I want your life

'I want your life'.

That was just one of the staggering comments I heard at this past weekend's book signings. There were many others.

The lady who said she 'wanted my life' had tears in her eyes as she described the verbally abusive marriage she's been in for decades. I just listened. I wished I knew what to tell her. I wished I could have fixed it. I wished I could have taken away her pain. Instead I just listened. I told her how sorry I was and I begged her to 'talk' to friends. This lady is from the generation that 'doesn't' talk, that 'doesn't' want anyone to know. She feels ashamed of how she's lived her life.

I was humbled when she said she gets 'courage' from my book.

After she left, there was a lull in the crowd, so.......I opened my book and started to read it. It was HORRIBLE! I could NOT believe the pain I was in last year. It was BRUTAL. It eclipsed every other hardship in my life.

It's been almost a year since I wrote the book, and I've never actually sat down and read it from cover to cover. I now know why others have told me they cried when they read it.

The nightmare I went through has ended. Yes, there are times when I get smacked with an 'upset', but it is short lived. I am convinced, ABSOLUTELY certain that the reason I'm where I am today is.....I went THROUGH the pain. My therapist assured me that if I went THROUGH it, not around it, I'd come out on the other side.

I felt bad for the lady who said she 'wanted my life'. She doesn't. My life is not a bed of roses; no ones' is.

I do however, look at the positives EVERY day. My gratitude list is a long one and I work hard every day at creating a new life for myself.

Just yesterday, I was asked by lovely ladies in Alliance and Tofield to come to their communities!!!! I'll be in Tofield Oct. 23 and Alliance December 16th.

Please note, I'm in Lac La Biche THIS Friday at the Value Drug Mart between 12-3.

If you'd like me to come to one of your events, just ask.

Have a great Tuesday everyone!