I will not mention the Name or the Author of the book, but I have had a wake up call this past December and have been inspired to make some much needed changes in my life.
As some of you know, we lost my mom to breast cancer in July of 2006. Since her passing I have been walking around feeling like she was stolen from me and my family. In a matter of 4 years I have lost my Grandfather, 3 uncles and my mom. This past Summer Casey's Grandfather passed and that really hit me pretty hard as well. He was the man that I can only hope to be. With so much loss since 2002 it has been very hard to not feel like I have been robbed of so many great people.
Reading this book was a wake up call. It is time that I become a survivor instead of a victim. In all of our lives we find ourselves in the middle of a storm. We get lost in it until it is something we get used to. We loose sight in that the storm can end, but it is up to us to take that first step out of it. Think of it like a hurricane and you are in the eye. It is safe there, so why leave? I chose to take that step in my life this year. My mom is gone and isn't coming back. I am still here and need to press on forward because I know it is what she would want.
I can only hope that if you are in a storm, that this may reach you. You don't have to stay in there. You are always one step away from changing it all. Each step will get easier as you you get further and further away.
This past summer Casey and I listened to a song over and over again for months. I heard it, but I didn't really HEAR it until the past month. Everything will be okay. If you have time check it out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdIw6tEjyEg&feature=related
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