Hi beautiful friend! I’m Topaz. I’m a freebirder. It’s kind of like an empty nester…but much cooler. I’m taking this time to reconnect and remind myself who I am as a person and to create a new plan, a new dream, and a new life. See? I told you it was much cooler.
I want to live a beautiful life. But beautiful lives don’t just happen. We create them. And no matter where we are, or what is happening, we can do that. Even when it’s hard and messy.
Sometimes a beautiful life is about being able to laugh, because life is still funny even when it’s hard. Sometimes it’s about learning to take care of ourselves, because we’re tired emotionally and physically. Sometimes it’s about creating a little bit of beauty in the midst of a mess.
Let’s talk about all the things best friends talk about. Let’s talk about all the things we need to talk about to be freakin’ amazing. Let’s talk self-care. Let’s talk about goals, dreams, and finding our voice. Let’s talk about deciding not to be invisible anymore. Let’s talk about letting go of the thoughts, hurts, and ways that do not serve us. And learning new ones that do. Let’s talk about living in our zone, in that place where we so totally and completely shine. Let’s talk about building tribes and squads. Because, girlfriend, we need each other.
Let’s be like old and dear friends sitting together over a cup of coffee or a glass of wine having soulful talks, laughs, and creating wonderful memories and a beautiful life.
And if you’re thinking, “Hey, sure this is all probably so easy for her. I bet her life is perfect,” It’s not.
My husband has Huntington’s Disease. It’s like all the major players (ALS, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s) rolled into one long, hard nightmare. It’s a brutal, heartbreaking, and hard disease. He’s in the advanced stages. The stress took its toll on me, and created a lot of health issues. And don’t even get me started on family.
So yeah, I know what hard looks like. I know what it’s like to not want to get out of bed. To be physically and emotionally paralyzed with grief from every broken dream. I know what it’s like to secretly collapse on the floor in tears completely broken.
Yeah, I don’t have one of those perfect lives, but I say we go for it anyway. Let’s live the story we want to tell. Let’s make ourselves the leading lady and the hero in our own stories. Let’s be freakin’ amazing anyway.
Somewhere along the line we have to purpose in our mind that we won’t be defined by other people or the hard or the bad. You see, this life is the one we have. so let’s make it the best one we can.
That is what I want for all of us. 💕
Are you in?
Love,
Topaz