Thursday, January 13, 2011

Hi Peeps ....

..... that's it, really.
Just hi.

OK, I won't leave you high and dry like that.
But I really don't have much to say.

It's been a good week.
It's been a busy week.
I've gotten a lot of work done.
I'm getting a clearer vision of how God wants me to use what I've experienced to help others.
I have a passion to help widows.
It's huge.
Even though there's not much I can do to help them, I guess I can help them know that they're not alone out there.
And they're not crazy.
And that it is possible to live.
Preferable?
Not always.
But definitely possible.

So .... life is mostly good.

My word for the year 2011 is "Hope".
I hope that it's a good year.
I hope that I can find joy.
I hope that I can stay content.
I hope that I can grow.
I hope that I can rise above any challenge that may come this year.
I hope my kids stay healthy and make good decisions.
I hope I make good decisions.

I could probably list more things, but I think that's enough for now.

I've been trying to make decisions about my life and where it's heading ..... or not heading.
I think that God is showing me to continue to just take it one day at a time.
To be patient.
To just ...... be.

I don't have to make any big decisions right now.
I can just live my life the way that I'm living it .... and be content.
Even happy.

I'm in a good place.
I don't intend to make any changes anywhere.
Of course I know that life can make it's own changes.
Oh, how well I know that.
And if it does ..... it does.

I'll be ok ... no matter what happens.
I have survived.
I didn't want to.
I didn't plan to.
I didn't hope to.

But I have .... in spite of myself.

I am content.
I am happy.
I am secure.
I am independent.

I am good.

Jim did all that he could to make sure of that.
He loved me well.
He provided for us wonderfully.
He spoiled me rotten.
He gave me everything I could ever need, and most of what I could ever want.

I.
Am.
Good.

I guess I had more to say than I thought.

Happy Thursday, Peeps.
:)

5 comments:

kdawnmartin said...

I love you my dear sister! More than words can say!

Phyllis said...

So glad that 2011 is starting out well for you.

Jim was a wise man to plan so well at such a young age. He truly loved his family well.

Beth said...

as a long time reader of your blog, and occasional commenter, what you to help other widows, letting us know we are not alone and not crazy is HUGE! I am forever grateful I somehow stumbled onto your blog early in my journey. You have helped me more than you will ever know.

BethinNC said...

"May the God of HOPE fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with HOPE by the power of the Holy Spirit." Romans 15:13

Anonymous said...

well said, Don's whole focus through our almost 27 years together was that I be taken care of when he died...he succeeded, that in the end was the greatest gift he could have ever given to me!