““ Before somebody ’ s tomorrow has actually been removed, treasure those you enjoy, value them” today. ” ~ Michelle C. Ustaszeski Landlines, you remember them, phones that have to be plugged in the wall. Well, my spouse and I still have one. Our moms and dads have actually dedicated the phone number to memory, …
Tag: loss
When You Reframe Your Breakup as an Opportunity, Everything Changes
“Sometimes the most uncomfortable learning is the most powerful.” ~Brené Brown Seems impossible, doesn’t it? How can you look at your breakup as an opportunity when it feels like someone cut your right arm off and ripped out your heart? Breakups can be rough. When you open yourself up to another person, love them unconditionally, …
8 Things I Learned from Watching My Mum Die
“Pain changes your life forever. But so does healing from it.” ~Kayil York In 2012 my mum got diagnosed with cancer. After an operation, she was cancer-free for some time when in March 2017 it was discovered that the cancer had returned and had spread everywhere, notably to her lungs. She was adamant that she …
The Top 7 Reasons We Stay in Bad Relationships
“Some of us think that holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go.” ~Hermann Hesse She knew it sooner than I did. And more intensely than I did. I, on the other hand, may have considered our differences but never thought of them as deal-breakers. I tried to justify the many struggles …
The Little Things in Life Are the Ones That Matter Most
“It isn’t the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it’s the pebble in your shoe.” ~Muhammad Ali I followed a little boy in Walmart today. He didn’t look like my son and yet I trailed him and his mother all over the store. I curled my fingers around the shopping cart so I …
How I’ve Learned to Fully Appreciate the Little Time I Have on Earth
“Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live.” ~Normal Cousins Recently, my grandfather passed away. His departure was difficult for me but it has also left me with something I’ll keep for the rest of my life—an unlikely lesson about life and gratitude. I …
3 Things That Are Helping Me Deal with Stress, Pain, and Loss
“Being on a spiritual path does not prevent you from facing times of darkness; but it teaches you how to use the darkness as a tool to grow.” ~Unknown Life has not been kind lately. My aunt passed away in October. She had been suffering from cancer, but her family kept the extent of her …