My Safe Haven...

I did something I've never done this week...

I wrote and finished a song on guitar...
Mind you, I don't play guitar... I claim I can. I try. It usually ends up sounding like a car crash involving three cars, a plane, a motor boat, a chainsaw, and a chipmunk. So in other words, the guitar isn't my strongest suit nor my forte. What can I say? haha
It all started with my mom. She was my inspiration. Then I dug deep into how I was feeling inside. I took my mom and her inspiration, combined that with the feelings in my own self and made something that changed me. Thank you mommy.

This song is the best song I've ever written. I'm very proud of it. I had time this week to sit and write. That's all I did. I have this corner in my room where I lay down and spread paper, sheet music, my guitar, and my laptop all around me, and I just simmer with my thoughts, my feelings, and my pen alone. This corner is my safe haven. It's where I cry and smile and sing and just basically reside. There is no hiding nor faking anything here.
It's glorious.

Things like this are the reasons to be happy. I think I lost myself for a little while back there. This past month I've felt as if I was losing so many things, including myself. I felt as if everything was changing and crashing down. I realize now that things will never be the same. They will never stay in one place. The world is changing all around us. It's up to us to walk along with it and accept the changes. Accept them graciously.
I am so lucky and blessed no matter what. Rough patches lie behind me, but I know they lie ahead of me as well. Every time, they'll get easier. I'm learning. I'm growing. I'm stronger. I have the courage now to take them on.

Life is good, and it's only just begun...=)