Grateful, Thankful, and Healing!
This Journey through the Wilderness of Grief and Beyond to New Life
“Sometimes what’s dead must be burned away to make room for new life. Sometimes you just have to step back and let the brittle bits ignite – but once those flames begin to dance their caustic dance, don’t you dare look the other way. Don’t close your eyes. Watch closely and let that image seer…
Today I am grateful for the chance to begin anew. “How can you rise, if you have not burned” ― Hiba Fatima Ahmad I always loved the legend of the Phoenix. The great, beautiful bird burns, yet rises from the ashes. Regardless of the name or version of the story, it ends with rebirth and renewal.…
Childhood Easters bring back the best memories: Spring Easter finery worn to church regardless of how cold it was. Easter baskets hidden, found, overflowing with colored eggs and sweets. Especially memorable was the year that mom made Buckeye Ball eggs and we strategically arranged them behind the traditional bunny cake. (I only say we so…
I am an Ambivert Meaning, I display both introverted and extroverted personality characteristics. I sit back, observe, see where I may or may not fit it, and then decide if I am going to act – or not. Some people may see this as stand-offish. It really isn’t. I get to know people first which…
When I wrote Are You Courageous one week ago, I talked about a Paradigm Shift as one of my Action Plans for 2020. Perhaps it was the flu bug and the ensuing high fevers, or the realizations that came to me while lying in bed alone, but something shifted in my brain over the last…
The only thing guaranteed in this world is We all will die. This thought brings a question to mind: What legacy will we leave behind? The footprints we leave behind reside in the memories of those we’ve touched with our love. Objects get broken, end up in boxes, or thrift stores. Only love endures. How…
“Perhaps that is where our choice lies — in determining how we will meet the inevitable end of things, and how we will greet each new beginning.” ― Elana K. Arnold, “Burning” Today seems like the first day of the rest of my life. A day for new beginnings, to be grateful for blessings past,…
