I am free. I am whole. I am good. I am kind. I am not the negative energy that others tried to fill me with.I am not made of the stones that others threw at me.I am not weak like the sticks that were hurled my way. I am sometimes fragile but never frail.I can […]
I recently had a situation that has no need for details to tell you what it did for me. In the past, I’d have been angry still and thinking about what that person did to me versus what the situation did for me. I’ve always been a glass half-full kind of gal. I usually give people the benefit of the doubt, see the good in people, ignore red flags and such. Over time more recent..
I was recently asked “What’s the worst impact a little joke has had on you?”. It didn’t take long to give an answer. While many jokes have been pulled on me, this one specific so-called joke shaped how I felt about myself at a young age. I was about five years old when my parents […]
Change is always going to happen whether we like it or not. Almost three weeks ago I had to help my dog cross that rainbow bridge. My heart is aching. Still. Despite knowing that she was almost 13 years old and that there was nothing anyone could do to make her better, it was traumatic for me. Making that call is traumatic for most people who have to undertake that role whether it’s to help a pet or a family member. It doesn’t get easier with each passing day, it just gets familiar.
When we were young, we absorbed more information than we thought possible for a child. We learned how to cope and cooperate in our family in order to please and “be liked”. No child should have to work to be loved but it happens every day for many children. The words our parents and grandparents speak to us as children become the foundation of our molded lives. We learn what is acceptable and what isn’t.
Think of times when someone said or did something to you that felt uneasy, rude, aggressive and even offensive. Remember how that made you feel deep inside your belly? Your head?
This year has been challenging for everyone. Covid-19 has reconstructed how we go about our daily lives; no one in the world is exempt. It has caused exhaustion, anxiety, doubt, sadness, depression, fear and so much more. Many of us, myself included, have forgotten that it is necessary to take a step back or a time out to just be. I was pleasantly reminded of how important a “time out” is this past weekend.
My parents have both recently passed away. I have learned a lot from both of them, what to do and what not to do. Good things can be learned from every situation we encounter. Here’s a few things I have found to be formative in my growth.
It has been nearly five years since posting here. I didn’t abandon this page but my plan took another path; just as life usually does. Instead of scrapping everything and starting over, I gave my page a new skin and the chance to survive, just as I have and just as you have. The past […]
Sometimes you need to step away from a situation in order to see it clearly or find clarity. If you’re feeling lost, in doubt, at a road block or a fork in your road of life and you’re not sure which way to go, the best thing to do is to step back and take […]
Every New Dawn 