Over all a successful day. When I rolled out of bed after a very restless night and sat on the nice balcony here to watch the sun rise I had this feeling in the pit of my stomach that left me feeling hollow. What is the first day of the rest of your life supposed to look like? Any other day to everybody else I reckon.
My beloved spouse and I went over the cruel blows life has delivered and the loss of his retirement to unscrupulous investors. He reminded me that he lost 250000 everything he had worked 35 years for at TRW. How he had worked and worried about his retirement and they still found some way to separate him from it. How I told him not to worry about it…well karma you know how it works. Don’t worry about baby. He says…it’ll be all right. They…the mysterious they…they don’t want you to have anything. They want it all…they just want you to be able to get by. If you are barely making it you won’t be a problem to them. They are happy when you are struggling. You will find something and it will be Ok. The business that just laid you off did you a favor…take the rest of the summer off. You are in Gatlinburg today. Let it go!
The concept of living in the moment and letting tomorrow be is one I am trying to embrace. It is not proving to be very comfortable or cuddly yet. Hopefully it will grow on me!
I was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2015. Women are a minority in the Hall of Fame. I am honored by the recognition. I remember when this tournament was mine! There was a block of years from 04 to 08 when I ruled. I was the lady to beat. Glory days! Now I call center ring and encourage the next generation of competitors towards excellence. I ran a smooth ring today and received many compliments on it. That meant a lot to me. They didn’t know how badly I needed that positive feedback.
I talked to David Holcomb about maybe helping coach a women’s karate team he is putting together at a Christian college in Dayton Tn. Rhonda Honeycutt gave me a job tip. Her sister in law Tammy Honeycutt said I would have to be desperate to follow it up. Not desperate yet…but Rhonda says it would be good money and I am all about good money…so I may look into it…but not desperately.
The respect the HOF board shows for me and my accomplishments every year reminds me how much the Martial Arts has given me and helped me to become who I am now. I want to return that encouragement to others and watch them hit another level. It felt good to be center ref in a ring. I am not a loser and a bum because 2 employers in less than a year have let me go. My worth and identity will not be determined by a job ever again.
All in all not a bad way to spend the first day of the rest of my life huh?
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