I love you.

Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: Just sending some love your way.  Be encouraged. Life has been really hard. I am dealing with mental deficits from my stroke. I can no longer recall easy words and things like I used to.  Forming coherent sentences has been devastating to a writer. I have cried alllereek trying to make peace with my new normal.

It takes me days to bounce back from speech therapy sessions. Speech is hard. Texting takes FOREVER.

I want to encourage those whose struggles are many right now.  We SHALL get better.  It may take a long time.  Let’s laugh in the meantime.  Let’s love, in the meantime. Let’s hope,  in the meantime. We got this.

Cassandra 🤗💃🏽😁🥰👍🤨

• COME SIT AT MY TABLE 🪑❤️‍🩹
• BELOVEDS, YOU CAN HAVE MY FLOWERS. I DON’T NEED THEM ANYMORE.
• Forgive them, Cassandra, God said to me
• Still In Love
• REAL TALK: DESPISE NOT SMALL BEGINNINGS, BELOVEDS.👘🦺🥾👟🥿👞🩴👢🩰👡⛑️🔌🕯️🔎🖌️🖋️📢

Me:God, give me back my voice!

God: Why?

Me: I  need it!

God: What will you DO with it? What have you DONE with it?

Me: Owww!

God : I  know.

Me : Geeeeeeez. Low blow!

God: What do ye with this silence? What have you DONE with the silence thus far?

Me: No fair! That’s cold.

God: True that.  Well?

Me: Cry.  Complain.  Beg.  Plead.

God  : For what?

Me : I want YOU to fix what has been broken.

God: What’s that?

Me: My  heart.

God: What can I do?

Me : Give me back my voice.

God: Again,  what have you, will you,  can you DO with the words.

Me :

God: I know the way has been hard, beloveds. Trust ME.

Me: K.

Whew!!!! Beloveds, finding my way,  finding my new voice has been:

Hard.

Maddening.

Embarrassing.

Annoying.

There has been little joy in feeling like a moron as I find my voice.  My speech therapist went off on me for calling myself a moron.  Geeez! Oops.  

Be encouraged, beloveds.  Finding your voice takes:

Time.

Heartache 

Heartbreak.

Let life break your heart so that God can heal ALL your broken pieces.  He can. He will. He will NEVER leave or forsake you or me. God keeps  His Promises.

Quitting is NEVER an option.  NOT EVER!! We can. We WILL.  WE HAVE TO!!

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note:  We can do this. We truly can. Take joy with you. 👍

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

• COME SIT AT MY TABLE 🪑❤️‍🩹
• BELOVEDS, YOU CAN HAVE MY FLOWERS. I DON’T NEED THEM ANYMORE.
• Forgive them, Cassandra, God said to me
• Still In Love
• REAL TALK: DESPISE NOT SMALL BEGINNINGS, BELOVEDS.👘🦺🥾👟🥿👞🩴👢🩰👡⛑️🔌🕯️🔎🖌️🖋️📢

Last night, the dam broke. Finally.

I cried.  I wept. I raged. I whimpered.

I cried for all  I have/had lost. I wept for all that can/ will never be again.

I hurt for ALL the hurt. I sobbed for all the broken pieces. I thought the tears would never end.

They did. Eventually. Suddenly.

Then, I  arose. To begin. Yet again.

Let the tears flow/go.

Then…rise. Again. Again. And, still, again As many times as it takes.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: RISE!!

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

• COME SIT AT MY TABLE 🪑❤️‍🩹
• BELOVEDS, YOU CAN HAVE MY FLOWERS. I DON’T NEED THEM ANYMORE.
• Forgive them, Cassandra, God said to me
• Still In Love
• REAL TALK: DESPISE NOT SMALL BEGINNINGS, BELOVEDS.👘🦺🥾👟🥿👞🩴👢🩰👡⛑️🔌🕯️🔎🖌️🖋️📢

Ow.

Oh!

Ah!

Life is hard just now. Ow! Whew!

I started physical, occupational AND speech therapy last week.

YIKES!

OWWW! .

WHEW mama!!

Every day hurts now. SSI have cried. I have laughed. I have had it!! I did NOT want to get up this morning and exercise. I got up anyway. I exercised anyway.

I’m not happy I had a stroke. I am learning HOW to live in spite of and with it. I wonder if things will ever get easy. I hope so. I wonder.

I stopped by to encourage someone. Starting with me.

Be encouraged.  You got this.

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

• COME SIT AT MY TABLE 🪑❤️‍🩹
• BELOVEDS, YOU CAN HAVE MY FLOWERS. I DON’T NEED THEM ANYMORE.
• Forgive them, Cassandra, God said to me
• Still In Love
• REAL TALK: DESPISE NOT SMALL BEGINNINGS, BELOVEDS.👘🦺🥾👟🥿👞🩴👢🩰👡⛑️🔌🕯️🔎🖌️🖋️📢

Nuff said!

asking for A Friend,
Cassandra

#YourLifeMattersToMe

Note: We got this!!!!!!!!!!

One step.

One step.

One step.

You are loved.

You are NOT alone.

Keep on being…YOU!

• COME SIT AT MY TABLE 🪑❤️‍🩹
• BELOVEDS, YOU CAN HAVE MY FLOWERS. I DON’T NEED THEM ANYMORE.
• Forgive them, Cassandra, God said to me
• Still In Love
• REAL TALK: DESPISE NOT SMALL BEGINNINGS, BELOVEDS.👘🦺🥾👟🥿👞🩴👢🩰👡⛑️🔌🕯️🔎🖌️🖋️📢