This quote has served me well over the years, as I have made my way through grief, loss and breast cancer.
I believe it does take "courage" and wisdom to "be in the moment right here and now," but, this is the only moment that we have and there is never enough time to say and do all the things that we want to say or do.
Over the years, especially since the loss of our son, Kevin, I have replaced regrets of missed opportunities with a heart-change in how I live each and every day of my life. I am intentional about being fully present in every moment, wasting little time on what I now refer to as the "non-essentials" of life.
I have simplified my life and I am much more focused on making time for appreciating and enjoying the simple, everyday pleasures that I know may very well become keepsake memories one day.
How about you? Do you have the wisdom and courage to "live in the moment - no matter what it brings?"
In companioning with hundreds of grieving "moms like me" over a decade as Co-Founding Director of "Mothers Like Me" Comfort Ministry, I have met some incredibly courageous women who after suffering the painful loss of their child/children decided to step up and "enjoy everyday," bearing their burden of loss with hope rather than getting stuck in their sorrow. More often than not, these women who are, in my opinion, true heroes live with purpose and the enhanced sense that life is meant to be lived fully and though we all suffer and face hardships in this life, we are meant to "enjoy everyday no matter what it brings."
For some, it may take years to get to this place in their journey of grief, but it is my hope and prayer that at some point, sooner than later, we will all get there, because it is a peaceful place of healing and wholeness that our Father God (and our children) wants us to reach. May our grief and loss not define us, but rather refine us into people of courage, faith and hope.
Living in the Moment,
Angie "a mom like you"
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Living in the Moment,
Angie "a mom like you"
amotherlikeme@gmail.com
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