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“Mom,” I cried as I climbed in bed with my mama, “It’s just not the same.”
Christmas morning came with a lot of tears this year. So much change. What do you do when you realize you’ve achieved all the goals you set for 2016, when you finally slow down to see how much you’ve accomplished and who you’ve become in the process and where you are at now?…
You look around at the faces next to you and you ask them how you can serve them now. Thank them for all of their support, near and far. Devote the time to them that you missed out on all year. Look for every way you can show them your love and appreciation for all of their kindness, encouragement and faith that kept you going. This is my next season.
Gratitude.
Appreciation.
Affection.
This Christmas hit hard because in the midst of all my growing up and squeezing my big girl panties on over and over again, I never slowed down enough to see just how much everything around me was changing; how a huge portion of my family was moving out of state, how another huge portion was being shaken by the court system, how my 92 year old grandma wasn’t getting any younger, how some of my loved ones were maneuvering in my shadow, how my parents were striving to sustain a solid foundation for me to be able to keep thriving.
So yes, this Christmas hit hard and my heart hit a little harder… but through it all, one thing has become so clear. And that is, yet again, the power of love and family.
No matter what happens… no matter where we move or what jobs we take or what projects we work on or what challenges we may face, FAMILY is FAMILY. BLOOD is BLOOD. We will always be a refuge for one another. We will always see the best in one another. We will always see through the bullshit busyness of life and seek the heart’s truth, the lion of love within.
So for all my loved ones, thank you from the bottom of my heart for YOU and please know that I am eternally grateful for your existence! Let’s start off 2017 with as much LOVE and excitement for our future as possible. After all, we are not getting any younger and life is not getting any longer.