Reflection

So, this year has started on a different note for me. Several things have happened, several things that have shown how strong I can be and learning experiences I didn't think would happen so soon. For all intent purposes, it is better I have found and experienced this now rather than later.

Some have said blogging can be therapeutic, and I agree, however for me it is a way to say some views to those who may be concerned of my well being that may not be able to come out of the woodwork to see how I am doing by not feeling it is morally correct to communicate through email or phone. Either way I want them all to know I am doing better and I am moving a long day by day, going with the flow and staying confident and optimistic through it all and above all still trying to have fun. Love to have that fun...

I do miss the friends and family I had become close to, but I understand how sometimes in unfamiliar circumstances it can be clouded of what is right and what is wrong to do. Uncomfortable could be a good word to describe it. I do not have any ill will towards anyone because that is how some deal and cope with difficult circumstances. I do still think to my "other" family you are the greatest and I just hope you too can learn from the experience Dave and I are going through.

2008, I hope is going to be a prosperous and career building year. I hope to and will strive to focus on my photography business. I am determined to build my business to new heights and achieve a better, healthy way of life.

I saw a posting on a blog of a person I do admire and wanted to share it: They truly are great words of inspiration:

There is a Purpose...for the people in our lives...Reason, Season, or
Lifetime...

People come into your life for a reason, a season or a lifetime. When you know which one it is, you will know what to do for that person.

When someone is in your life for a REASON, it is usually to meet a need you have expressed. They have come to assist you through a difficulty, to provide you with guidance and support, to aid you physically, emotionally or spiritually. They may seem like a godsend and they are. They are there for the reason you need them to be. Then, without any wrongdoing on your part or at an inconvenient time, this person will say or do something to bring the relationship to an end. Sometimes they die. Sometimes they walk away. Sometimes they act up and force you to take a stand. What we must realize is that our need has been met, our desire fulfilled, their work is done. The prayer you sent up has been answered and now it is time to move on.

Some people come into your life for a SEASON, because your turn has come to share, grow or learn. They bring you an experience of peace or make you laugh. They may teach you something you have never done.
They usually give you an unbelievable amount of joy.
Believe it, it is real. But only for a season.


LIFETIME relationships teach you lifetime lessons,
things you must build upon in order to have a solid emotional foundation. Your job is to accept the lesson, love the person and put what you have learned to use in all other relationships and areas of your life. It is said that love is blind but friendship is clairvoyant.

Thanks to all of you for being a part of my life, whether you were a reason, a
season or a lifetime.


This says it all in a nutshell...

LIVE FREE, LOVE ALWAYS and LAUGH OUT LOUD

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