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Do one thing every day that scares you. -- Eleanor Roosevelt

Losing Loved Ones.......

I got reminded again this morning how fragile life can be, not that I need to be reminded. My front and center learning experience was when my husband was killed 10 years ago in a car accident. In the last eight months, I now know 4 different widows.....all women I've known for years in various extensions of my life experiencing the loss of their spouse like I had and my heart breaks all over again for them. No one should have to go through that pain....of losing anyone. The tears and loneliness following the funeral when the crowds of the first week gradually disappear, no one can describe it or understand it unless they have been through every single heart wrenching moment.
I want to jump in and take their pain away if its at all possible which it isn't but I can't help it. I know they need to go through it. It's all part of the journey. We all learn from the bad as well as the good.
I learned how much I want to help people feel good, relax, better their health, pamper themselves ever since I lost him. It took me a little while, postponing my life while I grieved. As you know, procrastination is my worse challenge to overcome but I continue to push myself every day or every other day or once a week. But I still push.
I still grieve to this day because I will always miss him.

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Much wisdom often goes with fewer words -- Sophocles

Ahhhhhhh Summer..........

I love all the brilliant colours coming from the flowers. I'm disappointed to see the lilacs gone already. I love their colour and their scent. Not that I would be able to smell them this week anyways. I have been blessed with yet another cold. I say blessed because I read everybody should be grateful for everything in their life including the bad stuff. I figure colds and flus fall under the category of bad stuff. The boys and I have experienced a bout of the flu in the past month and now this brutal cold. I try to look at that maybe I'm supposed to slow down whenever I get sick but I also lose customers and income. Nobody else wants to get sick and I don't blame them.
So my task right now is searching for another source of income that isn't so strongly affected by my health and still leaves my schedule open for my other business. And doesn't alter my time with my kids as well.
I was directed towards one of my hobbies earlier today so I will push forward on that idea and see what happens. I love to write also and as you can see I'm doing that already along with some other writing projects. I'm doing my best to stay patient and see where it leads. Patience is strongly required for this cold as well. Which one needs it more??? It's a coin toss.