God's Blessings...

They sift in and around my days...they motivate heart, soul and spirit to more, to greater...

The love I see, the love I feel sustains my days and lays down with me as I rest through the night...

The grace, the mercy, the compassion and kindnesses I experience, view, observe sit upon my shoulders as I walk through this life...

At the beach with the moose parading as my puppy...splashing the edges of the lake, of the river until brave enough to come in after me...

On the phone with one of my children...speaking wisdom and knowledge, hearing the soul deep wisdom coming from the lips of a child who has always truly SEEN each one in the family for who they are and loved them regardless of wrongdoing, of faults and hurts...

I am continually reminded of all I have to be grateful for...

The whisper of a breeze cooling heated skin...

Sunkissed skin... the pure thrill and shock of a plunge into a cold northern BC lake...

The hug of a loved one holding on just that extra second or two...

The trill of birds outside your window as I make my first morning coffee...

Most of all dear hearts...most of all is the peace in a home free of a raging child housed in an adult body...priceless...truly priceless.

I do not tout an easy road...I do not espouse ease of motion after storms that are designed to knock you down to the ground, to grind you into the dust you sift through your fingers...

No indeed, the road less travelled on this journey we call 'healing' is full of pitfalls, flashbacks, memories rocketing to the surface when you least expect it and least want it...

The stalking, the social media accounts with your pictures and foul words placed just so and circulated for your viewing pleasure, the threats that the RCMP in all their wisdom find no fault in, the consistent harassment and failure of every part of the justice system to deal with the criminal element, can be overwhelming, daunting, exhausting...

But somehow, the survivor digs down deep and finds a spark, a puff of wind to light the flame of life within your soul...hope leads us to love, to joy, to peace...hope leads us to all that is good and lovely...

Without hope mankind perishes...fails...stutters to a full stop, lost and bewildered...

While love saves...hope is the creator of possibilities, of wonders and joys...hope leads us to love once more, dream once more...

I hope in a better tomorrow even as I praise my Creator for this day and all its beauty...the clear, clear blue of a heated sky...the cool breeze in the morning as I sip my hot cup of heaven...as I sit in thankfulness for those in my life who love without reservation, who live with patience and compassion, who extend grace and mercy...

These things my friends, these things bring order to chaos...these things bring joy to soul-sucking situations, peace to the distraught and love to the loveless...

Let us go today and each day forward in acceptance, in compassion...let us go forward with an eye for the fallen, for the lost...let us do the uncomfortable thing, the hard thing and reap the benefits; joy, peace, and love unending.

Let us stand for those who cannot stand for themselves...