I've known her since she was in middle school. I remember vividly how she and her family traveled so far to be at Mike's wake.... she said she "needed to be there" as she practically grew up as part of our family.
She was recently widowed with 2 young children. My heart broke for her. I understood how much her life was going to change. I tried, so hard, to say the words I thought she needed to hear..... words I needed to hear just a few short years ago. She had become a member in a club that no one wants to join.
I now hear that she has someone in her life. Someone who makes her happy. I hear that she is smiling again. I am told that I was the inspiration for her to go on. She drew from my strength and knew that if I could find happiness again, she was going to give it a try.
I am so grateful to have been a part of this young lady's life - both when she was an impressionable child and later, when she was going through the worst days of her life.
Moral of the story: Just be who you are. Don't let others change you. You can only be the best "YOU". You may never know who will cross your path .... or what an impact you will make on them. Maybe, just maybe, you will be lucky enough to hear how you made a difference in someone's life just by being who you are.
Thursday, August 30, 2018
Monday, August 06, 2018
We got this!
So it was bound to happen - our first stumbling block. Something that just sits in the middle of our roadway and we have to figure out a way to get to the other side. There are over 75 years of marriage between us - we've got this, right?
Yes, we got it..... but it was eye opening.
We realized that our world is not just what happens between us - we know how to do THAT well! We live a peaceful, mundane (read that: 'without drama'), loving life. At this point in our lives, all we want is to be happy.... everyday. We both know that we are equally responsible for that happiness and that is our only goal.
It doesn't matter what the stumbling block was. What matters is we found a way around it. We did not let it upset the life we have both worked so hard to achieve.
Maintaining our relatively new relationship at this stage of our lives has been surprisingly easy. Both of us being widowed after long marriages, we knew what it took to have a happy life together. The important things were already there: shared morals and values, a desire to love and be loved, and the ability to talk about ANYTHING and EVERYTHING.
There are bound to be other hurdles along the way. That's a part of life. But we have already lived through the worst days of our lives before we even met.
We can handle anything.
(The Prince read this and promptly asked me, "What was the stumbling block?" So grateful to have this man at my side everyday.)
Yes, we got it..... but it was eye opening.
We realized that our world is not just what happens between us - we know how to do THAT well! We live a peaceful, mundane (read that: 'without drama'), loving life. At this point in our lives, all we want is to be happy.... everyday. We both know that we are equally responsible for that happiness and that is our only goal.
It doesn't matter what the stumbling block was. What matters is we found a way around it. We did not let it upset the life we have both worked so hard to achieve.
Maintaining our relatively new relationship at this stage of our lives has been surprisingly easy. Both of us being widowed after long marriages, we knew what it took to have a happy life together. The important things were already there: shared morals and values, a desire to love and be loved, and the ability to talk about ANYTHING and EVERYTHING.
There are bound to be other hurdles along the way. That's a part of life. But we have already lived through the worst days of our lives before we even met.
We can handle anything.
(The Prince read this and promptly asked me, "What was the stumbling block?" So grateful to have this man at my side everyday.)
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