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"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...

Every year on December 7th our family does random acts of kindness in observance of Ryans birthday, allowing Ryans sweetness to live on... Over the past few years many have joined in paying it forward and my hope is for it to continue to bring joy to others on this day.
 
December 7, 1987 - February 23, 1993
Since losing Ryan in 1993 I have tried to find positive ways to share his story, his...

There is nothing my sister wouldn't do for me...
In August 2013 my sister had a tumor the size of a tennis ball removed from her brain. If you were one of the many that knew her before this, you were blessed to know this amazing, gifted and giving women that we are trying to get back. For those that didn't know her, let me enlighten you.
In my life, she was my biggest fan, always enchanted with...

I write about my life... those ups and downs, the bruises we all get and the suffering that happens, the messy stuff a lot of people like to hide, the real parts that make us who we are.
But there is still so much more...
There are days when the heartbreak is so raw, an open wound leaving me exposed to nothing but tears. Sadness so overwhelming I need to find a place of quiet to find the good,...

It is not just in the fairy tales, it can be your life too.
In order to have the happily ever after part you have to be willing to stay through the not so happily moments, the despairing and the unquestionably painful parts. Escaping our struggles or concealing them with drugs and alcohol is always an option. However, growth only occurs when we brave our emotions and stay true to ourselves. This will...

I stepped outside today to soak up any last remnants of the sun before it tucked itself away and darkness crept into its position.
So fleeting are the days when sunshine and warm temperatures embrace, emphasizing the beauty that envelopes us. The intense color that paints the scenery in a perfect harmony of crimson, amber and goldenrod.
Look up and witness the clouds as they gracefully drift by...