Picture This

"Sometimes you have to let go of the picture of what you thought it would be like and learn to find joy in the story you are actually living." ~Rachel Marie Martin~

Good evening dear ones. My life today is certainly not how I had pictured it 30 years ago. I had dreams that were never fulfilled but as I reflect on my life I wouldn't change a thing.

I have 2 amazing children who have grown into wonderful young men. They have taught me just as much as I have taught them, if not more. I have learned so much about life through their eyes and I am so grateful I got to be their mom. We have fun conversations, enjoy spending time together, and they remind me that happiness isn't a destination, it is a journey.

I have had many jobs over the years and I have learned much from all of them. I started working at a retail box store when 16, then I joined the Air Force at 17. Since then I've been through a variety of jobs before landing as a deductions analyst for the last 12 years for 2 different companies. My current job is by no means my dream job but I am grateful for it. I know that I will find my place in the world when the time is right, but for now I will find joy where I am.

I am currently in an amazing relationship that I don't think I would have been ready for if I hadn't been through the ones I had prior to it. I got married young and was divorced before I was 30. I had a few other relationships before staying single by choice for about a decade to heal and become the woman I am today. Now I am with a wonderful man and I am absolutely certain that I have found my person.

My loves, life may not bring you what you want, but it will give you what you need. You may not know it at first but you are being prepared for the good that is to come. Life has a way of giving you what you wanted, it just may not be how you would have pictured it. My advice would be to step back and let go of what you think it should be like. Open your eyes and your heart to all the possibilities that the Universe is giving you. Be good to yourselves and to each other. Love one another and sprinkle kindness everywhere you go. Yesterday is past and tomorrow isn't promised. Live and Love for today. - Live - Laugh - Love - Namaste