I remember when I was younger and whenever I needed anything, my dad and grandma was who I called to get it. He would always say, "When you get married I'm not doing all this no more." I would just simply laugh and respond, "Naw baby we in this From the Cradle to the Grave!" For fathers day one year I even gave him a dog tag with those exact words engraved on it lol just so he never forgot. 

     

     Now as I go through my transition, I never knew how much that statement meant. We as parents are really in this with our children From the Cradle to the Grave. Now the way of life technically, it's supposed to be from the childrens cradle to the parents grave (since the parents should go first), but sometimes it doesn't work out that way. Either way it's not easy to deal with and we all have to go at some point and time, but it still hurts.

    When I decided to create this blog never did I intend on it being sad and down, even though I knew that would be inevitable when speaking on losing a child.  I just knew I needed an outlet and wanted to possibly touch the lives of someone else dealing with something in their lives as well.  It doesn't matter if you lost a child or not, inspiration in any form I feel is great. Sometimes it takes someone else to motivat us out that bed in the morning. It could be a picture, a poem or a scripture. Whatever it is I know I wanted to give something that gave people the feeling of never giving up.

     Now I'm not saying don't have those bad days or don't cry. What I'm saying is after you wipe those tears remember (at least try to remember) your purpose. And when you can't really remember your purpose, remember that you are still here for a reason. And even though that reason has not revealed itself to you yet, just be patient. 

 

     Life is a constant circle of good and bad. It's our duty to survive through the bad to see our better days. I learned these things from my beautiful grandma. She left this physical world last month and although I miss her so, I know it is her strength that now resides in me. From my cradle she cared for me and to her Grave I cared for her.  See the circle?

     I just wanted to give you all an understanding of title of my blog. You dont have to experience losing a child to get something from this, you just have to had lived life and you'll understand.