Nothing makes me feel better like reflection on the blessings in my life. So today in the midst of an emotional roller coaster which only proved that i am in fact a mess. I'm going to pause and remember how blessed i truly am.
To all my friends and family, those who are new and those who have seen me through years, i thank each of you. I would be nothing without you. You all encourage me, believe in me, and love me. I've never questioner the strength that i have gotten from the love you have showered me with. I cannot express my gratitude enough.
Life is far from what i thought it would become. I have been unlucky in love, unlucky with work. I have personally been filled to my very depths with sorrow and felt defeated in life. I can honestly and truly say that my friends and family have been my very reason for living this past year. In fact, one year ago i stood on a cliff and imagined every branch that might hit me on my way back to heaven. Thank you to a good friend who said, "please don't".
I thank everyone for their love, support, and encouragement. Thank you for being the light at the end of a dark tunnel, thank you for your inspiring thoughts, thank you for lifting me up, and for carrying me through days of hurt i thought would never end. In this life i have been blessed with so many wonderful people. I am certainly blessed.
As always, there are some people that i must express an even deeper gratitude for, so with the deepest of love....off we go.
Chickie and Buddy, i am so blessed to have such wonderful children. You each are so sweet, nice, talented, energetic, supportive, and loving. You are independent and strong. I look at you and i live in amazement. My soul filled with joy. I love the laughter we share. I love the hugs and kisses that you have yet to get too old for. You guys are so sweet with breakfast in bed and our conversations are always beyond what i thought we would have. I love you so very much and wouldn't ever change that i am blessed to call you mine.
Roxanne, without you my heart would ache. You are my truest friend. You give me your undying love, support, and friendship. You listen to me vent and even complain. You never tell me to give up on a love i know i should. You make breathing so much easier. I love that i can laugh with you, cry with you, share joy with you and ache with you. I am never alone. Thank you for being the beacon for my ship to follow. Thank you for teaching me sometimes love really does conquer all.
Mindy, we have become fast friends through understanding, honesty, and humor. You are so clever and there are moments you capture the secrets that my heart denies. You make me smile everyday. You are so much smarter, and wiser than you give yourself credit for. You have a strength inside you and i feel proud to have been given the opportunity to watch it grow. You are amazing in so many ways and i am glad that we found each other in this world. Thank you for sharing your world with me, opening it up for my enjoyment. You seem to always know what to say, and when to say it. You are the piece that has been missing. Thank you for coming home.
Aaron, i don't care if you don't believe in destiny, there is nothing random about us meeting and managing through two very busy schedules a friendship that i wouldn't trade for anything. Your music has danced with my soul. You heartache has helped my own find relief. Nothing prepared me for the wisdom you have opened my mind to. You are an anchor for my ever moving thoughts. I feel incredibly selfish when I'm able to steal an hour of conversation. You have simple helper me to listen to life so differently. As if it were possible, i feel more than i ever did but in a way that is so completely freeing. You have been my shoulder through some very very sad moments. Many men would have said....don't you have a girlfriend? Lol but not you. You let me cry as long as i needed, let me be angry, hurt. You helped me forget and escape when my world felt unbearable. You taught me that it isn't the falling that is hard, it's the getting back up and finding the courage to risk the fall again. I am so excited for your life. Thank you for including me on your journey, I'll never regret a moment of our friendship, you've been my favorite place to fall.
Ted, no one has ever made the phrase "i love you stupid" sound quite as good as you have. Over the years our friendship has changed in so many ways but you have always been honest and you have always loved me for who i was in that moment, never who i would become. I know that you will never be too far away to make me laugh. You bring me incredible joy. You know everything about me and still you love me. I have no fear when it comes to you. Thank you for too many early morning airport runs. Ive been incredibly lucky to count on you.
There are so many others i could easily write about and will throughout the upcoming days.
1 comments:
I love that you shared this. The end of Roxanne's is so true. Many may never believe in a lot, but those words "Love Conquers All" was going to be my next tattoo if I ever got one. Only I would put "Amor Vincit Omnia" it means the same in latin. But I love that and truly believe that without love, you'll find no enjoyment in anything. and once you're happy, you'll get through anything. I've always held those words true and close to my heart.
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