Turn the Page

This is my favorite picture of my boys and I. It's a couple of years old and this month they're turning 16 & 18. My husband passed away 2 weeks before 911, so they have lived some of their most formative years without their dad. Chuck & Rob. They're both great kids...times when they give me a run for my money, but isn't that what teenagers are supposed to do?

The other day a client was giving me a hard time that I'm always the 'sunshine girl'. I'll take that as a compliment...thank you very much.

Life has not been easy with lots of unexpected turns & challenges I never thought I could handle, let alone that they'd present themselves. I believe in choice. I am thankful for the opportunity to make a choice. To be healthy, to raise great kids, work & live with integrity. Have fun..get crazy. I am passionate about it. I understand the value of my life and relish what may seem the mundane and 'norm' for others. Since my husband passed, I've taken the boys to Hawaii, then Europe last summer. London & Paris...the perfect combo. A lot of good and not so good times. It's my job to love them, parent them and shower them with grace. Soon they'll be on their own. Finding their way, making choices and making mistakes. I love that I get to watch them grow into men. I'm turning the page. I hope I've done it all right....

This morning I woke up to rain...it was really coming down. I turned my cell on and listened to the message. "Deb, we're riding but it's not going to be pretty". I passed ( weak, huh?) rode on the trainer @ home then met the boys for coffee. They laughed and said they wished they had made the same decision. Hope for no rain tomorrow so I can run outside.

Have a great day...soak it up......live passionately!