Author: joywirta

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THE BALANCING ACT, CENTRE STAGE AT THE CIRCUS……

Circus is a company of performers who put on diverse entertainment shows that include clowns, acrobats, trained animals, trapeze acts, musicians, dancers, jugglers, magicians, unicyclists, as well as other object manipulation and stunt-oriented artists. Lately this is my life, except for the trapeze act and dancers, it is pretty much covered.

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Community
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SUPPORT GROUPS, FRIENDS AND FINE WINE…FOR YOU MOM

Of lately, I have noticed a lot of programs coming together to support loved ones after a loss. AWESOME! There was a time I remember when there was maybe one or two in a community that was a “Grief or Bereavement “Group, and many times it was in a church or hall basement. That was how it was for me 10 years ago this week.

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Preparation
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IT’S NEVER EASY…..

Someone passes away, dies, and all of a sudden you are in a vortex going in a straight line one moment and curving the next. You’re standing still, and life around you is moving forward. It’s never easy, and seldom are we prepared.

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Grief
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I QUIT !

When do we call it quits?Have you ever questioned yourself? Wondered if you have had enough? Thought to yourself can I take anymore? I think at some point in life, we all have, each and everyone of us have reached our wits end, thinking enough is enough.

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Death
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KARMA “WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND”

People never cease to amaze me, some are genuinely caring, compassionate, empathetic, and all round beautiful souls, while others do not let me go there, you can imagine what I am thinking. It could be that I am starting to see the true colours in individual’s personalities.

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HAPPY NEW YEAR!

From the song “The Story” the lyrics go like this: ” All those lines across my face, Tell you the story of who I am, so many stories of where I’ve been, and how I got to where I am, but those stories do not mean anything. When you’ve got no one to tell them to, It is true I was made for you.”

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TROUBLE IS YOU THOUGHT YOU HAD MORE TIME…

If you have ever heard the song “Time” from Dean Broady, like me, you most likely heard the verse “trouble is you thought you had more time” then you continued to listen to the words, and like me again, you are trying to hold back the tears, or heck maybe you let them roll.

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DOES AGE MATTER…YOUNG OR OLD…..

Many of us, not all, but I can guarantee some individuals when we are going through the Sunday paper and are checking out the obituaries, to see if anyone we know may have passed away recently. I find that we often ask “How old were they?” like it makes a difference…. Does it?

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