I am so grateful for everything that I have in my life past, present and future. The good, the bad and neutral have all given me a piece of my life tapestry. I have made my share of mistakes in life but I’m fortunate to say that for the most part when I received tattered threads, I changed those threads to golden and continued to weave them through my life tapestry. There were many challenges, hurdles and losses but I stood strong I did not end up on drugs, alcohol or on a psychiatric ward. I took the challenges, the suffering and the mistakes and created a beautiful tapestry of my journey. The tapestry tells a story about my life. The weaving of these life experiences has given me opportunity to learn life’s’ lessons and grow from these experiences. The tapestry has given me strength and courage to look within and challenge my old beliefs. It is rare that I would leave gaping holes in the tapestry or get stuck in its weaving. Instead I took all the threads the beautiful the ugly, the gritty and grimy of it all and made it into something I could look at and learn from for the rest of my life. I used my experiences to fertilize my life with love and compassion. Even the most painful loss of my life, losing my son has provided me with golden threads. Although I will never stop loving him or forget him, I realize there is nothing I can or could have changed to right his choices, his destiny and subsequent death. Am I sad, yes, do I cry yes, but I take his loss and I look at what I can do for the clients that come to me.  I can only help those who ask for help I cannot help those who do not want help. They are here and he is not. So, in a sense he has fertilized my life with deeper meaning, more tenacity, commitment, love and compassion. So, thank you my beloved son for blessing my life with these gifts. Thank you for assisting me on my journey and giving me more and more beautiful threads for the tapestry of my life.