

Call me @ 212.752.3794

To start right now .. click here!

2. The fat is melting off… 35 days later … 21 lbs lighter! (go to the 90 day challenge page above the banner, on my blog to see my video testimonial)

3. I feel better than I have in . . . → Read More: Top 10 Reasons I love ViSalus, Body By Vi!]]>

1. 2 delicious shake a day are provided, 60 shakes a month for $99.00!

2. The fat is melting off… 35 days later … 21 lbs lighter! (go to the 90 day challenge page above the banner, on my blog to see my video testimonial)

3. I feel better than I have in years. Younger, stronger, happier and healthier

4. I just read that “whey protein” melts fat… aha.. no wonder all the fat is melting off! There is whey protein in the shakes! (see what is in the shakes on the video to the right!)

5. I have no desire to cheat. The shake are filling, and I always feel satiated,

6. Very flexible.. I usually have a shake in the morning and evening, and a great lunch, which fits into my life style perfectly. You can choose which “meal” is best for you, and have shakes for the other 2!

7. My relationship with food has changed. I know I will be able to maintain this for the rest of my life, the shakes are delicious, and I am becoming quite a creative “shake maker”!
*my favorite of the week is chocolate mix-in with fresh strawberries!

8. My friends and family are starting it now, even though they don’t all need to lose weight, but see how healthy I look and feel! We are all getting healthy together.

9, After 5 weeks on this program, I knew I would want to do this forever, and tell the world about it. I joined the company!

10. The Top Reason, I love this, is I made a 90 day commitment, and it is easy to follow through on it.
I will be 58 this summer… and before I began this program, I was feeling more like 88, now I am feeling 28! It is a great birthday day to myself!

If you would like to know more about the program… visit the website at

Those little steps will take you places you never thought possible. I’m a photographer. I love being BEHIND the camera. A year ago, I had to make a video for my website. Park Borchert, my amazing video director and producer was fantastic and so . . . → Read More: Just Do It! Those Little Steps Take You Places!]]>

Just Do It! Those Little Steps Take You Places!

Those little steps will take you places you never thought possible.

I’m a photographer. I love being BEHIND the camera.
A year ago, I had to make a video for my website.
Park Borchert, my amazing video director and producer was fantastic and so patient with me. It took about 20 hours before I was happy with it, and put it on my website. It was the hardest thing I had ever done.

Seeing yourself on video, hearing yourself, and seeing that the winter comfort food was showing up on my face. I had to make changes.

I began a diet program, and a few weeks later make a testimonial video for the program. That video was done in an hour!

Feeling great, made all the difference in the world!

I joined the company as a “direct sharer”. I like that term.. loving the program made me want to “share it” with everyone that asked.

As my business as a photographer changed with the economy, and everyone having digital cameras, I needed to add something creative to my career.
I chose Video, knowing Webshows were becoming more and more popular and necessary for everyone to have, if they were in business.

I could now shoot my own videos, using the webcam in my computer or my little Zi8 in just a few minutes… and began making videos daily!
What a change from a few months earlier.

A few weeks ago, a casting director called me to ask if I was interested in being the photographer on a Pilot Reality Show!!!
I said YES… without hesitation!
I couldn’t believe how easy it was to say YES! One short year ago, I would have made up all kinds of excuses why I couldn’t do it, but those little steps I made every day… led me to this new adventure!

In the world we live in today, the only thing we can be sure of, is that things are going to change! We don’t know how, or when, or why, and we can do little to stop it.

Everything that comes into your life, is coming in for a reason!
You may not know why, and you don’t need to, just be open to it.
Be open to the uncomfortable feelings and circumstances, and push through them.
Just Do It!!
You NEVER know what the universe has in store for you, but if you conquer all your fears and insecurities, when an amazing opportunity presents itself to you, you will be ready for it!

We shot the Pilot this past Sunday, May 22nd… and I was just thinking about the 2 cameras filming me, a fabulous crew of 19 people, and what a great experience it was!

It would have never happened if I didn’t make the first video 1 year ago!

Take whatever steps you need to take today, to be ready for what comes your way tomorrow!!!

Just Do It!!

Join me in the 90 day challenge… send me your goals…. accomplish them and get a free 1 . . . → Read More: Combining My 2 Businesses! Photography and Health!]]>

As a photographer, I often book shoots months in advance so people can “lose that 10 pounds”, and get healthy.

This week until May 25th, I am offering a little more incentive to do that!

Join me in the 90 day challenge… send me your goals…. accomplish them and get a free 1 hour photo shoot! (look at the video on the side of this page to see all the vitamins and nutrients in 1 shake!!!)

Cost of shoot $300.00
Cost of 90 day challenge $299.00 for all 3 months…
and if you get 3 of your friends to join you.. yours if FREE!
AND… you can win great prizes from ViSalus too!!

You can get healthy, lose weight and get beautiful photos for FREE!!

Start Today!

email me your goals @ 2011withdenise@gmail.com

Call me @ 212 752 3794
Visit my website to see my photography

Click here to join the 90 day challenge with me.

Let’s do this together… we have an amazing team with great support!

When my photography business changed, I had tens of thousands of . . . → Read More: Network Marketing vs Traditional Business]]>

Things are changing very quickly in the world today.
Businesses that were once thriving, are now closing.
Businesses that nobody has heard of, are now thriving!
Network Marketing is something I learned about a year ago, and it has changed my life!

When my photography business changed, I had tens of thousands of dollars worth of equipment, that was basically worthless.
Starting most businesses require equipment, rent, stock and employees, costing thousand of dollars, and often takes years to see a profit!

Network Marketing was the greatest way to begin a “new” career for under $500.00.

Joining a Network Marketing company is usually under $500.00.

5 minutes after you join, you are in business, and the fun begins.
All companies offer websites to send people to and you can do that from day 1.
You don’t need a web designer to start your new business!
You don’t need to get an office!
You don’t need to hire employees!
You don’t need equipment!
You don’t need to stock your shelves!
You CAN earn your initial investment back within days of joining!

All companies have back offices with training on how to get started, the products and usually you can order business cards directly from the company.

It is important to have a good “sponsor” and upline. People that will help you by answering questions, know where to send you to get everything you need to be successful, and the best is they will talk to people you want to know about the company before you are ready to do it yourself. You may be “starting your own new business” but you are never alone in a network marketing company. There is always someone to help you!

Like many people in the world today, I needed additional income, and this was the answer.

It is fun, easy, and creative, and way more affordable than opening my photography studio was!
You work when you want, and on your own schedule.
I am still a photographer, it’s hard to call it “work”. I love it! I have been photographing people for 25 years, and it is a great career.
Since adding Network Marketing to my life, I now have 3 careers that I love, and I still don’t feel like I work!

There are hundreds of companies to join. Check out NPros.com
There is a company for everything you can think of.
I have friends in my companies, friends in other companies from legal services, vacation resorts, to sending out cards.

I love technology and nutrition, and joined the companies I thought were the most innovative with affordable products for friends and customers that have the same interests.
Companies I chose had great training and compensation plans offering great rewards.

Network marketing is about networking, not selling.
What you are doing comes up naturally in conversations, and people who also want to start new businesses and earn additional income, sign up with you, and you become a team! You just go about your daily life, and a new business begins to grow. Residual income is fantastic.
Getting paid today for “work” you did months ago, is great. It rarely happens overnight, it may take months for a good income and years for a great income, but it will happen if you are consistent!

Please feel free to call me @ 212 752 3794. I will be happy to help you any way I can, or email me @ denisewintersmvt@gmail.com.

The companies I chose were ViSalus, a health and wellness company committed to making the world healthy! It is very affordable, with great prizes and a great compensation plan with fabulous products! (I’ve lost 11 lbs in 3 weeks on the 90 day challenge!)
Click here to learn more about ViSalus for more info about the company and the 90 day challenge!
Whatever your interests and passions are there is a company for you!

My other company is “My Video Talk”. Branding is very important today and having self branded video broadcasting, webshows and emails is something I knew everyone would want and need. It is all web based and so easy to use!
Click here to learn more about “My Video Talk”.

Have a wonderful day!
Denise