Category: walking

Leaving: Mom’s most important lesson to me.

Ah, mom.

You left.

In leaving, you taught me THE most important thing to DO, in life:

Live.

Live, Cassandra.

Every day, The Universe whispers, to me.

Live, Cassandra.

Every day, God whispers, to me.

Live, Cassandra.

Every day, Life whispers to me.

Live, Cassandra.

Every day, mom, you whisper to me.

It’s hard.

Yet, I’m living, mom.

Best as I can.

Slowly.

Painfully.

Awfully.

Awfully, painfully, slowly, I live.

Ah.

Aha!

living,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: I am thankful. I am grateful. I am full. Life dealt me a hand I wish It had not. Still, I play. Ha! Still, I love. Still, I try. Still, I fight on. Life is short.

Keep going, beloveds, though the way may seem and is, hard. Go. Grow. Above all…Live!

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

Keep trying Tissue paper wars.

OMG!

I need you!

I NEED you!!

What the what the what!!!!

Wwwwwaaaaaaaaaaaa!

*stamps foot*

O

M

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*Cassandra considers tossing the offending not wanting to open itself so she can roll off some tissues and thought against it. She DID NEED IT ALREADY!!! WHY IN THE NAME OF ALL THAT IS…OMG!!*

*Cassandra patiently slides her delicately fingers around THE STUPID TOILET PAPER FOR THE 100000000000 TIME IN HOPES TO GET A FEW MEASILY SQUARES OF TOILET PAPER!!!!!!*

What a way to start the morning, eh, beloveds? Not to mention I LEFT MY PHONE ON THE KITCHEN COUNTER AND WAS TOO TIRED TO GO BACK AND GET IT!

Hhmm.

*Cassandra, listening to the apparent hints from The Universe, and goes back to 🛏bed.*

Have an awesome Thanksgiving, beloveds.

For those missing loved ones, be encouraged. Love on you today. Enjoy your day.

For those who wish they had loved ones, what the world you still sitting on the sidelines? Join a group. Make your own group. Pray. Reach out. Be the friend you are looking for.

For those who have loved ones who are working their last nerves…hhmm. I got nothing. Do the best you can. Whew.🥰😆

For all:

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU

Thank(ful).

I am thankful, today.

I thought today, the day before Thanksgiving, would be super hard.

I thought I would be:

Sad.

Melancholy.

Wistful.

I find myself:

Thankful.

Grateful.

Hopeful.

Yes, I miss mom. Yet, not. She is with me. Just in another place then me. Yet, with me. Still.

Ah, mom.

I am tickled, thinking of all the dumb conversations we had. I loved saying super dumb things to make her laugh. Her laugh was as ridiculous as mine.

Ah, mom.

Life is good, beloveds. Be encouraged. Remember loved ones. Embrace the moments and memories shared. Make new ones, in a new way.

Ah, beloveds. Be encouraged. I am thankful, for each and every one of you. Newbies AND old-bies(okay Britta?..lol). I enjoy praying for you and wondering what the world you are up to in your corner of the world.

Yall are soooooooooooooooooooo special. Stop hiding your hearts from the world! The world needs YOU. Don’t worry if you will be loved back. YOU go the 100%. God/Life/The Universe will meet you the rest of the way. You SHALL be loved. Be sure to love you some YOU. Stop waiting for others to fill your bucket. Get to filling yours and the rest SHALL be added unto you.

forever grateful/thank(ful),

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Smh. I can NOT believe yall still here waiting for a note. Off with you! We got thangs to do. Geeeeeeeeeeeeeez. Since you still here, Valencia AND Silent Knight…hehe…

*Cassandra tosses some water balloons and tears out of the room…hehe…*

Ah, God. Why NOW?

Ah, God.

Why NOW?

Did this hard HAVE to get extra hard, just NOW?

Ow, God!

Thus hard really hurts. Especially NOW.

Oh, God.

You promised not to give more than we can bear. I trust You. Me? Not so much with this much hard.

I want to:

Run.

Hide.

Rage.

What good would that do?

So I:

Stand here.

Mute.

Screaming inwardly.

Praying outwardly.

Ah, God. Why NOW?

asking for a friend,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Keep pushing through the hard. You will get through. You are NOT alone. You are loved. Be encouraged.

I can not tell you how hard life has been to me. So what? I have thangs to do. As do you. I no longer allow myself to wallow. I don’t know how many more moments I have. Neither do you. Live. Love someone. Starting with you.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU.

Shut it: The Universe told me to shut up(it).

The Universe: Shut it! Close your mouth. Open your heart.

Me: Ow. Ew. Okay.

Geeeez!

So, I had been praying, er, complaining, about how woe is me and why is my life acting this way and…

*sound of needle being scratched across record can be heard*

Yeppers, beloveds, The Universe snatched me up quick, fast and in a hurry. Reminded me that I had to CHOOSE to wade past all my blessings, to get to the things I did not have.

I had to move my joy, to the side, to focus on the no, I thought I heard.

I had to kick to the curb, all the images of past victories, I had experienced, in order to look upon the apparent victories that would never be.

In short, I was choosing to look at my nots, my not nows, and forget about all the yes and amens I have experienced, up to now.

Life won’t always tell you yes. So what?

God won’t always tell you yes. So what?

The Universe won’t always tell you yes. So what?

You were ecstatic, weren’t you, when you received your yes?

High time we all learn to except the no, just as graciously.

I told The Universe geeeeeeeeeez then got back to living, hoping, trying and enjoying my life, right NOW, not in some nether world of maybe or how come.

When your feels get you all up in your feelings, shut it. When your try wants to cut up and sit down, shut it. When your fears want to get all up in your business and scare the behooey out of you, shut it.

Shut the door on:

Complaining.

Fear.

Hopelessness.

Anger.

Impatience.

And all the things you may have been allowing to tell your joy to shut it.

Shut the door on disbelief. Shut it out. Tell it to kick rocks. Life is short and you got thangs to do.

telling doubt to shut it up,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Okay, so, um, why you still here? Get on out there and love someone. Someone needs the awesome life called you. Don’t forget how amazingly fabulous your heart and life is. For those who don’t think so…what the world is the matter with THEM?

You are not alone.

You are not alone.

Someone is.

Love them.

Nuff said.

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Someone needs to hear they are not alone. Maybe that someone was you, today. Love somebody. Be encouraged. I have been telling folks to be encouraged for more than thirty years. A long time. I have to tell myself that often. Fighting for dreams can be discouraging. This has been an awfully discouraging year and a lonely one for me for some reason.

We only get this one life. I don’t think folk understand this. If so, they probably wouldn’t be acting the way that they are. I am so earnest when I write because I hope to catch a few before it’s too late and they run out of time. Ah…

Improve.

Improve.

Your try.

Improve.

Your mind.

Improve.

Your work.

Improve.

Your care.

How?

Try.

Think.

Work.

Care.

Seems like folk are looking to and waiting for others to tell them how to think/feel/do. Make your own decisions. Think for yourself.

You will make mistakes? So what? That’s what happens when you make decisions. You will also succeed. In any event, fail from the choices you make and not from the choices of others.

Last weekend training I had a partner. This coming week, I will flop on my own. It’s part of the training. It’s part of the growing. It’s part of life. I will try. I will improve. How about you?

improving,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Improve.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being… YOU

Love them a different way.

I miss my mom.

Everyday.

I have learned to love for a different way.

Mom loved coffee. She always had us make her some Folgers Instant. Don’t ask me why. I guess we made it just perfectly.

My Kuerig went kaput. At first, I was annoyed. Now, I am grateful.

I had to go back to instant. It reminded me of mom. Now, when I make my coffee I spend time with her. I talk to her about my life. I tell her that I miss her. I wonder if she is proud of me.

It used to be hard thinking of her and looking at her picture. Now I have a small picture of her that I look at all the time.

Life often throws us curve balls. We just need to learn how to play another way. We can’t give up and refuse to play because things have not gone our way.

If you have lost someone or life has tossed a curve ball at you keep going. Learn to a dad that love another way. Keep being the best you that you know how to be.

Don’t allow anger or disillusionment to stop you from living your life. We often don’t get to see the big picture.

I don’t know why the hard has had to be so hard this year. I do know the hard has been revealing the depths of my character.

The hard has been making me confront my fears and my mistakes. The hard has helped me to understand that mistakes are okay to make. The heart has made me laugh at myself. The heart has made me grateful for what I have.

I appreciate my instant coffee more. I appreciate every moment more. Ah. Aha!

Keep trying.. Something you may never understand. I will never understand why life took my mom.

Have an awesome day today. Have a cup of coffee. Laugh. Cry if you need to. Just don’t give up. I’ve been talking a lot about not giving up. That’s because I have to tell myself not to give up.

I didn’t want to get out of bed today. I got out of bed. I did not want to vacuum. I vacuumed.

Now I sit and have a cup of coffee with mom. I wish I could lay my head on her stomach. I can’t. I have to love her a new way. I do.

loving in a new way,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Remember to be good to you when you’re going through a tough time. Remember that it’s okay to not be okay until you are okay. Grief can be sneaking. It hides within crowds and in the sunlight. That’s okay. I will be here with you. Be encouraged. You can do this. One step at a time.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being… YOU

“Embracing Home: A Symphony of Senses in My Neighborhood”

As I turn the familiar corner into my neighborhood after a prolonged absence, there’s a magical transformation that occurs. It’s not just the physical return to my humble abode; it’s a reunion with a symphony of senses that define the essence of home. The olfactory overture begins as I catch a whiff of my favorite […]

“Embracing Home: A Symphony of Senses in My Neighborhood”

I sooooooooooo enjoy Silent Knight’s way of describing things. Delicious!

If you have some time, scroll through some different blogs. It’s heartening to see how many folk care about others and the world around us. Gives me hope.

Enjoy your Sunday. I have spent a delicious afternoon writing and enjoying the writing of others.

Thank you, truly, to all who have liked a piece or two. I no longer live for likes when I write. Still, they mean a lot. Means we have connected, if just for a fleeting moment. Means someone else has heard how much they are loved.

I love you. Some have not heard those words spoken to their heart. I wanted to make sure you were loved on. Just a bit. Also, imp said to give you this…

*Cassandra tosses water 🎈 balloons in every direction and takes off*🤣🥰

Be encouraged.

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Heart ❤️ check Monday on Sunday.

Ah, Sunday.

We greet you. We shall enjoy YOU.

We promise to enjoy you, ALL day.

We shall NOT fret about your fellow mate, Monday. We shall greet Monday, on it’s day.

We promise not to tote tomorrow’s worry, into today.

We promise not to worry about the coming of Monday. Ah, Monday, we shall enjoy you when you get here. You will have much to say and show us.

How is your heart, beloveds? Well, I am hoping. If not, what’s the matter? Talk to someone. Don’t dismiss your heart and concerns. If it’s important to you, it’s important to The Universe.

Enjoy your day. Embrace the life you have. It’s yours. You only get the one. Our time is finite. That’s fine. Enough time to love someone. Starting with you.

Be encouraged.

Ah, beloveds, you on my mind today, early, as ever and always. Why? Why not you? I love you. Loving you for A Friend…

hopeful,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: What are you doing here still? Get to loving on this world. All hands on deck people!😍🥰