I have lived for 1 year, 3 months and 3 days mourning a friendship that never existed. I started this blog as a catharsis-trying to get past a very difficult moment in my life. I thought the story about that period of my life had ended, but I was wrong. One of the people who…
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The last part to my story….closing the door. “Challenges are gifts that force us to search for a new center of gravity. Don’t fight them. Just find a different way to stand.”-Oprah Winfrey I end the story that I began on this blog two months ago with this quote from Oprah Winfrey because I truly…
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Part 5 of my story This next part of my story is the toughest for me as I am still struggling with it. It was also the darkest part of what happened last winter. As you know from my prior posts, I came home to great loss. I had lost my father-in-law, who I loved…
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Part 4 of my story “The best thing to do when you find yourself in a hurting or vulnerable place is to surround yourself with the strongest, finest and most positive people you know.” –Kristin Armstrong When someone’s life is coming down around them, as mine was in early February 2018, crawling into bed seems…
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Part 3 of my story And my story continues….I found myself in a place that was not working, so I got on a plane and went home. Just like that. It’s so much easier to stay in a situation that is not healthy because we are getting something out of it-whether it be financial gain,…
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Part 2 of my story “Today is day one.” I love this quote for many reasons: It is simple. It provides hope. It is positive. It means we have a clean slate. We can start fresh. No matter how muddy we currently are. January 31, 2018 was my “Day One.” I was in a precarious…
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Part 1 of my story “Life is a grindstone, and whether it grinds a man down or polishes him up depends on the stuff he’s made of.”-Josh Billings This blog is for anyone who has failed at something. It is for anyone who has experienced their life crashing down around them and, somehow, made it…
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