Brave Enough To Be Bliss

She also had plenty of time playing with neighborhood kids, as we really did try to bring balance to her life. We limited her sports activities to one at a time, other than in the summer when she got older and would have been bored otherwise. For instance, in the summer she could play softball, swim team, junior golf and tennis. She loved being outside and usually was playing with some type of ball. We loved that she wasn’t a kid who liked to watch television or play inside all day, because we enjoyed the outdoors as well. We would both play ball with her as much as possible after work and on the weekends. Whatever we did, we made it fun. We enjoyed being together doing the same activities, so our family time really was happy and healthy. The three of us met my husband’s parents at Table Rock Lake when she was three years old , and that began a summer tradition we would enjoy for many years. Below is a link to our summer song of 2002, which we sang along to in the car on repeat. It was just such a fun, happy song and everything seemed lighter and breezier in the summer. The song still brings back beautiful memories to this day, and I have no doubt those two could still sing every word just like I can, even though it’s been over 20 years since that summer.

Sheryl Crow - Soak Up The Sun (youtube.com)

When the three of us were together, things truly were good. I just didn’t understand how damaging my silence about all that troubled me would become.

“Hurt people hurt people, but helped people help people. Broken people break people, but rebuilt people build people. Damaged people damage people, but loved people love people. Wounded people wound people, but healed people bind up wounds. Bound people bind people, but freed people lead others to freedom.” Christine Caine

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