Full circle...

3 years after a major crisis..
5 years after loosing the only
life I knew..
I have finally begun to reclaim
what was!

For years I knew I was
'surviving'..
and then I knew I was thriving!
but, within what my present held;
little resembled my past..

I was managing well
as a single mom.
I was making my kids
my priority...
doing well at my job...
balancing home
and activities!

But, there were areas
that I was just keeping
my head above water!
Sometimes
letting the kids eat on the couch
or on the go..
sometimes
eating left overs
over and over...
doing things for them
they could do..
carrying it all alone.

slowly..
I have begun to reclaim!
slowly
meals came back to the table..
chores were implemented..
help insisted on!
I have decided to love cooking-
or at least tolerate it!
I have changed the times of
extra curricular
activities
to better suit family dinners!

I am finding the step
beyond thriving...
I am reclaiming
the parts of my life
that I loved..
I am relearning
what that looks like alone..
and I am redefining
my purpose,
one moment at a time!