Happiness on Earth and Above

Down to roughly 2 weeks of school before a few days of finals, then FREEDOM (until the Fall). While I have only been back to school for one year, it has been enough to kick my bum to the curb and back. Part of it probably has to do with the emotional rollercoaster I have had to deal with on top of trying to focus on my studies, but nonetheless, I am proud of myself. It was my goal to finish my degree, and I had registered for classes right before Kevin became ill. That dream was put on the backburner, and many others lost along with it. I am proud to be back at it, to have a final finish date, and to accomplish something of my own free will, something I did not have to do, something for my own good and well being.

I guess I am learning more and more about doing things for my self benefit. I am enjoying being happy, and especially enjoying that some of that happiness is coming from someone new in my life. Unexpected and great. I’m intimidated by it, not sure where and what this all entails, but I am enjoying it.

Yesterday I drove directly through a rainbow, and all 3 kiddos that I watch were in my backseat. The 5 year old was explaining how we get to the rainbow: It was a series of directions involving, running, jumping, hiking through woods and forest, and then using the rainbow as a springboard into heaven. I was impressed. I asked him “Who are we going to see in Heaven?” He told me he would see his Pawpaw, and his Grandmother. I asked him if they were happy and he replied with an emphatic “YES!” I smiled, then asked him why they would be happy. “Because they are with God and Jesus”, my smile just got bigger. I said “Well, what about when we go to Heaven and see them there?” He told me that they would be so very happy to see us again. I then explained that Kevin was up in Heaven, and oddly enough, he asked how old Kevin was when he went to be with Jesus. I told him Kevin’s age, and then me, the 5 year old, and then 3 year old, all discussed how everyone in Heaven must be so happy, and they can watch over us. Faith like children…

They’re happy for us up there, and until we meet again, it’s good for us to be happy here too, to continue living, thriving, and most of all, loving.

Brenda Sieglitz

Brenda Lee Sieglitz is an author and public speaker whose topics focus on travel, grief, and nature. Widowed in 2008 at 24 years of age, Brenda is an advocate for sarcoma patients, the widowed community, and conservation through her volunteerism with the National Park Service, Lancaster County Conservancy, Pennsylvania Master Naturalist, Hospice of Lancaster County, Soaring Spirits International, Angiosarcoma Awareness and Highmark Caring Place. Brenda won the 2009 Associated Content “Content of the Year” award, and in 2011 was named one of Wyndham Women’s “Women on their Way”. Most recently her love and loss memoir, Ebb from the Shoreline, won 1st Place Editor’s Choice in Nonfiction at the 2014 North American Book Awards. Sieglitz holds a degree in business and became a Pennsylvania Master Naturalist in 2015. In her spare time, she adores playing with her two nieces, going on family adventures with her husband, stepdaughter and son-in-law, hiking, camping and is working to complete her bucket list dream of visiting all National Park units. Sieglitz has been married to her best friend Dave since 2013 and continues to reside in Lancaster County with their two beagles Scotch and Fina.

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  1. Deborah April 23, 2010

    🙂

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