Where has this month gone? It feels like it has just flown by and I guess for me it really has done that. At the beginning of the month I flew out to Dallas, Texas for my very first convention with my job. I'm a distributor with Young Living Essential oils and part of an incredible team called the Lemon Droppers. I've only been doing this for the last year and a half, but it has changed our lives in amazing and incredible ways. The week I spent at convention was so amazing and life changing. I got to meet people who I've known through Facebook for the first time face to face and learn so much more than I would have thought possible when I first flew out. I came home from convention a different person. I could feel I'd changed a lot while I was gone for those 6 days.
Coming home from convention meant tackling some challenges that were not what I expected. I came home to face the sad fact that a family member had lied to me for months and done damage to our relationship to the point I honestly don't know if it can ever be repaired. My poor husband had to listen to me vent and then try to help me process through the truth before I felt like I could move forward. It hit him harder in some ways than it did me as it was someone he'd known his whole life. My saving grace in all of this is that once I get my venting out of the way I can focus on what I need to do to pick up the pieces and fix the mess that was left in the wake of the truth finally coming out. As one of the leaders of my team talks about constantly, you have to have non-negotiables and honesty is one of mine. In life and in my business I wont negotiate on honesty. It is just that important to me.
So yes, I came home changed, hurt and determined to fix the mess that was created by the choices of just a few people who chose to not see the big picture of what their actions were creating. I can already see so many positive changes happening because I made the choice to shed light on the deception. That is the funny thing about lies, they hate being exposed to the light, but once they are healing can begin. I'm honestly excited to see what the next few months will have in store for me because the truth has finally come to light.
But since being home it's been crazy. Busy crazy and I've loved it. My kids missed me, and while I did miss them I really did enjoy my kid free week. It was needed. But here it is now, the end of the month is almost here and I can't help but wonder where the time went. I've been on the go all month long and here it is that summer is almost over for us. We still have a few weeks left before the kids go back to school, but I'm excited to see what is coming through the rest of this month. I think part of what has made this month fly by is that we've just been busy as a family. My husband has been busy with school and work, the kids have kept us on our toes, and well I just don't seem to stop working until the weekends.
So what will the rest of our summer hold? Honestly I'm not sure. But I do look forward to seeing what comes. My kids are excited to be going back to school, and honestly I am too. We've had a more active summer than in years past and yet it was mostly due to me traveling than anything else. And once more I'll just have my youngest daughter at home, but unlike last fall this time she is potty trained. Oh yeah, I totally forgot. She was my easiest and quickest child to get potty trained. We started the week before I left for Dallas and she was completely diaper free the week after I got home. 3 weeks and she was fully potty trained!!!!!!! Her older siblings took so much longer to get to this point. Not her though, no she caught on quick and loves being a big girl. I guess I shouldn't have been surprised, she does have a no fear mentality.
Summer is almost over, fall is almost here and it's almost time to look and evaluate how my goals looked this past month. I'm excited to see what things turned out like for this month. And next month's goals, well they are already in the works.
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