Day 1 of 30 DAYS OF GREEN HOPE series
Because sometimes you need to not do it alone. Join me for 30 Days of Green HOPE!
On August 16th, it will be 15 years since our daughter Leisha ran off to heaven. I have been ‘celedreading’ this year for 15 years. The anniversary that marks that she had lived as long as she has been gone.
From past experience, I know that anniversaries and birthdays can throw a grieving momma for a loop. I can go into the depths of the grief tunnel all over again if I’m not careful. Now I know that I will always be a greiving momma! I can’t NOT be a grieving momma just because she was my baby and I will always feel the loss of her different than anyone else in my life. It doesn’t make my loss more or ‘righter’ -
it is just my own.
This year, I really want to be intentional about HOW I choose to grieve.
I want to do more CELEBRATING than dreading.
I want to remember the impact of a life - no matter how long that life was.
I want others who struggle to see the good in the day, or wrestle to find HOPE in the middle of challenging times to know THERE. IS. HOPE!
Leisha reminded me sometime before she died that her favorite color meant her favorite word. “Green means Hope!” Noticing green has literally been the lifeline to finding my way out of the depths of the grief tunnel. It is now a way I celebrate life.
My office (her old room) is painted green.
I have green dishes and teacups.
I have a variety of green clothes in my closet.
Green means HOPE!
As I anticipate the upcoming anniversary, I recognize that I need to surround myself with people who see HOPE- not just for me, but for themselves too. I want us to influence our world in a way that gives HOPE in the middle of this crazy, out-of-control world.
So…I invite you to join me for the next 30 DAYS to intentionally look for GREEN HOPE.
I’m doing a series of videos over the next 30 days to share how HOPE shows up for me during this time. Some I will post here in the blog like the one below. Some you can find on my personal FB page (<—click the link to go there)
Listen in.
Then leave a comment below to share with us how you are noticing HOPE showing up in your life today! I value your ‘noticings’!
How is HOPE showing up for you?