Almost the end of July!

It is hard to believe it is the end of July! Where has the time gone?

I need to apologize for not writing yet this month. I knew starting this blog at the time I did would be a little difficult for me, but I'm hoping now I will have more time to write!

What has kept me so busy? You may or may not know but another title I have aside from being a "heart mom" is an "army wife". With my husband going on his first deployment, the past couple of months have been a rollercoaster of emotions. We just recently said our last goodbye which really made me reflect on what the word "freedom" means and how my idea of this has changed. Isn't this how it goes with so many things in life? Situations and circumstances come up that we never thought much about or didn't think would happen to us. I never imagined I would be the spouse of a solider or a heart mom without her child. I'm guessing that many of you, heart parent or not, can look at your life and recognize moments or things that you never thought you would experience. Yet here you are.

Maybe the trouble is that we are raised to think our lives must follow a set path and that any variation of this route means our life is less fulfilled. But I believe the opposite is true. When we are taken off the busyness of the main road, it is then that we see and experience the most real and beautiful things about life. It reminds me of the poem, "Welcome to Holland."

I guess what I've realized is that although I would have never imagined this path or asked for it, my journey through life is turning out to be an incredible experience. And I'm not only okay with it not being the same as others, I love it! Because it is my story, complete with ups and downs, and it is teaching me things about life I never would have known otherwise.