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| Great Grandfather Bobby & Tribe: Carter, Annie, and Brennan Keller, TX |
They say you can't get to the next chapter if you are still reading the last. So over the last few weeks since my return, I've taken care of old business both physical and mental preparing myself for the new and learning to live now. This is not only difficult for me but also necessary. The birth of triplets into our family adds to its importance. You must be happy and you must enjoy the life you have.
Today is Sunday and we are getting ready for a two hour trip to see our grand babies who now are nearly 8 weeks old. In fact their due date was actually tomorrow. We are happy for the joy that these three have brought into our family. Three more reasons to celebrate life and to keep moving forward.
For three hard years, challenge after challenge surface and there appeared little hope that things would get better. They did and it was in many ways completely for different reasons than I would have imagined. What changed wasn't circumstances but rather my own outlook. The ordeal of fire changed me as a person even as my assets were being depleted I became spiritually stronger to meet tougher challenges. The real me had an opportunity to emerge.
We adapt to change even if we do not embrace it. The nine unanticipated months in Tucson forever changed me. I will never wait or idly wait for things to happen in life. If there's a peak I will climb it simply because I can.
Having lost a husband and then a daughter to death at early ages, my bar is very high. If what I'm going through does not mean death, I try NOT to get too excited about it.
ReplyDeleteI also try to realize there is a reason, unknown to me, of why I am going through whatever it is....I've found those two things help me as I age and face my mortality.