Celebrating Mother's Day When your Mom is Deceased

Mother's Day is a day that has been set aside to give special thanks to the Mother's in our lives. This is a joyous day for moms, children and husbands who look forward to making the special lady in their lives smile. But this joyous day can become a dreaded day when you have experienced the loss of your mother, the loss of a child, or the loss of your child's mother. While you have a reason to celebrate, there is this overwhelming feeling of pain as the loss is more present than the other days that you cope with not being able to see, talk to, hug, kiss and cherish your mother, child, or wife. I write this post today speaking from the point of view in which I have experience. My mother died from breast cancer complications a week after mother's day 2 years ago. This day for me is bittersweet but there still are more reasons to celebrate than not and I'll tell you why.

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Overcoming Rejection

Rejection. No one enjoys it. You may have been rejected by someone you were seeking to date, a social group you were seeking to join, an employer you sought to work with, or a bank you sought to borrow money from. The list can go on and on. One certainty is its unavoidable that everyone will experience rejection at some point in life. The game changer is what YOU do with it.

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