Take A Walk With Me

 November and December are what I like to call awareness months. They are busy times. Holidays are here and there is so much to do. It is also a reminder of loved ones who have passed on. They are no longer at the dinner table. It's a reminder to the single that they are going to go home alone when the celebration ends.  Be kind to yourself.  Did you know it's ok to grieve what once was and what may never be? Feel it, acknowledge it and then remember the good you have around you. Live your life. Remember what was lost and let it be a memory. Be in the present and keep moving towards the future. God is good. 

 Nancy Grandquist was an amazing singer. She loved her family. She was larger than life. She sparkled. She was unashamed. I can go on and on describing who she was. I listened to her music as I cleaned the house, cooked dinner and prepared my lesson plans for my students. I kept thinking over and over through my tears, what a legacy she has left behind. She loved so deeply. She was all over the place and traveled all over the world. She reached as many people as she could in any way she could. Nancy was timeless. Glamorous. Elegant. Wild. Calm. Funny. Humble. Honest. Pure. Chef. Mother. Wife. Friend. Unashamed. That word stands out to me the most. Unashamed. She didn't do what she did for the approval of an audience. She did it because she knew her God. She did it because she loved her God. She did it because she knew who she was. She lived out loud and unashamed. In a world where Christians tend to hold back and not say everything, she shouted it from the mountaintops. In a world ...