I woke up to a new day. Thank you dear Lord. I have coffee, toast, quiet time, happy birds singing in the background, this sanctuary, gratefulness.org, poppies in the garden and so much much more.
My beautiful daughter is in a loving relationship with a really nice, good, decent fella (after a few bad apples) and for this I am thankful.
I am trying hard to stay focused on all that is going well as I am in the midst of a “great storm”, have been for awhile now, and it just keeps on going & gains more steam daily. Not sure how it will all end. Please pray for me. Thank you kindly.
Thank you to the folks @ gratefulness.org, for this reminder, FOCUS ON THE GOOD. 🙏❤️🙏

So much uncertainty currently in my life. This “uncertainty“ has been with me for the last year, all around a family medical emergency. I am trying, have been trying to embrace it all, staying in the present moment, praying & getting quiet. There have been good days & bad days. I am trying so hard to remember “Faith over Fear”. I have to remind myself that so much is out of my control. I am truly being “tested”, on so many levels.. “Faith over Fear”. 🙏
And to remember LOVE, always. ❤️

Good question. For the last year I have not had much “fun” in my life. Got an emergency phone call from family, packed 1 suitcase & have been here, (from the west coast to the Midwest) ever since. I have been the sole caregiver for my 96 yr. old mother & my dear brother who suffered from a terminal illness. Fast forward, (not the best choice of words), my mother now lives in a nursing home & my dear brother Kerry has gone to heaven. So much drama, trauma, sadness, pain, shock, hellish days, busyness, that I literally have had no time to process much. Now I am dealing with my brother’s estate, dismantling my mother’s apt., all while I have not been home in over a year & have not seen my husband either. And my cat went to the Rainbow Bridge, too.
Today’s word for the day by Haruki Murakami, resonates so loudly with me, as I am in the storm of a lifetime. I am truly a changed person because of all I have gone thru & continue to go thru. I am not so sure I will survive all of this, but I have made it this far & there is no turning back now.
In the meantime, the only “fun” I have is walking, hugging trees, chatting with the birds, smelling the flowers, watching the bees & watching old reruns of Johnny Carson! Perhaps on the other side of this storm I can focus on “fun”.
Thank you for letting me share. 🙏 ❤️