Have you blown the plans for your future?

Have you BLOWN your plans for your future?

Losing a spouse affects SO many things. It’s not just the loss that crushes your heart, tears at your spirit, and allows loneliness to come rushing in. It’s all the other things that begin to wear on the human spirit. It’s a HUGE change in your entire existence. It’s the day after day of getting up alone, going to bed alone, the absolute silence in your home, eating alone, no intimate conversations, no one to root you on, losing your best friend and the list goes on. To those who have never lost someone they loved more than life itself, Grief is nothing.

Knowing is Understanding…..

When I wake up now, and as the sun is peeking it’s little head through my bedroom window, I have begun this thing with God. I just lay in the bed for a moment and begin to think upon my day. I begin to stretch my faith. I usually say outloud, “okay Lord so what do you have for me today?” May sound strange for some of you but in days past it’s been hard for me to look towards the future because my PAIN has been so great. Talking out loud to HIM gives me HOPE. As I speak I remember that GOD is still in charge of everything and that there is not one single thing I can do in my own power to change the plan HE Has laid out for me. #jeremiah29:11

After 21 months I’m still learning, still growing…. I”m still figuring out how to mend the crack in my broken heart. It is life changing. BUT the one thing I have learned is that you have the decide to either GROW from it or DIE in it.

Today I came across these words and it really hit home with ME. I hope it will speak to you as well.

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Happy Birthday Dennis…

Happy Birthday Dennis….. Today I share one of my favorite photos of my sweet husband with you in celebration of his Birthday. He would have been 62 today. This was taken 2 years ago while we were on our annual beach trip. Something we looked forward to.
He was doing what he loved. CHILLIN’… Do rag and all. He was sound asleep on our deck surrounded by the sound of the ocean and the smell of the beach. Me, oh i’m sitting off to the side reading and writing and watching him breath and feeling blessed. Putting my thoughts on paper, like I am now.
I thought every year when we made this trip that I was blessed (and I was) but I know now that it is in the little things where we really find unmeasurable blessings.
Seems silly to some to even acknowledge a Birthday for someone who has left this earth but it’s not silly at all. This is a day of the year for 23 years we celebrated together. I must say though that I’ve always seen birthdays alittle different than most. To me it has nothing to do with the gifts, the decorations or the party, but everything to do with the LIFE that GOD has given us. Birthdays are special. They are makers to me that you’ve made it another year. It’s an opportunity to reflect and to siege all at the same time. ‪#‎lookingbackmovingforward‬.
Life is fragile, death is tragic but when you mix those two together you find MEMORIES. One is while your making them and the other is what brings them more to life.
Dennis was an extraordinary man. One who was remarkably smart, level headed, BIG hearted and who loved unconditionally.
If I had my RATHERS… well I’d be in my kitchen today ( with my Queenie apron on. Some will get that, others of you won’t) baking him a birthday cake and planning dinner tonight. We would probably be sitting down to our dining room table alone with a room filled with candles and white lights and having small talk. Boy how I miss that. But instead….. i’m blessed to be celebrating in my heart and remembering ALL the good times. Happy Birthday Sweetie.
“Show me the right path, O Lord; point out the road for me to follow. Lead me by your truth and teach me, for you are the GOD who saves me. All day long I put my hope in you.” Psalms 25: 4-5dennis