July Joy Continues, and It's not easy!!!!

Finding joy is hard work, sometimes its easier to stop looking.
Not so hard, when you have beautiful flowers, cut from your yard.
A summer vase to put them in, and a strategic placement!! All humans hang in the kitchen.

I strive to find joy in July, to help me in my journey through grief.
Its a work in progress.
While sharing my moments of joy, I need to tell my story of grief also. That is why I began this blog, to give my sorrow words. In doing so, I find that grief is not my only story. So my ramblings continue.

Last weekend, while reading the Parade Magazine, in Sunday's paper. There was an article, by Willie Nelson ,"Rednecks, hippies, misfits, we're all the same" Made me smile, but the hidden jewel in the article, was a line that read, I've been used to doing things my own way for so long that I'm not interested in any suggestions!!! My smile became huge!!! After a certain age, the door to suggestions is closed!!! Now I am NOT near to Mr. Nelson's age, but I do so understand him. My father would tell you, that I have never been OPEN to suggestions!!! May be another way to say,"hard-headed??? Head-strong?? whatever....Willie and I are on the same page, and that is JOY!!!again.

Grief gobbles up my joy, its a pressure cooker, and I need to release the pressure to heal.
Grief that does not speak, bids the heart to break-Shakespeare
Joy and Grief, wrap around me, and both make me whole.