Wishful Wednesday ... Yep, That's What Today Is!

 

 Hello and Happy Wishful Wednesday! 

I have been following a format with my Facebook lives over the past year-ish and decided to do the same with my blog posts.

So--- it's Wednesday and that means it is time to talk about what I wish for me and you.

First, I'd like wish a Happy Easter to my christian friends and  

Chag Pesach semach to my Jewish friends. 

This year the week from Palm Sunday to Easter and Passover coincide. I like to say that there are no concidences, just God being anonymous. Maybe it is not so much our differences that we should be focusing on, but rather, our similarities. 

The Jewish traditions are actually the foundations of Christianity, as Jesus was indeed a devout practicing Jew. The traditions celebrated throughout the year by our Jewish friends and neighbors, are in fact, found in the Christian Old Testament.

In this past year of Covid-Times, I feel like we have seen how we are more alike than not. And that it does not matter where you live, what religion you are, whether you are Vegan, Gluten Free, a SAHM or a NinjaMom who can do and be everything!

What we have come to understand it that we all love our families. 

We all want to keep our people healthy and happy.

We all miss the life we used to live, but have come to understand that we are all in this together.

So... during this Holy Week...

My Wish For All is that we continue to see how we are alike and celebrate those things as we move forward into Spring and into a season where we will begin to see the world re-opening.

My wish is that we will soon be able to mix and mingle and hug and laugh and cry together - in person- and celebrate all the holidays and events that were lost to the restrictions of 2020.

Today... and every day... I wish for only the best for all of you.

Welcome to the New and Not-So-Improved Dawning!

 Hey There! 

 I know. 

It has been a month of Sundays and a couple Blue Moons since last I posted here.

Life got in the way... in a HUGE way.

All the kids have graduated high school and grown. 

Some have finished college and have real college degrees! 

 And HeMan Hubby got cancer...     and then he died.                                                                                                  

And just when I thought I was going to be OKAY...

I had to hurry up and sell our home of 25 years before it got foreclosed on... ( that's a whole other story)

So, 1 year ago I moved out of the home The BusyFamily had lived, loved, celebrated and, yes, had hearts broken in, even died in. 

I am now living with SmartGirl and Manchild, in her home.

My credit was destroyed. My life torn to shreds. I have been discarded by people I thought were my friends. I have been cast aside by people who promised to help and care and love me. 

I have been put down and made to feel 'Less Than'.

I have been made to doubt myself and my motives for all that I do.

And in the process of all of this I have had to come to terms with the loss of HeMan Hubby. The loss of the life I had and all that we had planned for our future. I have had to try to figure out who I am, what my purpose is and where, exactly, I fit in in this new life that I never asked for.

So... Many moons ago, I started a blog. I called it Dawning because I was being open, honest and real about my life, and my quest to find myself as my children grew up and no longer needed me. As my husband and I found ourselves with more time together and were learning to be adults who loved each other, liked each other and were still in love with each other.

The turns that LIFE has thrown my way are not unique to me. 

They are not new or rare.

And that is why I am back here. Why I am putting it all out there...

Openly and honestly. My hope is that as I travel this new road, live this life I never wanted...

That you come find a common thread, find some peace, a truth, a connection that brings you along with me, and in the shared journey we are able to find our place, our truth and heal...

Together.