Welcome to anyone who dares....

There have been many times I uttered the phrase "I could NEVER do THAT"... or "I would NEVER..." etc. All I can say now is - never say never. Really, it's good advice. You just don't know what life will throw at you. There are choices you will make in your life in circumstances you could not have foreseen. There will be experiences that will change how you think.

I remember thinking around age 11 or 12 how could anyone ever smoke? How disgusting. It stinks, it looks stupid, it's dirty. And to top it off - you don't even get high from it!! (Yes, I thought like that at that age...) I would NEVER do THAT! So, at age 13 I started smoking. Yes, about a year after uttering those famous last words, I became a smoker. I would continue to be a smoker, on and off, for the next 25 years.

Of course one instance doesn't prove anything. It can happen out of awe and wonder as well. I remember meeting a friend of mine, and learning that she had lost a son a few years before. Now, in my mind I am thinking "how is this woman still sane, how is she even standing here talking to me". I really didn't think this was something people lived through and came out the other side. I had had a miscarriage years earlier, and that had been somewhat traumatic for me, but to think of losing a child - it was unthinkable to me. I believe I even said "I could never live through that". Shortly after this conversation I found out I was pregnant. It was a rough pregnancy, but in the end I had a beautiful baby girl. She struggled, and held on. For 3 months, she fought for her life, we all fought for her life. Unfortunately we lost her. Fortunately, people DO live through things like that. It sucks that we have to - it REALLY sucks. But the fact is, we are all much stronger than we think we are.

I guess my point overall is this: don't sell yourself short, I don't think any of us knows what we are truly capable or incapable of until we try.