LOVE ~ the most amazing 4 letter word in the Universe. It is a language we all understand and could never be too full of!
I love my husband because he is my best friend, my lover, my support and my rock. We have been married for 27 years - since I was just barely 18 and he just 20 years old. We have grown together and have experienced many highs and many lows, but always with the understanding that our marriage will always be important enough to work hard at. He is the father of our kids and the grandfather of our granddaughter and grandson-to-be. I am blessed to be his wife.
I love each of my adult kids for different reasons. Let's just say that they are all a peice of my heart walking outside of myself but forever attached to my very being.
Each of them is an amazing person that I truly feel blessed to have had the honor of being "Mom" to. I am lucky enough to have them all close to me and feel great about my relationship with 3 of them right now. The 4th will come around when she is ready, I'm sure!
Angela is my oldest. She is 25 and married to a wonderful young man, Geoff, she met in the Navy. They have a little girl, Audrey, who is 20 months old and a baby boy due in June. I am always amazed at her intuition & insight and am proud of the mommy she is to Audrey. I admire her for being able to be so outspoken and honest. She plans to work in the medical/business field when her kids are in school and is working on her bachelors degree online with her GI Bill.
Brandon is 24 and has taught me about perseverance, hard work, and forgiveness. I am forever learning from him in ways that always surprise me and humbles me as well. He has had many life lessons himself recently and is just beginning to 'start over' at this point. I am proud of the young man he is becoming after all he's been through because of bad decisions in the past. And he makes me laugh so hard with his sense of humor!!
Alicia is our adopted daughter (neice who we adopted when she was 4). She is 23 now. She is creative, beautiful and very independent. Her eye for art and ability to take what she sees and paint it onto a canvas is incredible! I believe I still have much to learn from her. We don't see her or hear from her much these days which breaks my heart, but I know that she has many lessons of her own to discover right now. She truly is trying to 'find' herself and has her own journey.
My youngest, Mandi, is 19 and trying out independence. I really am proud of her. She has always been the quiet, contemplative one in the family. She is determined to be independent and works full time. She is an animal lover and went to a pet grooming academy for a year before getting her job at a local "Doggie day care". She amazes me with her patience and gentle way.
It was so much fun and so much craziness and stress when they were all teenagers, but I do miss that chaos at times!
I have great love for many co-workers & friends who help define me and remind me of the person I am outside of being a wife and mother. They cheer me on professionally & personally, laugh with me for no apparent reason, cry with me when life throws a curve and pray with me whenever we feel the need.
I love my life coach and the amazing ladies who have joined with me on the most incredible journey I've ever had the priviledge to discover... my wise fairy godmother and beautiful friends-in-deed. We share conversations and feelings with each other that others may not care to hear about or understand. I am undeniably grateful and blessed by them.
I love the work I am doing right now to heal from old wounds and to build up and empower the person inside that I was created to be. I love the lessons learned by the many times I have fallen which have helped me to become who I am today. I love the friends who have come and gone in my life for the same reason. I love myself more with each day that I awaken to the real me. :)
Could there ever be too much love on this planet? I think not. I am excited to get this wonderful topic to journal about this week!
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