🥳💃 Tell Us About YOUR GOOD days! And YES, we will have a FEW SOME weeks.

When you are trying to deal with your grief, things that seem small to other people are huge to us! I'm so happy that you had a smooth trip on the way to Walmart and while you shopped! It's terrific to have something to put in the "grateful for" column. 🙂

Yesterday I had an appointment to deal with financial issues associated with my loss. These kinds of appointments have always been stressful for me, so I put time in my schedule to go to a local garden/museum when I finished. It worked out perfectly. I was recognized by an employee, a volunteer stopped to talk with me, strangers said hello, and I was in a beautiful, peaceful environment. The awareness of things I know cause stress gives me an opportunity to try an find a counter balance or to attempt to alter my response.

1 comment (WEDNESDAY 3/1/23)

When I first moved into my cute Studio Apartment in 2018, I use to DREAD the arrival of ALL 4 school busses at the entrance of the complex where I am. 🙄 Between the "beep, beep and beep" as they backed up, loud kids and me not being able to sleep at nights - I was one CRANKY old lady. 😱 TODAY as I had my one window open on this "early" Spring day (63° and sunny), the "beep, beep and kids chattering" was a REMINDER that life is so good. Yes folks, I "think" the SHOCK of losing my neighbor and friend in his 70's to cancer "suddenly" is beginning to thaw. I still miss my dear sweet John, a veteran and an awesome person. Lol, I now "smile" when the 1st Bus arrives in the morning = time to get up and "wave" at the little darlings as they head to school. 😉 How are you TODAY?

Luv you ALL, Nicole 🤎🤗

1 comment (THURSDAY 3/2/23)

Marcy @MarcyW882921 it is ALWAYS so good to hear from you!!!

Just so you know, your post warmed my "insides"...

Nicole 🤎🤗

1 comment (SUNDAY 3/5/23)

Anyone believe in the LAW OF ATTRACTION? 🤔

I do!!! 🖐

August 2022, LAST year, I lost my neighbor and friend to cancer. 😭

My world fell apart, I was "crying" EVERY day when his brother stopped by to tell me. JOHN never made it back from the Veteran's Hospital.

TODAY my life's season (lol, not the weather seasons) CHANGED because of this AWESOME "article" I found 2/24/23:

📋  How to Use the Law of Attraction with Depression » The Depression Warriors.

🗣   By SARAH DAWN. AUGUST 23, 2021. UPDATED MARCH 3, 2023.

👉LINK TO ONLINE INFORMATION 

Life in my opinion is like the weather. WE have our Winters which I have been in for 7 months. It took getting TIRED OF BEING TIRED emotionally for me to go online and search for Success Stories. Folks who had OVERCOME their WINTERS.

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Luv you ALL! 🤗🤎

Nicole 🙃

4 comments (TUESDAY 3/7/23)

I "think" we have an EARLY Spring here in Virginia and so far NO snow for my area! 🥳💃

Sitting in front of my one "window" in my very CUTE Studio Apartment, gazing out at the MOUNTAINS while I contemplate how far I have traveled in my HEALING.

Luv you ALL,

Nicole 🤗🤎

3 comments (3/23/23)

I am SO GRATEFUL my only child has blossomed in spite of her father's death. TODAY she is attending a conference in COLD Missouri, lives in Florida. She luvs these YEARLY NSBE conferences which are hosted at different locations each year.

Nicole 🤎🤗

I went to a group yesterday and there was some discussion about grief. Some people describe it as diminishing over time and others say the grief remains constant and we grow around it. As we are in the process of discovering who we are following our loss, it is something to think about.

Yesterday I went to a water aerobics class. Being with people, hearing the music, feeling the warmth and buoyancy of the water, and getting the physical benefits of movement all facilitate positive feelings. Two particular songs seemed to resonate with the bird population as well because they were singing their own individual songs in a beautiful chorus! Their contributions to the class made our smiles a little bigger!

☮️PEACE ☮️

PEACE!

Take care @Anonymous Nicole 🙂

☮️~Allen 🌈