Her footprints along the paths of her life journey have led her to places where she has had to learn hard lessons - the most recent lesson has finally taught her that she need no longer waste time grieving for the people that have chosen, through bad judgement and false reasoning, to leave her life. It is now time to rejoice for those who have chosen to continue to walk with her and share her footprints.....

Finally Freedom

She has, through much suffering and soul searching, learned that family isn't always blood - but is the people in her life who want her in theirs; the people who accept her for who she is; the people who do not judge her; the people who would be there for her through thick or thin; the people who would do anything to see her smile - the people who love her unconditionally. No matter how hard or difficult her life may be, this true 'family' can hold a sacred trust for her, can be her soft place to fall, and can offer her the comfort zone a true family provides.

She no longer needs to live with the door to her heart slightly ajar in the hope that amends will be made by those who have treated her and her loved ones with such hurtful disdain and disrespect. She no longer needs to make any more attempts at reconciliation, verbal or written. She has done her part to repair particular broken ties, and has humbled herself in the process, even in the face of constant rejection by those with whom she has a shared biology.

She has learned that egos, pride, greed, jealousies and misinformed minds mask realities. She has also learned that to continue to put herself in the position of allowing herself to be destroyed by their continual berating and degradation would be enabling them to continue to hurt her and allowing them to continue to wallow in their power trip. By their judgements, forced consequences and despicable actions they have placed her below them, in the position of their enemy. Revenging them would make her even with them, so she will choose instead to forgive them because forgiving them would set her above them and she would finally be out of their reach.

She can now rest in the knowledge that her struggle through their dysfunctional attempt to destroy her, and the life she had worked so hard to obtain, has actually been an opportunity to reach the ultimate, and the darkness of the past years has itself become light.