Merry Christmas, mom.

Merry Christmas, mom.

I miss you.

Nuff said.

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Am jamming to some uplifting music and remembering great times with my mom. Ah, mom, we had some blasts didn’t we?!

Don’t hold onto your losses. Move forward. Remember loved ones gone. Love those who remain. Starting with you!

Be encouraged. Endeavour to embrace all life has for you.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU

You can overcome tough losses.

Losing hurts.

Losing loved ones hurts, especially.

The loss changes us.

FOREVER.

We become a stranger to ourselves. We do and say things we never would have before the loss.

We find ourselves at a loss.

It’s hard to know how to begin again. It’s hard to want to begin again. It’s just hard.

Today is Christmas Eve. The second Christmas Eve, where it is simply Christmas Eve. And not the day before mom died….*sigh*

I have had a weekend drinking coffee and talking to mom about the football games. Watching sports together was our thing. I stopped after she died.

I stopped doing a lot of things I used to love done. I lost my…

Ah.

Aha!

Loss causes us to lose our minds, doesn’t it beloveds?

Eventually, I found my way. I find that I am finding my way, still.

Still!

In the meantime, I move forward best as I can.

I laugh. I cry. I love. I live.

Life moves on. Move with it. You CAN overcome your loss. You have to. Your life is waiting for you. Get going.

going with you,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Be encouraged.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being… YOU

What are you waiting for?!

What are you waiting for?!

Life is short.

I could scream.

Ack!!!!!!!!!

I am soooooooooo tired of watching folk hide their hearts because they have been hurt by others who were too hurt to see or love them.

Or, folk who are too afraid of being hurt to try.

Or, folk who have gotten with folk they KNOW don’t love them simply to be in a relationship.

Enough!

It is enough!

YOU are enough!

You ARE enough!!

You ARE!!

So, just BE, darn it!

Life is short.

You may get hurt.

So what?

Love, beloveds.

Let folk love you.

Rinse.

Repeat.

loving this stupidly stupid world,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: *sigh*. You are loved. You are NOT alone. Keep on being… YOU

If you knew. Would you?

If you knew this would be:

The last time.

The last time you could.

Would you?

If you knew this could be:

Your only chance.

Your only chance to do have or be.

Would you?

If you knew this was it.

Would you?

You don’t know. Life does not tell on the front end. Best get to living, beloveds. This COULD be th last, the only, the one:

Chance.

Try.

Opportunity.

Moments can NEVER be repeated. Seize them. Cherish your moments as the gold they are.

seizing each moment,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: What the world you doing here?! You are supposed to be seizing moments, remember?

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being… YOU

I know now.

I know now.

I KNOW now.

I know NOW.

There is nothing else I need to be complete.

How do I know?

Because God has given me everything I need for THIS day. THIS day.

I used to think I had to DO. That I had to be…something. I didn’t know what. Just knew, or felt that I, me, Cassandra wasn’t enough somehow.

It has been soooooooooooooo freeing to FINALLY feel and know I am loved. I am enough. I am NOT alone.

I know now.

I KNOW now.

I KNOW NOW!

I AM loved.

I am NOT alone.

I shall ever keep on being…ME!

loved,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: You are loved, beloveds. You are! Lift up your head. You are worthy of love. You are worthy to BE loved. Simply because you were born.

You are:

Unique.

Mercurial.

A wonder.

A delight.

The apple of God’s Eye(means He think you kewl!)

Cherished.

SEEN.

Heard.

You don’t need to spend your life trying to win and earn love. You have it already. God loves you. For those who say they don’t believe in God, He loves you anyway.

STOP tossing your ♥ about to those who choose not to see and love and cherish you. STOP giving yourself away! You are NOT an object to be lusted over or shown off as a 🏆!

You are awesome, beloveds. Yes, you have done and shall continue to do baffling and trifling things from time to time. But, for the most part, you do the best you can with what you have.

Be still and KNOW…

Life is short.

Life is short.

As one year end, it’s time to get ready for the next one!

No resolutions. It’s time to be resolute. Steadfast. Unmovable.

It’s time to stop allowing fear and dread to run the show.

This is our life, beloveds. This is not a dress rehearsal. This is the only life we get. Make the most of it. Make the most of you.

Life is short.

No excuses. It’s time to complete what we have started. It’s time to run the race to its completion. No matter how far. No matter how long.

Life is short.

No allowances. It’s time to hold ourselves accountable. It’s time to keep our promises to ourselves and each other.

Life is short.

There are no victims here. Only those who choose to try. Only those who are determined to go to distance. We can. We will. We must. We choose.

hopeful,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Enjoy your Saturday. Embrace you and all your weird. Don’t be afraid to be different. Notice, I didn’t say to be difficult. 😂

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being… YOU

Heart ♥ Check Friday.

Photo by Tim Mossholder on Pexels.com

It’s Friday.

You have done your week. It’s time for you to put away your phone and breathe.

Take a walk.

Take a break.

Don’t worry about taking stock.

Don’t worry.

You have tried. Enjoy the fact you tried. The results are not your concern. They shall be what they shall be.

Give yourself a hug.

Give someone else a hug.

Laugh.

Love.

Receive love.

Rinse.

Repeat.

enjoying today,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: I love you.

It’s only a matter of time.

Be encouraged.

It’s only a matter of time.

Be steadfast.

It’s only a matter of time.

Be hopeful.

It’s only a matter of time.

Time for what?

Ah.

Aha!

Great question.

Keep asking.

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Things take time. Everything worth having takes time. We live in a world that wants things NOW with little to no effort. It appears folk want things handed to them all day. Hooey on that, beloveds!

The joy in the having is based, in part, on the doing to achieve the thing.

Gratification is often delayed. Sometimes, denied. So what? This is part of life. Simple as that. The world says strive to go viral doing something super stupid then don’t worry about working or caring for the remainder of your life. Hooey on that, beloveds!

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being… YOU

Happy Fri-yay!

Happy Fri-yay!

Whew!

We made it!

Our haters hated.

So what?

Life did that.

So what?

Our try was hating on us but still tried.

So what?

We failed. Many times.

So what?

We loved and nothing seemed to happen for us.

So what?

We gave all we had and received no return on our investment.

So what?

We lived.

We loved.

We tried.

We laughed at our failure many times.

Ah.

Aha!

Keep living and embracing your life and all that happens within it. Life is not about who can collect the most toys.

What is life REALLY about and for? Great question! Keep asking…

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being… YOU

Keep getting up.

Keep getting up.

I know. You are tired. So am I.

Keep getting up.

I know. Your heart isn’t in it. Neither is mine.

Keep getting up.

I know. You are tired of fighting alone. You preaching to the choir!

Keep getting up.

Why?

Your:

Breakthrough.

Miracle.

Dream.

Is waiting!

Keep getting up.

getting up with you,

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Whew! Hard sure is being a big meanie, eh? Geeez.

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU