Emotional Constipation

How do you let go? It is probably a question many of us ask on several occasions throughout our lives. How do we let go of a loved one who has passed on? How do we let go of someone that no longer wants to be a part of our lives? How do we let go of something that is no longer working for us but we have become dependent on it? How do you release those feelings when you have never been able to? You have had to be a rock for so many for so long you have no idea what it is like to release any feelings? Where do you start? Even thinking about it is like a rogue wave crashing down on top of you, sending you reeling onto the shore gasping for air. It is the one thing that makes you alone, your inability to stop being the rock, to stop and say enough. You don’t know how to release all the emotion, so you don’t stop. It isn’t that you just don’t know how to, you're petrified to.

Colbie Caillat | Battle

Alex Clare- Damn Your Eyes

Shaun Davey - The Parting Glass

As I prepare to say my final goodbye, I share part of my eulogy to my "wahty".  She would have said it best to all that loved her most " Goodnight and joy be to you all"

Mumford & Sons - I Will Wait (Official Audio)

Jack Johnson - Upside Down

You know you have done your job as a parent when your kids , at both 17 and 12.. Every time they hear this song, they immediately seek you out and hug you.  You know you have made a difference.

It takes Gumption.

Outside the box, it is a term that it is used so frequently and can mean so many different things. You can be thinking outside of the box, going above and beyond what normally is thought of for a situation and implementing that task, it can also be done with food, conversations, and friendships. The one thing most people do not do is LIVE OUTSIDE of the box. Living outside of that box that you have been put in, that has been built for you. The comfort of normal, the reality of what should be done and what is always supposed to be done. Living “outside” the box is where you find yourself, where you find your deepest laughter, your most powerful passion, your real thirst for life. You will always be in the box, but being able to live “outside” of it as well, now that takes gumption. Do you have gumption?