The Hardest Thing

I listened to this song today, maybe you know it, it's called "all at once" by the fray. It's not the first time I've heard this song or listened to the lyrics, but, it is the first time it was congruent with my life. I realized that the hardest decisions I've made in my life have affected it in a positive way. And "all at once" it came to me that - not letting go of this love, but, letting go of the strings attached to it - has been The Hardest Thing, but the right thing. It's songs like this that make life easier to cope with when you're out of words to light the way.

 I'll quote a friend and agree that "When words fail, music speaks <3"

Sometimes The Hardest Thing and The Right Thing, are the same.



I love life. Some days are harder than others, but, we make it through them just the same.

A piece that belongs in the clouds

In my last post, I talked about finding the right places to put the pieces to my puzzle of life. Tonight, I found a piece that I know exactly where it goes. This piece is called remembrance. It is only a memory, but, a constant reminder of how grateful we should be to have the loved ones that surround us.

Remember, even if the memory is physically gone, its strength carries on through your soul. When you're feeling down, Remember the memories that always made you smile and look for the signs of those memories in your every day life. Continue to cherish what you once loved as if it were still with you at this very moment, because it is and its power is very recognizable.

Memories hold the key to our hearts. They are a part of who we are, what we've accomplished, where we've been, and what we've endured. Bad or Good,
Happy or Sad.

Memories are like the wrinkles on our skin, the longer we live the more abundant they become. But, there is one big difference between memories and age; memories are eternal. They begin the day we are born, are with us the day we took our first steps, ate our first piece of cake, blew our first bubble, and said our first goodbye. Memories last our entire lives, but what I mean by eternal, is just that. Memories will be with us in our afterlives and they will give us the strength we need to guide our loved ones in the right direction. They will be with us, eternally.

This post is dedicated to the memories of Stephanie Marie Gilbert and
John William Goddard; Rest in Peace and continue to provide the strength your loved ones need to continue their lives. You're forever Angels in our hearts.

One piece at a time

This is my first blog, ever. I'm not sure if anyone is reading, but like so many others do, it helps to write out life's trials and tribulations. Writing makes the pieces in life much easier to put together.

And so here I am, looking at life in a pile of pieces trying to figure out what needs to be put where. I am a little confused because there are so many pieces, and, so many questions. There are uncertainties everywhere around me and it's frustrating because I have no answers. Every day brings a new question - a new piece in my life that has no place to be put. Today, and for the past few weeks, that piece is Love. I know I'm not alone with this one, I'm sure there are many people out there that are going through questions about love or trying to figure out how it works.

My curiosity is; how do you get this piece to fit?

Love is so dimensional. Its depth is never ending, but its flexibility is stiff. Just when you adapt to its elasticity, its breaking point changes and you fall straight through. This is where my piece gets thrown back into the pile.

What makes Love strong?

Love has found me twice, my mind and my heart tells me, and has left me without reason or rhyme. It makes no sense to me, and it hurts more than anything to be left with that emptiness. Even though I struggle to find solid ground I still know that I must move on, but, the question still remains...

There are so many pieces to put together and all I can do is set this one aside to move onto another piece....maybe one that's not so complicated.