March 2014
Since Spring may be just around the corner in our area I decided I needed to get back to something a little 'More Normal' - I realize 1 year has past and this Blog has been neglected -...
LIFE as most of Know It Has been so changed- A Mutual friend published a Book a few years ago titled "NORMAL Doesn't Live Here Anymore"-In this last year that has become my new motto- Barb Owens wrote this book after losing both of her Parents - This book was so parallel to the story of my Father's Life-Little did I know that at the time of her publication how much her Story would actually impact my life....
Since August of 2012 My LIFE (and my Family's) has been turned upside down - due to tremendous losses of several close family members - I Have a HUGE family; but a DEATH of any member of that family is sometimes overwhelming....
How can you get over the sudden death of a future Great nephew when God called this precious child to join Him in Heaven at the age of 6 months into a pregnancy -When his two amazing parents had tried for so long to add this precious child to their family...
How do you help your Sister ,the grandmother , get over this tragedy only to have her lose her Precious, fun-loving 35 year old Daughter ( my niece) 2 months later??? I had NO ANSWERS~
Regretfully both of these sudden losses were just the beginning of my ' Normal Life Not being There Anymore'. As I may have posted back in the late fall of 2012 in a matter of 6 weeks I lost 4 other family members & friends too. It seemed like my/our Life was spent either at a hospital visiting an ill relative Or attending a funeral ~ But more than anything else I was trying to prepare myself for the impending death of my very ill, elderly father. I'm so Thankful to have had the limited time to prepare for that occurrence 4 months later (Feb 2013).
During this whole period of time me & my Family kept Hoping some sort of "Normalcy " would return to our Lives. But helping both my Mother & Sister deal with their losses of the Precious Loved ones was just overwhelming at times; therefore My Little part in the world Changed FOREVER!
My art & friends took a back seat~ I have not been able to get my MOJO back since....
In all of Our LOST we did have a Bright Shining Moment - My nephew & his wife were able to add a most precious Baby added to their Family -Quentin arrived in August-{After many prayers & set backs} He IS the light in ALL OUR LIVES. By the end of summer I tired to get back to things that I used to cherish so much like doing random photography ,scrapbooking, art journaling , going to the my friend's Lake house, taking random drives and walks, and such. When I did start to get some of the ' MOJO' back late last summer/fall ; TRADEGY hit my family again - Eight months losing my father & 13 months since my niece's death; my Beloved Brother suddenly was taken away from us .... :(
This was the most unexpected and unprepared death of all ! - How could "Our creator " Do this to my Family again?? How could someone so upbeat be gone so quickly? Why was my Brother out driving around at 1:30 am in a neighborhood he did not belong in ?? Why did he need to be in such a hurry to be with My Dad & niece in Heaven?? These answers will never be answered ; but I know I must go on and try to change my LIFE somehow for the better. I NEED to get back to the "NEW NORMAL" and move forward...
One way that I'm going to devote to move forward is by getting back to my Art, Friends and add FUN times to my LIFE & Keep My Blog Up to date.
Thanks to ALL of You that have supported me in this transition period -
I LOVE ALL OF YOU!!
A NEW BEGINNING WILL START TODAY!!!
