Impactful Moments

In my first blog post, I wanted to share where this whole thing began. Some seeds are planted long before the plant will bloom.

In the moment, we don’t always know something is happening that is going to be impactful to our lives. One such moment happened back to me back in 2006, when I visited my parents on a rainy afternoon; my Mom and I decided to watch the movie Elizabethtown.

This must have been filed deep into my memory, as I hadn’t thought about that conversation for many years, until after she passed away in 2016.

I sat with this for a bit, was that something she would really want me to do? Well, of course it was. I gave myself time to slow the waves of grief in my heart, so this could be a celebration of the journey and not a focus on the finish line.

Loss and the accompanied grief are difficult; we all experience it differently. I had no idea how long until I felt ‘normal’ again, turns out normal is fluid, and this loss is something that became part of me.

About 6 months after her passing, I felt a call to plan this journey, that I would later refer to as 'The Mother Trip'. With just a loose outline between point A and B, I booked my flight to LAX and back home out of PHX, a place to stay for the first 2 days and a rental car. I felt in my heart to leave the rest up to universe, it was both exhilarating and terrifying. The only travelling companion, my Mom, gently placed in a small urn who would be my guide.

More about this experience will come in later posts as well as the bigger picture this ignited in me to Living On Purpose.