Fake It ~ Not Anymore!

Our cousin, Ashley posted the above picture this morning on Facebook. It really resonated with me.

I used to say “I will fake it till I make it” but then I realized I needed to be my authentic self…no more faking…faking is what I had to do for years.

I am often told I share too much and maybe I do but living the lifestyle we have chosen for the past 13 years I don’t get to sit with girlfriends for coffee and chats and so I write and what I write is raw!

I’ve gotten where now I say, if you don’t like how or what or who I am then don’t hang around me, don’t read my blogs, don’t read my Facebook…I am who I am.

So what’s new with me ~ I started a new thing while we were house sitting for Danalyn’s parents…and that is swimming and moving for at least 30 minutes a day. It was convenient as the pool was right there…so I asked B & D if I could come to their home and swim three mornings a week and they said sure! So today was the first day…I had set my alarm for 7:30a, actually got out of bed at 7:45a! Got dressed, ate a banana, stopped at UPS to send Ron’s sleep study back and arrived at B & D’s!

I had just gotten back into the truck to head for home and the heavens opened up!! But hey…32 minutes of movement! Yeah for me!!!

While treading water and swimming back and forth I found myself talking to Jesus…I told him I don’t know why sometimes it seems so hard to pray, it should be easy, just like talking with a friend. So I just poured out my heart concerning a few friends who I know are struggling, a young man healing from a serious car accident, for our grands and for our boys and their wives.

My scripture this morning came from Joshua 1:5-9

And I am encouraged! To just keep being me, keep setting goals and making To Do Lists ~ hey I’ve marked three things off my list for today so far!!!

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Thanks for reading and following along in our journey we call life!
Do you make To Do Lists?
Do you find sometimes you have to start over and over again?
Are you able to extend grace & mercy to yourself?
I know, I have to remind myself to do that quite often…😀