This will probably be the most difficult sentence of my story to believe. I feel like I had a nurturing and fulfilled childhood. I never remember going without, whether it was something I needed or wanted. I was an honor roll student, a member of the boy scouts of America, and attended church each week. In the Summertime I would be registered for baseball, winter basketball, spring was golf. The holidays were always highlights, and family vacations were to Disneyland in California. Our family was the picture of perfection. They lived happily ever after, the end. Well, as with any perfect picture, if you begin to examine closely, imperfections become apparent. And the imperfections were not even imperfect. These so called blemishes were violations of the standards set by the Church. This was the scale of right and wrong given to us. We were not taught to feel each situation and determine for ourselves its standard. At a very early age our intuition and spiritual gifts
"All You Need is Love. All You Need is Love. All You Need is Love, Love. Love is All You Need." -John Lennon & Sir Paul McCartney, 1967 There was a time when I sat down to write my story with venom and anger. To unload deep pains of guilt and fear as my own personal covered wagon across the plains. It wasn't until this past year, that I received an angelic validation from one of Heaven's most beautiful daughters, my friend and teacher, Jodi Ann. It was her words that rang like a bell of truth, and have become my primary compass when making decisions for myself. "To make a choice out of fear, worry, or guilt, will only bring more of what you do not want in the first place. Fear, worry, and guilt. So when evaluating choices, ask yourself, am I doing this because I am afraid that, or if I don't I would feel guilty, or but if I don't I worry......immediately, and in the best way you know possible, repeat out loud CANCEL/CLEAR/DELET