Please Remember!

  We all do wonderful and sometimes-not-so-wonderful things. The terrible thing is, the negative things we've done are often all we can think about!

   People can be so hard on themselves! I know that half the time I worry that I am not good enough to be the person I want to be. The crazy thing is that all our faults are in the past. There are no faults in the future, only opportunity!

  We won't know how far we have come from our faults until we are tested again. If we are always telling ourselves we are not enough, it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. When it comes time to prove how much we've grown, it is easy to fail again because it is comfortable! If we don't expect great things from ourselves, why would we possibly be motivated to do them? Change the voice in your head! Know that you are capable of weird and wonderful things!!

  When muddled and confused, it is best to talk to Christopher Robin. He had the most muddled and confused friend, and he was constantly helping him realize his own worth.

  I wrote this post for one of my dear friends. She is one of the most amazing and awe-inspiring people I have ever met, but sometimes she forgets. Dearest, always remember, you are braver, stronger, and smarter than even Christopher Robin could have imagined!

Far Better Things

 So, it has been almost exactly a month since my last posting.

 Actually, about 20 minutes after my most recent post, I got a phone call telling me my grandfather had passed away. This was extremely sudden and heartbreaking news. Less than a week later one of my dear, close Aunts was put into a coma with the hopes that her health would improve after a recent diagnosis of Lymphomal cancer. About ten days later she passed away.

 If someone had told me on July 1st that I would lose two beloved family members within the month, I would not have believed them.

 Life is short, and nothing, except death, is certain. People are only in our lives for a very small period of time. We have to cherish every single moment we have with them. There is someone in your life today that you are taking for granted. Let them know you love them. Tell them what they mean to you. In less than two months I lost two completely alive and healthy people.

 Two weeks ago I was grieving with my dad's family, this week I will be grieving with my mom's. If not for the love an support of each other, we would all be a mess. I want to say how grateful I am for my amazing parents, siblings, cousins, aunts and uncles. We are comforted in knowing that our loved ones are in a better place. They are together waiting for us. They are the far better things.

-Grandpa and Aunt Therese, I miss you both. The world is less without you here, but Heaven is so much richer. I love you-