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Saturday, December 27, 2014

The Girl She Was

There was a time.
There was a time when she was naive, had not known true heartache, had not been tarnished.
She smiled endlessly, laughed often, was playful.
It must have been apparent that this girl felt good. She felt good about her future.
She thought she understood how this world worked.
She believed in fairy tales.
And damn. This girl was cute. She was cute, fit, and she knew it.
It was not uncommon for her to turn heads when she walked in the room.
Not because she was loud. She just had a positive presence.
She had the world in the palm of her hands.
                                     

That girl then saw heartache. 
She was shown that men will use, hurt, and lie. 
She learned that the real world wasn't cut-and-dry as she had always believed. 
She was shown the darkness that she didn't know existed in people.
She learned that just because you want something, doesn't mean you will get it.
Nothing was really as she believed it was.

This girl was lied to. Cheated on. Abandoned.
She had a couple of babies to care for.
She gave up all that was for her.
She lost her happiness.
She lost her confidence.
She lost hope.
She lost her figure.
She lost her faith in humanity.
She learned to hate men.
She learned to trust no one.

When this girl had finally felt like she DID have things figured out, there he was.
Someone who was genuine. Honest. Cared.
He made her feel like the most gorgeous, smart, fun person in the whole entire world and did it effortlessly.
She could be her goofy self and he loved it
Her hope was back.
Her trust was back.
Her confidence wavered but with him by her side, she felt so much stronger.
They married.


Things change. 
Hard times come.


She and he grow.
She and he have scars.
Issues sneak up from the past.
She wants to feel like the most gorgeous, smart, fun person in the whole world to HIM.

He wants the whole world to admire him.
She wants him to be hers completely.

He wants his freedom.
Things change.



She sits here lost. Confused. 

She wonders what is to come. 
How can she get the hope he made her feel?


How can she get the confidence without his help?
How can she know what is true and real when things are so different?




She wants nothing more than to go back in time. 
She wants to go back to the girl she was. 
She wants to go back to the girl she was with the man she loves today.



Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Due Date

I didn't want today to go by without me saying something. So, here it is....
I'm okay. Despite the fact that I am a little bit sad that today was suppose to be meaningful and happy but is instead empty and just like any other day.... I am alright. I have made peace with the events of this past year. My husband kindly reminded me the other day that I am alive. There was a point in May of last year where we were not sure I was going to make it through the night. But in all that pain and sadness, God was good. I am here to watch my amazing boys grow and help them learn. I am here to hug my husband after a rough day at work and laugh at things only him and I are amused by. I am here to show love to my friends as they go through tough times in their lives. I am alive. What a blessing!
So, today I want to focus on what I was given and not what was taken. I was given an understanding of what it is to have that kind of loss- I can now relate better to so many other women. I was shown that my husband could give me such amazing strength and keep me together by being at my side when I am falling apart. I learned that a mother will do anything for her child- even if that child is 30 and it means stalking down a doctor and ignoring all privacy of other patients ( You are the best, Mom!) I have a better understanding of what miracles my children are. I saw such amazing love from the people in my life ( I still can't even express how thankful I am without breaking down in tears). I know, now, that sometimes God speaks the loudest when you are at your most vulnerable point.
So, today is sad.... But there is so much beauty in it all and that is what I am going to choose to see.
Thank you. I have the best family and friends that a girl could ask for.