Wow....
I would like to thank all those who have contributed to all the lessons of love I have learned..
Parents....do any of you recall that (sometimes threat)..."just wait till you have your own kids!" Sometimes it always sounded like some Mantra they chanted in order to exact some sort of revenge, LOL,1
But, oh the truth! As Samuel Clemens would remark on how he didn't realize just how wise his parents were until he got older...sad but true...how I stand amazed at my parents, knowing what I know now...that kind of Love.
My daughter...she will never know what inspiration and motivation she presented to me with just her birth. She was born one month after her father died...her birth catapulted me into motion to make our life better. I went to college, bought a house, and raised her...it was a very sacred time. And since her birth, now 22 years later...the blessings are still forthcoming....such an unconditional lesson of Love.
Family...they taught me belonging...and lessons of how to live...community...and a wicked sense of humor...Lessons of a tribe...Love.
Friends...membership of a different sort...lessons of how to trust others...they become family by choice...and a special friend who taught me the possiblity of contracts to remember each other...
Life Partner...all though he is my angst...the one who can break my heart...and bring great joy...I am grateful to be able to know this Love...the surrendering...
To all those that have intersected through out my life....all the stories..many sad, many resilient, many teaching their own lessons to me...
I am grateful