What I’ve Learned …

Four years can fly by. Four years can be filled with all sorts of wonderful, amazing, awful and terrifying events.

I have been scared, devastated, terrified, miserable, lost, sad, happy, and cautiously optimistic. Through it all, I have learned that God has been there by my side every step of the way. He never left me alone even when things fell apart. In early 2018 my life exploded around me; exploded into tiny fragments of shattered glass, silence and numbness. The love of my life passed away suddenly leaving me to navigate through life alone.

There is something interesting about a traumatic event to make one pause and evaluate the priorities and important things in life. It changed the direction of my life completely. I waited 18 months (experts say that one should not make any major decisions within the first year of such a loss, so I waited) and I quit my job. Actually, it wasn’t that dramatic; I gave notice that I intended to retire in 2020 and gave the company 18 months to find a replacement and complete the transition period. I felt that was more than fair as I had been with the company for 25 years. COVID-19 just happened to make things so much easier; made the transition to be being at home that much easier too.

Now that’s all said and done, and here I am. “And now what?” you may ask.

That’s a very good question. And the answer is to be explored, pondered, and discovered, and time is not to be wasted.