𝐉𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞

WHEN YOU DIE, don't worry about your body... your relatives will do whatever is necessary according to their possibilities. They will take your clothes off, wash you, dress you, take you out of your house and take you to your new address. Many will come to your funeral to "say goodbye." Some will cancel commitments and even miss work to go to your funeral. Your belongings, even what you didn't like to lend, will be sold, given away or burned. Your keys, your tools, your books, your shoes, your clothes... And rest assured that the world will not stop to cry for you. The economy will continue. In your job, you will be replaced. Someone with the same or better capabilities will take your place. Your assets will go to your heirs.... And do not doubt that you will continue to be cited, judged, questioned and criticized for the small and great things you did in life. People who knew you only by your appearance will say; Poor man or woman! o He or she had a great time! Your sincere friends will cry for a few hours or a few days, but then they will return to laughter. The "friends" who pulled you to partying will forget about you faster. Your animals will get used to the new owner. Your photos will hang on the wall or remain on a piece of furniture for a while, but then perhaps they will be stored at the bottom of a drawer. And we will only live in the memory of those who loved us. Someone else will sit on your couch and eat at your table. The deep pain in your house will last a week, two, a month, two, a year, two... Then you will be added to the memories and then, your story is over. It ended up among people, it ended up here, it ended up in this world. But begin your story in your new reality... in your life after death. Your life where you couldn't move with the things from here because, when you left, they lost the value they had. Body Beauty Appearance Last name Comfort Credit State Position Bank account Home Car Profession Titles Diplomas Medals Trophies Friends Places Spouse Family... In your new life you will only need your spirit. And the value you have accumulated here will be the only fortune you will have there. That fortune is the only one you will take with you and it is amassed during the time you are here. When you live a life of love for others and peace with your neighbors, you are amassing your spiritual fortune. That's why try to live fully and be happy while you're here because, "From here you won't take what you have. You'll only take what you gave." -Author unknown 💗

Blessed am I...

After 3 attempts I am happy to say I am finally finished. If it was not for the Facebook groups for transitioning to your natural hair I don't know if I would have been able to stay on track. I am so glad I did. It has been a very interesting journey. 

This past year and a half has certainly been full of ups and downs, happy and sad, but I wouldn't trade any of it because it has made me who I am today. 4 kids, 10 grandchildren! Never in 1 million years would I have ever imagined this to be my life! I certainly am very blessed to say the least!

Reached My Goal!

THANK YOU TO ALL THE FACEBOOK GROUPS!!!

I am so happy to have finally stuck with this challenge and reached my goal!

Grey or Gray hair!  UGH!

Not as bad as I thought it would be!  I actually kinda LOVE it now!

I started finding grey or silver sparkles in my hair at a very young age.  I am not sure how old I was when I started to dye my hair, but it has been over 30 years for sure!  What a pain in the butt it had gotten to be!  My hair has always grown super fast & eventually my roots were all looking pretty sparkly after 2 weeks!  This can't be good for my body to have to put chemicals on my head every 2 weeks, maybe 3 if I didn't look in the mirror!

And so one day I thought I would start the journey!

This was in 2012 and I had my hair stripped & lightened!  I absolutely hated it!  So I dyed it back a few days later to my usual dark brown.

July of 2014 I thought I was going to keep on track again, BUT.....

Then this happened!  oops!!!

 But it was really because my oldest daughter was getting married and I didn't want to stand out too much & ruin her wedding pictures by having a 

"skunk stripe"!

So I again went back to the bottle!

So after the wedding was over, I was ready to start again for the 3rd time!

So now after 20 months I am finally transitioned!

This journey has been full of ups and downs, crying in private, trying to figure out how to hide my line of shame, etc.  I have made it to the other side!  I have had so many compliments along the way from complete strangers, old and young, women & men!  On my worst feeling days, I would get a compliment and it took me thru the week usually!  And I can't imagine doing this without all the support I got from several Facebook groups online.  All of the wonderful women give you hope and support without judging you if you decide you aren't ready and decide to color again.  

My kids were NOT on board with this and still don't really love it so much but I think it is mostly because gray hair has such a stigma of growing old and death is just around the corner!  And no one wants to think about that! LOL

I will be 59 in November 2016 and I have still to be upset by my age.  I don't feel a day over 25 still!  To some I might look like I have added years to myself by "letting my hair go", but I am thrilled with the end result and I don't care what anyone has to say!

Below are a few of the links to the groups I belong to.  Check them out if you need some inspiration, or are curious!  Great woman!

Thank you so much groups!

Gray & Proud

Going Grey Gracefully

Going Gorgeously Gray!

1000+ Silver Women Having Fun

Going Gray Getting Real

Granny Again!

My transition is coming along wonderfully!  I should have started this years ago!  Actually i should have never starting dying my hair in the first place.  But, you can't change the past for anything in your life.  You just have to move forward and make better choices every day.  

2016 has found me with many new changes in my life, some happy, some sad, some confusing, but I will make it thru them as I always do and will be stronger for them.

More Sparkle Progress

My Hair has so many crazy colors in it!

These are me today February 12, 2015

My hair grows sooooo fast!

Some of the colors I see change the next day!

This definitely a CRAZY roller coaster ride.....

So with another HUGE snow storm on the way, I might be all transitioned before the snow melts, IF it ever STOPS snowing!

WHAT???? More snow???? Where we gunna put it????

Sparkle on......