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Remembering Ryan with a rewrite of a story I wrote a few years ago 
12/7/87 - 2/23//93
Beautifully broken
Searching for validation, I set forth on a journey to fill the blank space that grief had cast upon me. The emptiness  engraved on my soul transferred to the pain unleashed from loss; death hijacked my heart and the fragments I battled to preserve were scattered debris encircling...

Do small things with great love ~ Mother Theresa 
Instructions for life: Week 7-  Kindness begins when we understanding we all struggle
February theme: Do small things with great love
Everything we do matters, each small act of taking care of someone matters. Each phone call or text to a friend to lift them up, it matters. Each kindness to a stranger can change their day, it matters. Send...

Mostly it is loss that teaches us about the worth of things
Good grief: Remembering my father (3/12/44 - 2/7/98)
Recently, I listened to a story about the last letter a woman received from her father before he died. My first thought was how lucky she was since there was no note when my father died. But then, she went on to explain the little he had written left her empty and wanting, like that...

We spend January 1st walking through our lives, room-by-room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to be patched. Maybe this year, to balance the list, we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives… not looking for flaws, but for potential.
Instructions for life: Week 3 - Make a plan and take small steps
January theme: Resolve to ♥
Ready...Set... goal...
Whether its a 30 day goal...

 We spend January 1st walking through our lives, room-by-room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to be patched. Maybe this year, to balance the list, we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives… not looking for flaws, but for potential.
 Instructions for life: Week 2
January theme: Resolve to (the power of habits)
The reason for setting small goals is to create the habit first,...

We spend January 1st walking through our lives, room-by-room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to be patched. Maybe this year, to balance the list, we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives, not looking for flaws, but  for potential.
Instructions for life: Week One
Theme: Resolve to
Every year we resolve for things to be different, raising my hand too. We create lists, goals...

Last night while lying in bed I was thinking about the past and dreaming about the future. Most of my thoughts were led by loss. Sometimes it is the nighttime that brings on that melancholy feeling, and the questioning of our purpose? Shifting, I pushed my focus to the joy in my life, clinging to the present, while keeping thoughts of overwhelm at bay.
My heart breaks for those suffering, heartache...

"The only way you will see results is if you stay consistent" 
Weight loss over 50
PURPOSE
2019 has been a year of purpose. And living life with purpose has been very fulfilling. I followed my word PURPOSE and used my time with purpose. Writing, reading, family, and my health were all a part of my purpose. Part of my journey with purpose was to lose weight, and I lost 26 pounds in 365 days.
If...

 "What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as
what you become by achieving your goals."
 
Being Me: Week 52
 I cannot believe how quickly 52 weeks went by and in that fifty-two weeks, I set a goal to write weekly short stories with monthly themes, and I did it!
I believe the biggest lesson from goals is that you don't always have to achieve them to improve. In fact, even...

 
 
Being Me:  Week 51 Be kind to unkind people, they need it most
December theme: Unexpected kindness is the most powerful, least costly, and most underrated agent of hope
When I finally understood that someone being unkind was more about them than about me, my heart softened a bit and I began to recognize the pain that must be going on inside that person.
And while it is hard to not take...