You have the power to heal your life, and you need to know that. We think so often that we are helpless, but we’re not. We always have the power of our minds… Claim and consciously use your power.
LOUISE HAY
Written for Marsha’s Writer’s Quotes Wednesdays Writing Challenge #25: Healing
I’m going to stay with my family photo for the feature for another week. Mother’s Day weekend was a healing time for me. I have been heartbroken to not see two of my kids and my grandkids since January 2020. I’ve seen my youngest daughter on occasion because she lives in Jacksonville, but those times have not been quality times either, but it has been better than FaceTime only. No hugs, no hanging out for no reason…for over a year. Unfortunately, the pandemic has left us all feeling helpless and I know I’m not alone.
NO MORE; TIME FOR ACTION
I’m not a big proponent for vaccines, but Covid 19 is different. There was no question in my mind that I was getting the vaccine when it came my turn. I received my first vaccine 2 days after I was eligible. This was me doing something towards getting to see my family and healing my broken heart.
Grampy, Payton and Kristen were playing the Pirate Ship balance game. It has a total of 25 pieces (5 of each of the following: gold bars, treasure chests, barrels, cannon balls and vases. Each item is weighted from light to heavy. Each person takes a turn rolling a die that has these images on each of the 5 sides with the 6th side as a wild pick and the person who rolls it can choose from what remains to try to keep the balance. This game teaches balance and has a bit of a strategy. Whoever topples the boat, loses. Kristen (in the middle) was the first out and then Grampy lost his balance near the end. Payton (on the left) won that game. This would have been great for Quotes on Balance but it hadn’t happened yet.
We played games most of the weekend. Games for the kids and games for the adults. Scrabble was the adult game and Payton joined in with Grampy the first night and my daughter Alecia the second night. There is no competitive nature in our family (cough cough with sarcasm). Payton will be 10 soon and she picked it up pretty quick. It is hard to beat my daughter. She is brutal. She beat me on Saturday night because I got stuck with the Q. Sunday, I won by 1 point. There’s no competition here! LOL!
I used my power as soon as I was able to change my situation to keep myself as safe as possible to receive the reward of spending time with my family. I came back from Tampa feeling restored back to my old self.
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36 responses to “Quote – Healing – Week #25”
I also love playing games with family and friends! ❤️
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It was so good! The kids loved it. Got them off the video games for a while. We bought this game a couple of years ago and this was only the second time we played it with the grandkids. We like playing cards but they didn’t get out of the bag this time. 🙂
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Reblogged this on About the Jez of It.
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I’m so happy for you and your family! Seeing them and having them near is the best thing evah!
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Yes mam it sure is! How are you doing?
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I know how you feel. I hugged my two youngest nieces for the first time yesterday. My heart smiled!
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Oh that is so awesome! Feels so good, doesn’t it? 🙂
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It does.
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Beautiful 💜
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Thank you Willow! It was healing for sure! 🙂
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Yes indeed 💜
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So glad you were able to spend quality time with your family like this!
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Thank you Sarah. It has gotten me out of a funk that I only was sort of aware of. 🙂
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Sometimes we only realise how much something is worrying or upsetting us after it is taken away 🤗
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I didn’t realize it until we spent the time with them. I don’t suffer from depression, but I couldn’t believe how much my spirits were lifted. I’m usually pretty good at knowing but I got knocked up the side of my head (metaphorically of course). 😉
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What a beautiful picture, Lisa. You and your daughter look a lot alike. “We think so often that we are helpless, but we’re not. …” This quote is one we ought to carve into our brains. We have much more power than we think to heal ourselves and to accomplish things. Such a perfect post for this week. Thanks for being such a loyal supporter of #WQWWC. You are awesome. 🙂
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Thanks Marsha! All my kids look like me. My son looks like my dad. I thought this was an awesome quote too. Promotes positivity! 🥰
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There you go. But now you will have to wear a wig to have the same hairdo. 🙂
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Yeah, I’m good! It’s too hot in Florida to wear a dang wig! 🙂
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Lol! It’s too windy here. Up to 50 mph today and for the last three days!
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LOL! Talk about fly-aways! The whole hair would fly away! You put a good smile on my face! 🙂
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Mission accomplished! LOL
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Woop woop! 🙂 hehehe
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what a wonderful way to spend time with your family!
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Yes it was awesome! Scrabble was a hit with the two younger ones. They might be a force to be reckoned with in a few years. 🙂
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that will be a momentous day when they beat you in Scrabble!
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Oh yes it will! It may be a while and even longer for them to beat their mother. LOL! 🙂
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they’ll enjoy that victory more if they’ve earned it 🙂
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Oh yes they sure will! 🙂
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Over from Marsha’s … Heeling out of the pandemic is a process … and like all others, patience is important.
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I absolutely agree with that Frank! 🙂
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This sounds so lovely. My family love to play games, we always have done. I can’t go visit my grandparents without getting a quick game of cards in – haha. Great post, thank you for sharing your special family time with us. KL ❤
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Thank you KL. I’ve missed them and the fun we have playing games. The cards didn’t even make it out of the bag. We will save that for next time. 🙂
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I enjoyed your post Lisa. I’m catching up on last weeks posts. I seem to miss alot of them on the first day. 🙂
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I’m glad you did. I’m so far behind, I can’t hardly breathe. A Tik Tok video went viral on Monday (not mine) but people found my Etsy store and my stamps. I’ve been slammed all week. This is the first time I’ve been on in 3 days. 🙂 I’ve missed so much! 🙂
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