Is there something you always wished you could do? When I was kid, I wanted to fly. Not an airplane. Actually fly. Like Mary Poppins or Superman. I tried taking my umbrella outside in the wind and leaping off the neighbor’s embankment. I even convinced some other kids to try it with me.
But no matter how windy it was, and no matter how hard we tried, we were never able to fly.
Have you ever had a day when a real tragedy was juxtaposed with something made out to “look” like a tragedy? That happened to me the other day. It reminded me of what’s truly important in life and how often we forget.
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| Subscribe in iTunes | Subscribe in Stitcher | Subscribe via RSSWhen I was married to Jerry, one of my favorite times of the day was coming home from work. I would pull into the garage, get out of my car, and open the mudroom door.
As I approached the kitchen door, I could hear Jerry exclaiming, “The Honey's home!!”
When I woke up Monday morning, on our country's 240th birthday, I was thinking about our Founding Fathers. I thought about their ideals, their willingness to sacrifice, and their commitment through difficult times.
And I realized that I have embarked on a somewhat similar mission – though not anywhere near the scale of founding the USA.
Whether you’ve been widowed, divorced, or experienced some other loss in your life, the book Saturday Night Widows has something to teach you about what it means to be shaken up, spit out, and come back to life. Not the same life. An entirely new life built from the wreckage of the old.
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