July 19, 2018
Choices

Dear Dr. Laura:

I just love, love, love your new gavel!  I laugh every time you use it.

When my amazing husband passed away at age 59 several years ago, I was faced with a choice:  curl up in a ball and let it defeat me or get back into life and really LIVE it with gusto to honor him and myself.  I chose the latter, and I can testify that life can be fabulous on the other side of grief.

Was it scary?  Hell yes!  But if I hadn't stepped out of my comfort zone, I would have never known the brilliant future that awaited me.  I quit my career as a flight attendant to care for my husband when he became ill.  When he died, I reinvented myself by starting a boutique public relations firm dedicated to authors.  It was not a straight or easy path, but it was worth every setback, unsure moment and crazy learning curve for the past nine years.  I am more confident and happy as a result.  I have not remarried, because I have a full life and freedom and am whole on my own.  

We are given a chance to rewrite the story of our lives when a major life event throws us off course.  It's a gift.  Unwrap it.  Use it to create a brilliant new life from the crucible of loss.  Loss is not the end, but an invitation to change.  

Thank you for keeping it real.

Lynda



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