Carmen's Inspirational Creations: Life is like a roller coaster...

 

Carmen's Inspirational Creations: I AM Not Defined by My Past

 

The past should make us or break us, but not define who we are as people... I am not defined by my past. This thought crossed my mind recently, cause since I don't walk on water, I've made mistakes in life. 

And although I believe I needed to make the mistakes I made and go through the things I've gone through in order to become the woman I am today, there are things from my past that I'm not proud of and that will never "define" who I am as a woman and human being. No one is perfect. 

I'm a different person than I was when I was younger and lost in life. I'm also not ashamed of my mistakes; well, some I am... I digress... Don't let your past define who you are. The past is part of who we are, but it does not define us...there is a difference.

With Love, 

Carmen

Carmen's Inspirational Creations: Cherish Your Loved Ones Because Tomorrow is Not Guaranteed

This popped into my head yesterday, cause I started thinking about life and things, and my family. And then as you think about one thing, that thought leads to another thought and another. And I found myself thinking about pictures of loved ones lost, and thinking of all the people, good people, that I knew who are no longer here, including nonfamily loved ones. 

And sometimes a picture is so ingrained in your memory that you don't need to pull it out to look at it, so I saw these images in my mind. One family photo in particular always crosses my mind of my mother, my big brothers, my little brother and myself. One big brother is no longer here, another is no longer here cause he's been missing for 25 years, my mother is not well, and now my little bro and I are all that's left as far as siblings go and we're really all we have. 

I think of my aunt who was like a second mother to me, and who was the only person that truly loved me unconditionally and God took her from me in 2009 of cancer. I think of all the other family members who have died from "cancer." So many people in my town, young people my kids know in their 20s are losing their parents to "cancer," many losing their moms. 

So much loss and when you think on those things it makes you think about who you have left and how you need to cherish every one of them, because we really don't know how much time we have. Any second could be our last. But my thoughts didn't end there. I found myself going back to age 13 when I tried taking my own life and landed myself in a psych ward for 30 days with adults. 

I remembered how my roommate was this sweet blind elderly lady who was in her 80s or 90s. I'm pretty sure she was in her 90s. And her reason for being there...she was alone. All of her loved ones were gone, including her husband and her...children. She outlived her kids. She could no longer see. 

And she wanted to join them. She was alone. That sweet little old lady's memory always stayed with me. I remember bonding with her during our time together and wanting her to feel loved and not alone. So I guess today's message is simply to cherish your loved ones, because tomorrow is not guaranteed. 

With Love,

Carmen

Carmen's Inspirational Creations: In a world where you can be anything, be yourself

 

Be Yourself...