Welcome to the blog, it has been a while and I have been taking time out to come to grips with losing my mother. I shared in my previous post, and I spent time with my sister, and we went down memory lane. There is now only the two of just who are now the older generation...
I send love and tender hugs to all those who have lost loved ones, there is nothing that can quite prepare you for loosing someone. We have to make sure we treasure all the memories and the time we spend with each other.
When mum first went into the first residential care home, I had put a book of her life together and filled it with photographs and some of her likes and dislikes, I spent time this week looking through it and it brought much comfort. I am glad I shared my experience as she navigated dementia, some of the laugh out loud moments that had been tinged with fear - her walking in with two policemen laughing and joking after going missing for over 4 hours we were worried sick, she came back with tales of her adventure, and I am sure several hairs on my head went white that day.
In my A-Z of caring I spoke of some of the feelings that I experience, including a feeling of loss, and things not being fair, on the flip side it brought out mums' sense of humor and a love of dancing, art and so much more.
She would called herself the 'Dancing Queen' and teach whoever was interested how to do the Shimmy. She had two favorite songs - Dancing Queen by Abba, and One Love by Bob Marley - we had them both playing for her at the funeral - we gave her a good send off.
I now think of next steps for my life - we forget fast time flies. What things have I been holding myself back from doing that I need to get on with? What dreams have I been sitting on? What has yet to be fulfilled?
So, what is stopping you? What have you promised yourself but keep on putting it off, saying to yourself tomorrow? Tomorrow might not come and there are people out there waiting to be inspired and motivated by you!
What are you hiding from? Whose opinions do you care about so badly that you are holding back? I have resolved for myself that over the next few months I will go all out, reaching for those dreams and creating a ton of new ones - we are not promised tomorrow, and we don't know what it may bring - see James 4:13-15.
That said, why not challenge yourself, start today, decided what you want to do and follow through - I am participating in the ' Ultimate Blog Challenge' and I will be posting every day in the month of October and sharing some of the work that I do. Start living your best life, where your dreams however small can come true - live the life you can be proud of - I know that you can do it!
