illness burry me and it’ s taking all of my goals and achievements right with it. That I was not finished yet which is why my eyes were still open and I have yet to achieve my dreams. I have been falling short many times in life and placed failure in my own path at times just as I have excelled on many levels and succeeded in areas I was told I’ d never make it in. It was time for me to get up, the dream was telling me that I wasn’ t finished yet because the one thing that stood out to me when I woke up was that the casket, never closed and at that moment I felt a desire burning inside of me like never before and that very desire got me where I am today.
was out of the picture and my help is coming from that of a female friend.
To make an even longer story short, the entire year 2016 my children watched me hit rock bottom with my illness, have to leave my job and school because of it, lose my passion to write, lose friendships with people they have become accustomed to and suffer every bit mentally, physically, and especially emotionally. I barely got out of bed except for hospital and doctor visits, which means I hardly ever got dressed or looked in the mirror to either confirm or deny my beauty. All I knew was pain and felt every bit of it just as well as it looked! Bed bound nearly the entire year, unfocused, undetermined, unmotivated and not a single motherly instinct in mind, I had officially lost my way and once again, my thrive was gone, only this time my motherhood was at state.
One day I dreamt of my mother’ s funeral and as the casket was due to close the face of my mom disappeared and was replaced with mine. Needless to say, that dream was the most powerfulest inspiration I have ever had in my life with regards to my life. In my heartfelt opinion, the dream was telling me that I am letting this
Presently, after enduring such a major setback, I wasted no time on my comeback once I had that scary yet ever so inspiring dream. Things started coming together for me quickly, my children and I always had a tight bond since we are all we got so it was nothing for us to spring back into our family tides and traditions. I began getting out the bed but because of my illness and the time I’ ve been bed bound, it took a little more effort. I had to do aqua therapy to spring my limbs back into motion as well as bed exercises to keep my joints from locking up. The process was challenging and some days it still is but I am so dedicated to my strive that I look past the cons and towards the pros. They say hard work pays off and that is beyond true in my situation because I worked diligently day and night sometimes a complete 24hrs at a time building a better me. I sprang into action Thriving, for my THRIVE back and boy did I get it. I am now an entrepreneur of two online businesses, both involving fashion and have their own websites. Flawlesstreasure. com is my very own treasure chest of merchandise that I have either bought and never worn, preloved and gently worn, or handmade. I have an online jewelry boutique through Chloe and Isabel that offers quality jewelry Chloeandisabel. com / boutique / flawlesstreasurebyfrancessanchez. com. Both businesses are in their beginning stages and doing well to say the least, they can also be found and liked on Facebook for support or to purchase a product. Currently I am enrolled back in school as well, so it is safe to say that yes indeed, ladies“ I got me THRIVE back”.
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