Sometimes you gotta get scars to get what you deserve I kept moving on and now I'm moving up Damn, I'm feeling blessed with all this love - Andy Grammer https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YDu93pdyBDE Our scars, whether physical or emotional, are a constant reminder of how life can destroy us - if we let it. But I know, … Continue reading Lyrics to love: 4.27.16
Life lessons
Most life lessons I've learned have come from hardship and tragedy. It seems that's just how life works. And I certainly would not have the wisdom of forethought, the appreciation for goodness nor the ability to approach challenges with logic and reason had I not had those experiences. I've learned that life isn't fair. You … Continue reading Life lessons
Lyrics to love: 4.25.16
For all those I count on, please know, you can count on me. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4JNtAtGGNRU
Happiness and hurt
How can happiness and hurt coexist in the same heart? Why, when the happy happens, does the hurt always manage to squeeze its way in and take up space? Will there ever be a time where I get to have a heart filled with happy and the hurt fades away? As a grieving mother, I … Continue reading Happiness and hurt
Lyrics to love: 4.24.16
"Give the heavens above more than just a passing glance, And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance. I hope you dance." -Lee Ann Womack https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RV-Z1YwaOiw We all need to dance, every chance we get. We have precious few moments. Throw caution to the wind, as they say, and appreciate the … Continue reading Lyrics to love: 4.24.16
Live happy
It takes too much energy to be angry. It's exhausting being sad all the time. I just wish I could live happy. It's not just a wish. It's a goal. I want to live happy. I try to achieve it every day. I strive for happiness by surrounding myself with positive, good-hearted, selfless people. I … Continue reading Live happy
This life
I got the opportunity to talk about my son today to a new friend who has only seen him in pictures. She asked about his story and how we lost him, then apologized for bringing up a 'sore subject.' I immediately asked her not to apologize and told her the subject of my son will … Continue reading This life
When all the fight is gone
Life is a series of battles. Some are worth fighting and some we just have to concede. There are some rules meant to be broken and lines meant to be crossed. By standing firm in our convictions and breaking through boundaries, we grow, we progress, we improve. But in the greatest of fights, there often … Continue reading When all the fight is gone
Without love
Grief would not exist without love. For any of us to find a reason for our suffering, a purpose to surviving, a meaning to this life that so often seems to destroy us, we must realize there is hope in love. Without love, I never would have been a mother. Without love, I never would … Continue reading Without love
Lyrics to love: 3.29.16
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jwg1TpxkSnA "I made up my mind when I was a young girl I've been given this one world I won't worry it away But now and again I lose sight of the good life I get stuck in a low light But then Love comes in"
Parenting Angels 