All Souls Day 🙏🏽
Tag: angel
Where Have I Been?
Hey Friends!
It feels like forever since I’ve posted a blog. What can I say? Life is lifing…
Life has definitely changed for me, some good and some bad. The good or shall I say the great is that I’m now married. We’re actually celebrating 6 months of marriage. We are halfway there to our 1 year anniversary. I love being married. It’s definitely different from my norm, but I love it. Could be because I’m married to an amazing man that I know my dad would have loved to have as a son-in-law.
The wedding was absolutely amazing. I wanted to blog while going through the wedding process, but obstacles prevented me from doing that. I still plan on blogging about my wedding as I believe it can be a good resource for others planning their wedding.
Another good is that we went not on 1, but 3 honeymoons (or as I like to call them: minimoon, honeymoon and finale moon). I look forward to blogging about that as well.
Oh I almost forgot, we went to Cancun, Fiji and Paris…
One more good thing, I’m a dog mom to a wonderful and cute chocolate Lab, Wally. He is my husband’s dog and now mine. Those of you that know me knows that I was extremely terrified of dogs. Somehow Wally changed that for me.
I will blog more about my newfound love for this amazing dog.
Now onto the not so good…
I have not reopened by Jewelry business to date. It has been 2 years. As you may know, I put a hold on my business when my dad went into the hospital and after he passed away, I was not motivated to make jewelry .
I have every intention on reopening my online jewelry boutique in the next month or two. After knowing how proud my dad was of me starting my business, I must do this.
I also put campaigns on hold to focus on the wedding, family issues and just my overall mental health. Those of us in the social media world knows that is not a good move. Pausing social media for a period of time, definitely sets you back. I’ve started working on a few campaigns again. However, it sometimes feel as if I’m starting over again.
And of course the main not so good is not having my dad. It’s been 2 years since he went to Heaven and I am still in disbelief. Not a day goes by that I’m wishing that this was all a bad dream and my dad is really still here. I don’t believe in time heals all wounds because I’m still in pain…
God bless my daddy. He is now an angel watching over us. My saint, my angel, my daddy, the first man I ever loved…
Until next time my friends 💋
Tribute to my daddy ❤
Earl Marvin Waterman. My daddy! The man we nicknamed McGuyver because he could do anything. This man was a genius. When he talked, people listened. I could tell you stories of how in awe people were when my dad would speak.
Yes he has been recognized for his many patents. Yes he is part of history. Yes his inventions has made a difference in the lives of others. But I will tell you that his greatest achievement in life and what he really would want to be recognized for was being an amazing husband to my mother and an amazing father to me and my siblings.
My father loved my mother with every fiber of his being. He always said that I don’t have a husband yet because I’m so picky, but what my dad didn’t realize is that I couldn’t find anyone because he set the bar extremely high. If I could get half of the love he has for my mom, I would be a lucky girl. Family first was his motto. No matter what he was doing, if any of us needed him, he was there. I didn’t make any decisions without getting his advice and stamp of approval. My dad’s mission in life was to always protect us and to make sure we had everything we wanted.
I am who I am because of my parents, but if you ask my mom, she will tell you I am just like my dad. What a great compliment. This man, my daddy had a heart of gold. I wish you all knew the man that I know and hold close to my heart. This is a man that a week before he went into the hospital when he saw that my mom had a swollen ankle, he put his pain to the side and insisted on filling the foot bath with water and episom salt and layed on the floor to massage her foot. This is the man that was in pain, but insisted on climbing up a tree in the backyard to prune it so my mom can get a better view when looking out the kitchen window. This is a man who was in pain, but was more concerned about my health. This man, my daddy was a slim framed man not muscular, but was the strongest man I know. And was a fighter. He kept fighting to come back to his family.
I am so proud and honored to be Earl Marvin Waterman’s daughter. I just pray that he knows how much I love him because I didn’t always show it.
On this day, November 2, 2021, All Souls’ Day, we laid my father to rest. He is now an angel watching over us. I will miss my daddy more than anyone could imagine, but I know we will be with one another again. ❤
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