My Story….

I have sat here for days, trying to work

out what to write about myself.

Something that would be of interest to people…

Then I realised,

My life is me.

The stepping stones I have crossed,

the pathways I have chosen,

All make me up to the person that sits here today.

I am the youngest daughter

Named by my sister nearly 37 years ago

My parents divorced

When I was just a child

Nothing uncommon I know,

just another causality of the 70’s.

I tell my teenage daughter

To enjoy her high school years

I look back at those times

Of when I was young & carefree

I’d say those were some of the

best times of my life

But youth is hard to please

What makes one happy, is not guaranteed

To bring the same to another

My childhood boyfriend of 10 years

Gave me one of my greatest gifts, before my 21^st

The arrival of my daughter

Brought me a new way of looking at life

Things never stay the same,

And I moved on

To bring up my little girl

Perhaps forever alone

Another phase in my life

Happened when she was four

I met the man I thought for life

Would be for evermore

God was kind; he blessed me

with another daughter

Life was good

I worked the family business

Of which I was good at

Family life was at its best

My life then took on another turn

I gave birth to my beautiful son

But not long after this happy event

The clouds covered my rainbow

I did what every woman should do yearly

I went for the dreaded Pap test

My doctor said it was aggressive

They better work fast

So in I went, time after time

Procedures carried out

I reasoned to myself

That this was all in the plan

To make me a stronger person

Looking back now

I know it did

I am here today

So came the new millennium

And once again life changed

I went off with my children

To start again alone

I used this time

To find myself

To see the real me

I gathered a new spirituality

A certain calmness

I suppose a healing process

Just when you think

You know what is in-store for you

You turn a corner

And in one moment

You see your destiny

I travelled a lonely journey

Surrounded by people

But alone

Now I walk hand in hand

I found my King of Kings

He fills my heart

With love

He surrounds me in gentleness

His strength protects me

I call him my Hero

He is my rock

My safe anchor in the storms of life

I love this man like no other

For there is no other like him

He loves me for me

As I love him for him

There are no conditions to our love

No boundaries

He is my one true love.

So there is my life

A few thousand words

But one that holds hundred fold of memories

Be it good, bad or indifferent

I carry the war wounds with pride

The scars I carry with dignity

For my life is what makes me the unique

& individual person I am today.

Life is not the discovery…

It’s the journey.

~Jen~

Music Words (Bee Gee's)