Don't be just glue...be Glitter Glue!

 Hey there readers,

Do you all remember being a little kid and playing with glue.  It was sticky, we always used too much for what we were working on and it transferred over to things it shouldn't have.   Well, isn't that a lot like life!  

Depending on the season you are in and what you might be going through, our circumstances(our glue) can get intertwined into each part of our life.  It sometimes gets messy and stuck onto all the parts of our lives.  We bring it with us everywhere.  I will use myself as an example here.  Right now, my life has been a lot about grief.  It wraps itself into each part of my day in some way or another.  Sometimes it's just for a brief moment and other times its EVERYWHERE!  Everywhere I look, everything I touch and every thought I have.  I'm here to tell you that this is normal, and this is grief.  But, in the midst of it I am learning that what I am going through is my glue.  It is not going to disappear.  I could stay stuck in the mess of it but I am choosing to begin baby stepping forward with it.  I am learning from it and embracing what it is teaching me about myself.  Some of the lessons have not been so great, but some are opening up new things for me.  What was once sticky and just plain messy is becoming just a little sparkly.  As I walk through it and learn to move with it, it is shaping me...glittering me!  It will always be a part of who I am.  As I learn from it, I am beginning to see how I will move forward and hopefully spread some glitter, not just glue.

Whatever your glue is I hope you can begin seeing ways to turn it into glitter.  Maybe not today or even for awhile, but as you walk with it and learn from it.

Lots of love and a little grit too,


Jennifer 


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