YOU are more

 Hello there Readers, 

Today I am going to talk about a topic that is tough for me.  It is one that I wrestle with daily and continue to work on.  As you know, many of the things I touch on are from my season in life...or as I call it, my IT.  We ALL have stuff in our lives.  We all have an IT that we are moving forward with.  Heck, maybe you have a lot of IT'S at times, I know I do.  We are more than what we are facing.  We are not defined by the things we go through or the failures we make.  It is part of our journey and it shapes us.  Many times I think we get stuck in our bad spots or our failures but we are not meant to stay there.  We are MORE than that.  

I want to tell you about something that has been really hard for me in this first year of grief.  Montanna was MORE than her death.  She was SO much more! Those of you that had the pleasure of knowing her know that well.  Something that we were not prepared for though was her death.  Yes, we knew for so long that she would die at a young age...but that does not matter.  You will never be prepared for it.  Montanna was surrounded by so many family members that last day on earth and even the last week prior.  We knew she was moving forward to eternity.  Her body was shutting down.  There were so many things that were perfectly orchestrated the last few hours of her life here on earth, we know that.  It was not easy though and watching what happens to the body as it goes is something I won't explain.  BUT...through all of that I know that she is so much more than that day.  As I move forward in my healing I begin to be reminded of all the things that made her who she was.  It is not her death that defines her, but the life she lived and the people she touched. 

Friends, I am here to tell you we are more than our bad days, more than our failures.  YOU are more!

Lots of love and a little grit too,

Jennifer

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