The Past Two Months

by Meredith

I hope my readers have stuck with me over the past two months.  I apologize for not being present, but a lot has gone on.  First, my wonderful boyfriend proposed February 9th, 2013.  We are planning a wedding celebration for July 20th of this year.  Secondly, my beautiful mom and best friend passed away March 20, 2013 after a courageous 26-month battle with brain cancer - a glioblastoma multiforme.  It was the hardest time of my life and I hope the only.  Since early February I've checked out of my normal routine and spent all of my time and energy living in the present and with loved ones.

Now, I'm trying to get back into the swing of things... slowly but surely my blog too will be up and running.

Sending wishes your way for happiness, love, success and health.

Meredith

 "Life is all memory, except for the present moment that goes by you so quick you hardly catch it going." ~ Tennessee Williams

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

by Meredith

 

Today...

by Meredith

This quote sums up how I am going to take on 2013.  Cookie Monster has always been my favorite.

Happy Thanksgiving

by Meredith

Keep Calm

by Meredith

Sometimes I think I should know how to handle everything that comes flying at me because doesn't everyone else?  The truth is no, most others don't know what they are doing either.  They just try to make good decisions.  Wouldn't it be nice if there was a guidebook to life?  If you find one let me know.

Robert Frost

by Meredith

"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: It goes on." ~  Robert Frost

Emerson

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"Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities have crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

What Cancer Cannot Do

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Happy New Year

by Meredith

Happy New Year 2012.  I want to wish you so many things this coming year - I hope you are loved, I hope you feel joy, I hope your life is filled with peace, may you always have good health, seek success and have a little luck along the way.

This year I learned that there are many things in my life I cannot control, even if I try with all my might.  I feel like I've been seeking this independence, this control, for so long and now I know all I have control over is myself, and not even that is possible 100 percent of the time.  For better or worst, this hard lesson has taught me that this is ok and to appreciate the present and what people are able to give me of themselves right now.  I realize I cannot plan everything out, and even if I do, that doesn't mean it will play out just as I thought.  I hope you are able to look back on 2011 and see if you've changed at all, grown in a way you didn't realize you would, and that you see it has made you a better person.