GET READY...GET SET...NO

Hello Friends:

OH MY GOD, this has been such a bad week!!!  I haven't felt this beat up in a long time.  Yes, we all struggle on a day to day basis and somehow manage to get through it and move on.  I was in a place where despair ran from my brain and spread throughout my body.  No matter how hard I tried, I was not moving away  from it.  Me - -  I'm a prayer warrior which gives me an amazing amount of hope and then there are those times, even while I'm still praying,  I fall, you fall, we all fall.  I remember just wanting to feel the comfort of being home with something soft and warm wrapped around me and a big cup of tea. Of course there's a reason I paid a visit to the Hopeless Hotel.  I was working so very hard, putting a gazillion  percent of myself out there, trying to make things happen and kept getting rejected every  step of the way.  But here's what I learned and hope you can take something away from it.  When you hang in there, whatever you're feeling, no matter how bad it gets, you come out through the other side and things start to change.  It's inevitable!  We are women, we are strong and as we know,  cannot be kept down. Chances are we're not going to get what we need in 5 minutes (darn it...ok, just kidding) but when that sliver of light comes to us,  latch on because the climb begins.  Ah,  the difference a day or two or three makes but you get it...change will happen because we will make it happen.  And...yes, we are going to make visits to the Hopeless Hotel but that's ok because we're not  full time residents.  While I haven't figured it all out yet (tee he he)  my head is above water and there's a plan which believe it or not I started to craft at the Hopeless Hotel (just didn't realize it then).  Life is wild and crazy - - oh the things we go through!!!   But  we are still here!!! Hey, I'm swimming again. There's an island in the distance that looks like it's getting closer and closer. No, I'm swimming harder and I'm moving closer to it (am I surprised, we're always working  it). I know what's on that island and I'm ready to take it on.  Who knows, there may be other things waiting.   Yes, life is crazy and life is wonderful.    LET'S GO!!! 

By the way, thanks for being here.  There is a sigh of relief that comes from writing, sharing with each other.  That's when we realize we're not alone. So look forward to hearing your story. 

All good things...

Gail


"The way I see it if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain"  Dolly Parton