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Stand Up and Say (Not Today)

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I wanted to share a song I’ve been working on for months. I began in March and finally finished today, in August, when the lyrics were singing through my mind. Almost like a part of me was saying, “You are ready to write again.”  I’ve experienced a lot in this lifetime. Through a challenging childhood, surgeries, disability, physical ailments that have been causing all numbers of difficulties. Multiple deaths in my families, over half a dozen lost pregnancies. And the latest from the past few years has been the hardest. My joints and nerves constantly battling one another, osteoarthritis and fibromyalgia diagnosis (to which I already had suspected the fibromyalgia for years). Watching closely for other physical signs that could arise.  Even though I’m losing my physical strength, and ability to walk, I’ve not lost my mind, nor lost my hope. I am going forward and holding onto hope, while remaining realistic. Thank goodness for my optimism, it’s helped me when I’ve been in surv...

The Chapters of My Life

 Today begins a new, it feels like the chapters of my life have been filled with more than one person should ever have to experience, yet here I am...  I have wanted to update and write in my blog for months, I feel all I have accomplished is an update to what already has happened in the past. In fact that is what I did today, with finishing up my Thoughts of an Angel Mommy, Chapter Three, and then Chapter Four, and beginning Chapter Five. It's been a process, and I am so thankful I'm doing this.  I have a lot to say and I hope to be able to have the mental strength and endurance to write as much as I can.  I am unsure where to start, I'm tired. Perhaps one day I'll be able to look around myself and able to feel like I can see myself again, happy, peaceful, in a good place. Not physically falling apart.... and that is another story all together, for another day.  Until then...  To read my prior chapters, feel free to visit these links.  Chapter Four...