E-Mail NewsletterJune 18, 2006
Volume 1, Number 4
AnneGD@groww.org
Everyday something new happens to us, whether it’s good or bad. We are the ones that get to decide how to react to it. My personal belief is it’s our choice, I live each day to the fullest, I try not to let stress get me down, I’m not one to have pity parties, if it’s not a great day, I shake it off, that me, if you’ve ever met me, you know I grab life by the horns and run with it.
I hear a remarkable story today that brought me to tears. A woman I talk to and work with almost every day told me she wouldn’t be at work tomorrow, she was taking the day off to go help her Church with a Funeral, an 82 year old man died, he had 8 kids and was widowed, almost 2 years ago he met a widow and they got married, she didn’t have any kids of her own. My friend told me they were always so happy he treated her like a queen and she treated him like a king, no matter how they felt they were like two teenagers in love. He died yet making her a widow again. His eight children and their families are very close to his wife and have been there for her, they love her and support her in every way. That’s the way it should be. I hear so many horror stories about blended families and the wicked “steps” be it child or parent.
These two people were blessed and they lived each day to the fullest. We loved the person we mourn who died, but we have to remember we are still alive, when it’s our time, it will our time, until then work at grieving, work at healing, you aren’t evil or uncaring if you can laugh and have fun again. You deserve to have fun again, do something for you this summer, either something new or something you did together as a family.
Until next month, Good Grief
AnneGD
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