It is what it is and I am okay with that! =)

I have always been able to tap into my Girl Power ~ No, I won't claim to be Super Woman by any means, but I know I have had Super powers of my own over the years...We all do, how else would we get by with out them??Before my almost fatal fall 2 years ago, I was always flying with my stilletoe heels barely touching the ground! My fiance could barely keep up with me sometimes. This was the life I became accustomed to as a single mom for 8 years on my own, working multiple jobs and making it happen. I mention how I have learned to stop and smell the flowes and see the butterflys, listen to the birds and watch the garden grow among many other things I was not taking notice if at all, too busy with everything I had going on... I am sad that I missed out on so many little things while I was speeding through life!

Now I am stuck in bed almost 24/7 taking the time necessary to heal and I am trying not to go out of my mind!!! I knew it would be hard and just thinking about it was stressful even before my ankle fusion surgery a few weeks ago... Of course the house continues to be lived in and needs constant up keep, Its not easy for me but My awesome man and my son are doing a great job maintaining things, they will never do it like I do but it gets done and thats all that really matters at the end of the day....So, I am stuck in bed, Off my foot until it at least Labor Day ~ If the offer was out there to lay around for 3 months and have people wait on you hand & foot, sounds like a dream for some, its more like a nightmare for me!!

I am counting my blessings and thankful for my life, my health and the healing power that continues to prevail in my life every day through faith and prayer I know we will make it.

A New Year begins...

What a wonderful day it is to celebrate the coming year... reflection on the year that has past which was full of many ups and downs including a miracle still in the works :) I have much to be grateful for and even more to be thankful for! I had the most awesome Christmas a girl could ever dream of with my wonderful man and it was even sweeter because for the first time in 7 years I had both of my children with me to wake up on Christmas morning! We traveled to Columbia SC on Tuesday and enjoyed a day with my family at my lovely sister Irene's home ~ Wednesday morning before we woke the kids up, we exchanged our gifts and I was completely surprised with a laptop!! WOW!! was all I could say! We relaxed Christmas Day and Friday (my foot was swollen so I had to stay off of it) ~ Saturday we went to Charlotte to see his family and our friends returning very early in the morning and then sleeping till noon Sunday ~ It was hard to pack up the car and leave... Frankie and I are getting so used to the time we have together and its getting harder every time to be apart... we have gotten spoiled the last month with quite a few days in every visit, now we have to go back to 10 days without seeing each other... how we will manage is a mystery to us...but we will make it. I am looking forward to the year ahead ~ many new and exciting things are in store and I am so very blessed to have a wonderful man in my life to share it all with...
Recovery is still going slow as expected but I am glad I still have the ability to walk ~ maybe next year I can put on my dancing shoes for the New Year!!
Resolutions are always good as far as prioritizing what is most inportant in our busy lives, I can see the progress I have made over the past few years because finally the resolutions are not the same over and over again, I realized I was not growing much in the years where not much changed...self therapy and learning self love was part of the process and I am glad I got to know me again! I am embracing life and the many blessings I have... I am anticipating the new years with pure joy and excitement and a heart full of love!