ROUGH WATERS

Life is filled with UPS & DOWNS. It is part of what makes things exciting.

LIFE IS A GAME. We get to choose how we play it.

Many times in life we are presented with obstacles to see how we will strategize to get to the next phase or over the next hurdle.

Sometimes in life we just feel defeated by the challenges we are presented with. Sometimes we feel victorious on our abilities to manuveaur ourselves through the rough waters.

My mom always says God gives you no more than you can handle........I like to believe that but sometimes question if that is the truth.

It is these challenges and obstacles that allow us to grow into the people we were meant to be.
We must TRUST & have FAITH, that we are in life exactly where we are suppose to be in order to flourish and realize our gift.  Sometimes that means things or people are taken from us.

This is oftentimes very difficult........We must appreciate the gift that they were and our to us and to honor their memory by living our best lives.

We must SHINE OUR LIGHT and SHARE OUR GIFT.

When the waters get rough we need to TRUST......We need to jump in,  go with the flow and know that we will find our way.

Sometime life's lessons are difficult.

Saying Goodbye

GOODBYES

This week I was faced with saying goodbye, some anticipated and some unexpected.
Either way goodbyes are never easy.

Earlier this week Val's time here had come to an end and he needed to head home to Rio.
It has been really great hosting him and having him revisit my family and stay with me over these past four months.  He, I will see again next year. I look forward to his return.

PEOPLE COME AND GO. That is just the way life is. If we are so lucky we all will cross paths again.

The second set of goodbyes was completely unexpected, and very hard to wrap my mind around and understand. The question that I asked over and over again is
WHY???????????? WHY?????????

After my morning walk yesterday on what was a beautiful fall morning.  When I returned home I sat at my computer and received a phone call from a friend in Los Angeles with some very upsetting news.

She had asked me if I had read our mutual friends face book page.  I said I had not. She than preceded to tell me that our friend Charlie's baby died during childbirth.  I was shocked. That was not all. Shortly after the baby died his wife Gia also died.

I said to her what are you talking about.  I than opened his face book page to have this very sad and tragic news confirmed in 2 status updates.

I was crushed to have read this news. It is SENSELESS. My poor friend is devastated as are his friends and family.

LIFE IS PRECIOUS

We never know when our time is up. This is why it is so important to LIVE IN THE MOMENT. LIVE FOR THE NOW.

Yesterday a beautiful, healthy, vibrant young woman and her unborn, full term and healthy son were taken for reasons we will never know.

One thing that I do know is that Charlie and his sons will be forever guided by the spirits of both
GIA and SAMSON.

Better know now as CHARLIE'S ANGELS

BE KIND, HELP ONE ANOTHER, SHARE YOUR GIFT, SHINE YOUR LIGHT AND LOVE

R.I.P  GIA & BABY SAMSON

LIGHT AND LOVE TO CHARLIE TO FIND THE STRENGTH IN THESE DARK DAYS.