Awe…Well when I woke up today, I saw the sun barely coming through the wooden blinds of my country bedroom….I stretched and felt a warm kiss on my cheek from my hunny and decided to make myself feel a happy sunrise hit all of us today!
For a few weeks now, I have accomplished a lot of positive thinking moments…after being convinced by a few special people that I am an encourager and should possibly look into being a Life Coach.
So upon thinking this….I thought I better start taking my own advice…Some of my close friends know that my words that I blog about on Twitter and Facebook often make me look like my life is a roller coaster. And actually it feels like it most of the time, but in a good way. I make it that way!
I have always been a happy person but I have found over the years its been more of a challenge to fight to be positive all the time….Its kinda hard in this crazy world we live in…especially looking at my own drama life…the city girl that left it all behind to find romance in this small little country town I’ve now planted my roots in….and totally changed my lifestyle!
Odd things is…as small as a town it is…a lot of stuff happens here! And so I wanted to reflect on something sweet I witnessed yesterday.
Let me start by saying about…over a year ago, I was put in a situation where I defended one of my daughters (like a good parent should do).
The problems came at first with just with some of her peers, then some school teachers, then the principal and then other parents…and well I just kept defending my daughter the whole time.
It was a really big mess…details aren’t important at this time…
So….we all separated ourselves ,both the parents and the children,
(that were all close at one time)
Speaking not a word to each other, even if we saw each other in church!
Gosh…retelling this story makes me haunt…how childish we all were.
Anyways…
So, like a year has passed….all the girls now talk to each other again and actually all work at the same place and also go to different events with each other. So, they put it all in the past….but I have never talked to any of these parents I had words with back then.
Well, I went to the local meat market yesterday and as I was walking to the entrance of the store…like most nice people in this small town…a “how ya doing mam“?
Came at me…
I……like normal…was actually honest…like 98% of the time…Im not afraid to say anything!
So, I said Geez, I’m exhausted..(it had been a really challenging day for me) and the gentleman came closer, saying “and why is that?”
… And then…as he approached me..he had this look on his face
…and said “who are you”?
Well, this happens all the time because of the business my husbands runs so I assumed it was one of the customers we had once dealt with…So I said yes I’m so and so’s wife…
and he said “that’s it” now I remember!
I had no clue who he was …until he reminded me of who is daughter was!
Guess? Yep, one of the girls that had problems with my daughter
…and he was a dad that had been really ugly!
Well, it was a different story at that moment, he gave me a hug and said how much he missed his little girl (referring to my daughter) and wanted to know all about her…
So we preceded into the meat market , talking and this gentlemen was recognized by someone else…and this person said “where is all your hair?
Well…duh! that’s why I hadn’t recognized him….I just thought he had became bald.
He explained that he had a dear friend that had been going through chemotherapy for cancer and she lost all of her hair…
So….this gentlemen said I wanted to show her my love and I shaved off all my hair to support her!
Awe….
This touched me so much.
I really haven’t had many people in my life ,have cancer…but I have participated in fund raisers for Women’s Breast Cancer Awareness before….
It is my hope that my words in my stories get to many people…and one day when I have enough support coming from my stories on Wine Glass Girl, I would love to have a fund raiser event.
In the meantime…if you know anyone who is willing to share a story of cancer or survival. Please pass them this link and have them contact me. I would love to share their story.
Also, I want to note that as a parent I assumed that I would always feel that tug on my heart to protect your child….in which I always will…however because of the real truth that has relished over this past year….I admit that I was blind to many things at that time.
Its helped me to grow and learn from that experience…and the journey that we travel can only open more doors.