How lucky can one girl get? I mean, if I get any luckier, I might need to join a professional gambling team and just make my living that way! (I think I just made up "professional gambling team") All kidding aside, I am the luckiest gal ever! Not too long ago (August 13th, 2009) I got a second chance at life. At the literal sense of the word "life". I had heart surgery (see post below) and literally was dead on a table for a while. I know. I researched, I cried, I talked to friends, I panicked, I planned my death. I cried some more....until I woke up 3 weeks after recovery. It was a normal Friday. I had been anticipating feeling better for quite some time now...like immediate energy after heart surgery or something. Psh. But, nonetheless, my energy came to me on this glorious Friday. I woke up and smiled. I felt good. I realized (through the haze of pain meds) that I actually had a second chance at this life I had been living. And that's where it all changed. A good friend of mine had turned me on to the song "unwritten" by Natasha Beddingfield, and I listened and DANCED to it over and over and over and over. Until my husband pleaded for me to not listen to it any longer. The song seemed to incapsulate where I was at that given point. New. Unwritten. Pen in my hand. WOW! I now had the chance to write the rest of my life's story without fear, without "what ifs". And so really, that's where the second lucky part comes into play...
So, through a whirlwind of months...as stated before...recovering and a divorce...and re-discovering myself again. Finding myself. Trusting myself. Believing in myself. Again. I have searched out and landed a NEW fresh start of my life. One that I am most excited about. I am going to move out of Alabama, and to a whole 'nother state! Not far away, granted, but a new place. Fresh. Insert big white blank label here. And the best and craziest part of it all is that everything worked itself out. I didn't dig for it. It came to me. I made one call that led to many others, and finally not one...but 2 jobs in Georgia. Doing the same thing that I did in Alabama, but on a much bigger scale, and for a lot more pay! yay! I can't help but smile right now. And dang it, I deserve that!
It may sound like I have it all figured out...and trust me, I don't. However, I am excited about the new discoveries I am about to make. New people. New ownership of a home. I antcipate much needed growth personally, and am looking forward to it. I am in the best years of my life, and I refuse to live simply and comfortably anymore. Sure, things will be a little hairy until I secure a place to live, (I'll be traveling until my home sells in Alabama) and I'm sure I'll get stressed...but as a friend and I have cheered to recently....Here's to the journey!
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