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People see Deb and comment on how well she is doing...
Although she is doing better, the progress is intensely stagnant. Having a couple promising days with with Deb will manifest hope, then the bad days return to dampen your spirits. 
For myself the days always begin with excitement and wonder. Excited to see her, yet wonder what our day will turn into. Our relationship obviously is not the same,...

"I let it go, it's like swimming against the current. It exhausts you. After a while, whoever you are, you just have to let it go, and the river brings you home." -Joanne Harris
Have you ever held onto something for so long you couldn't remember why you were holding on?
I had been in a bad place for a long time, an angry place. A place where revenge and hatred were a part of my heart. I knew it...

I saw it and new it was the word for me...
There are words that can define our year or help us define our year and what we wish to focus on. I have followed Ali Edwards ONE LITTLE WORD for many years now and I love the impact it can make on a year... 
What's your word going to be? My word is 
BE
BE grateful
BE joyful
BE present
BE aware
BE giving
BE yourself
BE
 

 

I hear her, she is off in the distance, but her voice gets powerful...Increasing the urgency faintly, then more vigorous as she bellows, over and over.
Closing my eyes fixedly, I pretend I don't hear her and try to return to the slumber that was once embracing me. Startling me awake again, she will not let go, anxiously dragging me down that dark path.
Eyes swollen from another night of tears,...

With only two weeks left in the year, you know you're thinking about it... coming up with that goal or word or plan for the new you that begins with the dawning of a New Year! There are so many things we can do better in our lives, so why not have a little fun with all the change that is possible in the 2015?
For me, I love to have a goal... I work harder, go further and enjoy more with a goal in...

Life is full of many despairing concerns, those unwanted things discovered by watching the evening news. Often there is a glimmer of light surrounding us, sometimes we only see the darkness. But if you look hard enough the brightness may move you to tears.
Grief comes in stages, designed to assist as you adjust to the sadness that has come into your life. I remember the cloud I lived in for many...