Today was a dark and gloomy day. My mother in law passed away Saturday morning and today was her funeral and burial. We didn’t have the typical mother in law/daughter in law relationship. For the past 3 years, I have helped my husband take care of her. She was a giving woman with a good heart. I’ve lost my Amazing Race buddy – we used to watch it together and pull for the same teams. Already, our house seems emptier. My husband is a Momma’s boy and will miss her greatly.

In the back of the long black family car on the ride from the commentary back to my house, I silently reflected on my life and the events in my life that have happened. I know how hard this will be on my husband and I need to be strong for him. I thought to myself, “How are we gonna get through this?” When something hit me – I AM A SURVIOR!

I am a survivor. I have gotten through a divorce, placing a child for adoption, and loosing 2 babies to miscarriage. It is not in my nature to sit around and dwell upon the bad events in my life because I am a survivor!

I take the events in my life, no matter how bleak they are, and once I have had time to grieve, I try and find something good in each situation. Call me a Pollyanna girl but it’s how I have coped and gotten through each life altering event in my life because I am a survivor!

We will get through this loss and probably never be the same again, but we are survivors.

My dear readers, I don’t know where you are in your life or your decision making process, but if today feels dark and gloomy for you, give yourself a pep talk. You can do it. You too will be a survivor.

Today’s post is dedicated to one of the newer angels in heaven, Momma S.