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Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Losing My Way, Leading Me Home

Most of the sadness in my life boils down to one thing: I miss my husband. Phil is most definitely my better half, and my source of completion, and I simply just miss him when he's not here.  There's nothing quite like being separated from your soulmate. I truly feel empty. Don't get me wrong, I have friends and family here, and I live a busy life....but all of it seems without purpose when I can't share it with my one and only.
Lately, I have found myself searching for joy in every day things. I am dipping my feet back into the fountain of music (slowly, but surely), I have taken up Tastefully Simple, I am trying to find the gumption to be more social with my friends and family, and I am blessed to have a good job with a great company...I'm really just trying to make it through, one day at a time. 
I've done a pretty good job of letting go of the stress and worry surrounding the immigration process at hand. Carrying that around with me serves no benefit, but the curiosity and anticipation is enough to make my head explode. It just seems utterly ridiculous, the red tape we have to cut through. I'm doing my best to keep a positive, optimistic attitude about it, though.  Again, worry will not make the process any quicker or any more certain.
I'm grateful that my mom has opened her doors to me, and I will never be able to repay her for all the help she has given me over the past couple of years. With that said, there are some days when I struggle with the fact that I don't have a place to call my own.  It makes me sad that I'm 32 years old, and I am still crawling, digging my way up. I feel like Job. This is probably the biggest test of patience and/or faith I've ever encountered in my life.
In my room, I have a plaque hanging on my wall that I wake up and see every single day. It says, "Sometimes losing our way is the best and most beautiful route home."  There has never been anything so true.  Considering where I came from, and what I fought through over the past few years, I am on the right path to forever happiness. I just need to stay focused, remain patient, and keep my eyes on the prize. 

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