Write Your Story

I hope our family’s story has provided you with happiness, peace, hope and even some laughter.  The last couple of years our family has definitely been challenged but through it all, we never lost faith.  We accepted God’s will and we embraced the situations we were in.  We learned a lot about ourselves and each other during the darkest of our days.  We came through life’s storms as stronger individuals and as a stronger family unit.  Our perspective on life has changed and we are prepared for the unknown challenges that will come along the way.  I have learned to not take things so serious and to not sweat the small stuff.  Life is too short to get caught up in the things that ultimately do not matter.  We continue to cherish our past and we look forward to what the future has in store.  Every day is a gift and we strive to identify the positives in the situations we are in. 

I have enjoyed sharing our family story with you.  It has been very fulfilling as well as therapeutic.  I have laughed and cried as I typed each entry because all of the feelings and emotions of our past came flooding back as I remembered each event.  We truly feel God has blessed our family and He wants us to share the all of the unexplained events and miracles we have experienced.   We have so many things to be thankful for and we are truly blessed. 

When I started thinking about documenting our life events, I never imagined it would have turned into something that touched the lives of so many readers.  My ultimate goal was to provide our children with a timeline of happenings so they could better understand everything our family went through before they were born and while they were little.  My hope is that through our documented story, our children will feel a connection with their Nana.  As I continued to post entries, it became quite clear how many people wanted to know more about our life.  Mom was all about helping others and I feel if our story helped just one person, our mission is complete! 

Throughout the course of posting entries to the blog, I received numerous emails and private messages thanking me for sharing our story.  Some readers shared with me that they decided to get genitally tested while others shared stories of their favorite memories of Mom.  It truly has been my pleasure and I am so humbled for all of the kind comments and support.  I am incredibly

thankful I accepted the challenge to tell the “untold ‘God Thing’ stories” in our lives.  I really feel God wanted our family to take the experiences and share them with others to provide them with faith and hope in desperate times.  The article that was placed on my chair on May 5, 2014 provided me with the courage to help spread God’s word by telling our story. 

I challenge you to tell the untold ‘God Thing’ stories in your life!  Do not be afraid to write your story and share the wonderful things God is doing in your life.  God is the author of all of our lives but we have the opportunity to make a mark in this world by sharing His constant love with others.  We are not in control and our lives are already planned out.  In good times and in bad, we have to know that it is part of God’s master plan and we have to trust Him and the timing of events.  None of us know what the future holds but I more prepared than ever to live and love with everything I have.   

God bless each and every one of you.  Thank you for your love and support!   

Below are the lyrics and a link to the song, “Write Your Story” by Francesca Battistelli.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBmDCDbmtpc

They say
You're the King of everything
The One who taught the wind to sing
The Source of the rhythm my heart keeps beating

They say
You can give the blind their sight
And You can bring the dead to life
You can be the hope my soul's been seekin'

I'm an empty page
I'm an open book
Write Your story on my heart
Come on and make Your mark

Author of my hope
Maker of the stars
Let me be Your work of art
Won't You write Your story on my heart

Write Your story, write Your story
Come on and write Your story, write Your story
Won't You write Your story on my heart

My Life I know it's never really been mine
So do with it whatever You like
I don't know what Your plan is
But I know it's good, yeah

I want my history
To be Your legacy
Go ahead and show this world
What You've done in me
And when the music fades
I want my life to say

I let You write your story, write Your story

Write Your story, write Your story