Sleep Tight

Sometimes life can be heavy, as I feel so much of my life has been. That being said, so much has been wonderful too. If tonight I went to bed and didn’t wake up in the morning, there is nothing I feel that I long to do or get done.

I have always been a very vocal person, sometimes too vocal. Since I was 26 years old I have lived my life always trying to find the wonder in each day. I have been blessed with a magnificent support system; I have two wonderful children who are my proudest accomplishments, a supportive husband, parents who love me with all my faults, two fun loving sisters, extended family and great friends.

I only hope that those I love know how I truly feel about each and everyone of them and how much I appreciate what they have brought to my life.

I have been so fortunate to have traveled the world, ate great food, tasted delicious wine, met famous people, built amazing relationships, laughed a lot, cried a lot. Most of all, I learned to like myself, though it has been a work in progress.

I am 47 years old and feel that I have lived a blessed and full life. This crazy thing called life has hurt me, challenged me, forced me to look inside myself, punished me, applauded me, and taught me many great things. For all of this, I am grateful.

From a young age, I felt so much empathy for people that it physically hurt me when someone else was hurting, whether it was someone I loved or a complete stranger. When I was seven years old my mother came down the stairs and said the king died. I remember sitting in a chair crying, I didn’t even know who Elvis Presley was at the time. I have always been an ultra sensitive and empathetic person, a trait I wouldn’t change about myself.

This journey has been an eventful one. I am not ready for it to end but when it does, hopefully much later than sooner, I feel that I will be at peace.