I said it was going to be a balloons kinda month. Well, now I say, let's make it a balloons and a whole lotta love kind of month. I read my post from last year, and you know, funny because I said I was going to make this month (last year) a month of challenges. (Hmmm ... Didn't I just say I disliked this month because that's what it always gave me?) Well, I guess, that's where it hasn't failed me. Because I got that. It was a month of challenges.
But I also said I was going to make it a month of daring to become everything I dreamt of. A month of resolutions. I think I did that, too. And I remember, that month, I also dared to approach everything with love. To believe in love. I think that's what got me through that month. Last year. I believed in love. As I watched my stepdad slip further and further in his illness, his life slipping away, as my heart was being ripped out of me, and as I watched my family heartbroken and beaten, I felt more love than I ever did. We were together. And we held each other up through it all. No words needed to be said. We loved. A lot.
And that's something I will always be grateful for. The love I have around me. My wonderful friends. My loving family. We've all been through a lot of rainstorms together. We've been through trials that would tear some relationships apart. But, we stay. We love. No matter how difficult it is sometimes.
So, in celebration of all of that, I'm making this a month of love (and balloons!). A month of recognizing love. All around me.
For starters, I love my brothers! I have the best brothers.
photo: Caiti Borruso
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