5:47 AM

March 6, 2022

It is 5:47 AM and I am sitting here in the silence of our new home. It is so peaceful, and I am so grateful. Wow. Wow. Wow. I am so blessed. I am not blessed because only of our house, which I love, I am blessed because of the 4 people and even “our” dog Milly who live in this house… in our home with me. Wow. Wow. Wow. How very blessed I am. It is all a gift, and I am so happy to have accepted it. My life has changed drastically in the last 10 months. What a year it has been. Mark died. The love of my life was now gone except for all the love we had which still lives in my heart. What a gift our love was. Now since he has died, my life has been so incredibly transformed. I am now 74 years old and living in a new home. I have been up north for five months, and we have been in our new home for one month. What a crazy time it has been. Selling my house in Florida. Giving so much stuff away and still having a POD filled end to end with things I was not ready to part with yet. Now the POD is gone, but the double door garage here is still filled with boxes. Afterall, my son, daughter-in-law and two grandsons have their stuff too, because they have just sold their townhouse. They had lived in that home for almost 17 years. Even though they have emptied one of their PODS there is still one left in the driveway. Most of what has not found a place in our new home has been or will be donated or discarded. The whole point of what I am trying to share at this time is that there are second chances for everyone. Whether you are waking up from a bad day the day before, whether there is sickness, financial problems, or a death of a loved one, there is always a second chance. The most difficult things in our life are all temporary as are the wonderful things. In order to find happiness, you have to enjoy the moments of your life, and then enjoy them over and over again. Misery is temporary. Get through it, and then find a second, or third, or fourth chance. Every day is a new day, and you have a choice to start your new day in a most marvelous way again. Over and over again. Get through what you have to get through, and then get back to living and loving this thing called life. Be grateful, because it is all a gift. Love is the greatest gift of all. Share your love and share your happiness. What goes around comes around. Enjoy others as you would want them to enjoy you. Good morning to each and every one of you. Make this your best day ever and be happy.

Granny-o