Blissful and Blessed
I haven’t quit smiling since I left Calgary for Slave Lake yesterday. After a week of connecting with family and friends, I am feeling truly blessed.
I can’t express these feelings any better than Janelle Ross has in her post, All My Blessing Breathe. Thank you, Janelle, for allowing me to share it with my readers here today.
All My Blessing Breathe
They drive off, the three of them, in the oldest’s truck, and I walk back into an empty house. Not empty-sad, mind, just empty. And I think, there go my blessings.
(to READ more click this link – Source: all my blessings breathe | My Men and Me)
Janelle is a fellow Canadian and mom who blogs at My Men and Me.
Kathi
As a mother of two grown children, I have transitioned through the empty nest and am embracing this amazing and yet, sometimes confusing stage of life. My desire is to write my way through whatever comes my way and should my thoughts resonate, I'd love to hear from you.
6 Comments
Dottie
Lovely post, poignant and sweet. I can see how it spoke to you. I remember, even after my son was an adult,waving to him as he drove away after a visit of even a few hours and feeling that pang of missing him all over again. His short life was a blessing to me, and I still miss him sometimes. When that happens, I remember his smile, and it makes me smile to think of it.
My Life After Kids (Kathi Ostrom)
I feel like life is all about relationships. Without the people I love, what would there be? I happy to hear that thinking of your son makes you smile. I’m sure he still smiles with you. Hugs.
Saying Kaddish
Thank you so much for sharing Janelle’s post. Like Dottie, I can see why it resonated for you. I love her breath analogy and I think that mothers all over the world can relate to her experience.
My Life After Kids (Kathi Ostrom)
So true! Mothers and their children but also friends, sisters, brothers, fathers….
Janelle
Thanks for sharing my post, Kathi. It brought back sweet feelings.
My Life After Kids (Kathi Ostrom)
My pleasure, Jannelle. Once I read that piece, I never forgot it. Good writing that resonates does that. I enjoyed the piece you posted yesterday, too – The Perfect Way to Leave and Begin . Smiles and tears. Excited and resistant. 🙂