I am NOT a great writer, not even an ok writer. C,D, and F were common grades in English/Lit classes for me. It took me 5 years to write a 15 page thesis...you get the drift. But I do think I'm a good listener and something has been screaming inside of me to write (and not in the private journal kind) over the past few weeks-So I listened to myself for once and I'll try. I'm slightly hesitant to start blogging b/c I have several VERY close best friends whom write - I'm just praying they can understand where I'm coming from and how healing it is. Another hesitation is that my husband Ben said "do whatever you need to do, I'm not saying you need to like start a blog or anything, but..." whoops, sorry Ben! However, if I can be of help to someone or make them feel like they are not alone in this journey we are all on, then I want/need to do it. Reading my friend's inspiring words and having their healing hearts open up, helps us all cope and I'd like to return the favor to someone else in need. Hopefully I can share some fun finds and art along the way too, so it's not all so serious.
Thank you all for your kind words and support over the past few weeks, I know that our family never would have made it through without all the prayers that have helped lift us up. My beautiful "warrior" friend Sarah, whom I don't know what I would do without, said something I can't get out of my head, along the lines of "there is beauty in grief". My life was forced to stop and take in all the beauty with the grief and it's been overwhelming. While I've had plenty of sad tears, I've also had the happy tears in abundance. This was very apparent to me when my Daddy passed away also, but I never really shared it.
On that note, I will end by saying how much I'm enjoying "Carry On, Warrior" by Glennon Doyle Melton (also reco from Sarah a long time ago) but landed in my lap at the right time. --Glennon also writes the blog "Momastery.com" which I'm sure some of you have heard of. Surely, I'm supposed to put "link in profile" stuff here but I need to learn how to do those kind of things first. Anyway, Glennon writes "when you write about your truth, it is a love offering to the world because it helps us feel braver and less alone". so here goes...
