After Life

When you read or hear the words after life, what comes to mind for you? Most people think of life after death which makes a lot of sense. Throughout my many lessons in life, the term After Life has taken on many different meanings that may all be interpreted as positive and valuable experiences. It’s all in the way that we view circumstances and how we react to them.

This week I chatted with many friends and colleagues about things happening in their lives and their input helped me to prepare this week’s blog post. Here are a couple of life after experiences that we can all relate to and appreciate.

One of the hardest losses was losing my mother. Like most elderly people she had her share of health issues, but it was mostly that she was getting older. Spending the last three years with her had a major impact on my life and taught me so many valuable lessons. Today, I understand the need to listen to our elders. All the kicks and punches that life has given me are things that my mom tried to teach to me and my siblings, but we were much too busy to pay attention or understand. The stories that she shared with me about her life growing up, about her siblings and so many funny stories made me wish that I had spent more time with her when I was younger. I suppose we all think that way about our parents when they are no longer with us. I always tell friends that still have their parents around, to…