“Remember that lovely evening surrounded by friends at home, maybe with a glass or cup of tea and baked goods on the table. There were candles, the rain was beating on the window outside. There was laughter, conversation, and a feeling of comfort…you were present in the moment together. There was no before or after that mattered. That’s hygge.”
~ Unknown
In preparation to publish my second book Write Your Way Through Change - a 21-Day Devotional Journal for Grief & Major Life Transitions, I want to share the reason why I wrote my first book.
My first book, Hello Nobody is what came from my desire to tell my own story of grief and life transition. I wanted someone to know that if I can make it through, they could too.
The hardest trials actually uncovered my faith. I was raised in a Christian home, brought up in church, youth group and even attended a Christian College. I believed God was good and had good plans for me. I asked Him into my heart and life, in a personal way when I was 16 years old. I knew He was real.
Everyone has a story to tell and there is someone that needs to hear it.
Have you ever found yourself in a place of life transition, change that you didn’t ask for or want?
I have and that’s what happened to me. I suddenly found myself facing life alone in the circumstance I didn’t ask for.
I realized when faced with unwanted choices in life, there’s a choice to be made.
The first thing I learned is that grief isn’t fair. It can hit you more than once and can take prisoners.
It’s that time of year again. My screened-in porch gives a new spot for living. This week I washed the furniture, vacuumed all the cushions of winter partials and scrubbed the floor with a solvent that left a squeaky clean feel to bare feet. The ceiling fan ensures a soft constant breeze. Today the humidity is cooperating and is comfortable. The wind passing by comes in ribbons of strength that have tree leaves dancing and shaking, lifting their heads to sound like the waves of the ocean.
