Ever since January and I read a blog about an Ex-wife writing a letter to the new Step-mom, so many questions began to filter through me as I looked at my own family situation:
http://www.mostlyhappyjourney.com/2015/04/i-do-not-need-approval/
I hit a nerve with a post last week. These words resonated with more people than anything else I have ever posted..it reached almost 4000 people with 59 shares.
How come? What was it about this quote that touched people?
http://www.mostlyhappyjourney.com/2015/02/she-made-broken-look-beautiful/
There are days that I just need some silence..to disconnect from the world and reconnect with me. Life is gearing up for a big shift and I have been cocooning the last few days getting ready.
As I get older, I have noticed that I need to be more kind and gentle to myself, especially toward my body. I made be small and petite, but I am not as comfortable in my skin as I used to be. Yes, I am a mom and weight shifts as we get older, but when did my belly begin to look like ribbon candy at Christmas?
As we begin the New Year, how can you:
Feel More Authentic.
Release the need for other’s approval.
Embrace your inner succulence.
Let go of Limiting beliefs.
Show off your assets with pride.
Invisible vampires walk among us, undetected to the naked eye, yet they create chaos in our lives to get their own way. I know you have one or two in your life: they are the people who make you feel depleted and deflated after one interaction.
http://www.mostlyhappyjourney.com/2015/01/invisible-vampires/
I don’t know about you, but I have the tendency to GO-GO-GO…Crash!! in how I handle my time and projects. Then, I need to reignite motivation in order to do the simplest things. Sound familiar?
I was reminded the other day of once being told that I couldn’t be molded into the perfect Turkish girl. That was the word used: molded. As much as I tried to do everything right, I wasn’t able to able to be the perfect Turkish girl because I couldn’t even fill the mold by not being entirely Turkish. My “American-ness” kept coming un-tucked, no matter how often I tried to tuck that back in.
Last night I met with an old friend whom I haven’t seen in over 20 years. Even though we hadn’t seen each other in so long, our lives seemed to parallel each others in the past few years. Divorce threw us for a whirlwind in which we needed to regain our footing.
It’s been exactly 4 years since Mina’s dad moved out and we had just filed for divorce. Instead of getting the house filled up with holiday trimmings and and presents, it was slowly being emptied out bit by bit as Mina’s dad slowly moved his stuff out of the house at night after Mina and I went to sleep.
The house filled in the empty spaces with stress and tension.
http://www.mostlyhappyjourney.com/2014/12/year-almost-canceled-christmas/
Mostly Happy 