It is said that when life gives you lemons, make lemonade. I understand the phrase and I agree.
I also realize that before you can make the lemonade, you need to peel away the bitter outside layer. After that layer is removed, the extraction of good things to come begins. This is the time for me personally to begin exactly that.

For the last year and a half, I’ve had glorious moments as well as the not so glorious. I’m not special, it happens to every living being and we usually survive and often come out better on the other side.

I have been so wrapped up in my Hashimoto’s and Alopecia dis-eases and looking for the reasons why. It’s time to stop needing or desiring the why and start living the “what now”. The why most definitely will not solve the problem. I never want to live in victim mode; not anymore.

So many parts of my life since childhood put me severely into survival mode. I survived more abusive situations than I care to remember. I have finally grasped the message that remembering those moments keep them alive and it keeps me in survival mode and still the victim. Those memories will never leave completely but I am putting them to rest in the deep, dark hell that they came from.

I’m not a big fan or believer in New Year’s resolutions because I feel that every day is a new start. That said, I am beginning 2024 turning a new leaf. I must make mental, emotional, spiritual and physical changes. We all must. Today, I am going to focus and plan on today. Tomorrow, I will focus on tomorrow only, and so on. One day at a time. One improvement at a time, as many times as that improvement needs a restart.

I’ll focus on what I can do, I’ll eliminate the stress of needing knowing the why(s) and gracefully grow into this now. Leaving each day filled with gratitude, enetering each day filled with grace.

My wish for you is the same. Prayers for all of us to have a proseperous, healthy, renewed year ahead. I have ears to listen if you ever need to vent, cry, laugh or simply be you.

Your friend & wellness coach,

Dawn