Forgive, Sounds Good

    The opening line of one of my favorite Dixie Chicks songs says, "Forgive, sounds good.  Forget, I'm not sure I could."  Amen sister!  Following the my last two posts I received a message from my mom via facebook, which I was fully anicipating.  She stated much that I already knew: they never viewed me as the bad guy, and they loved me no matter what.  I wasn't this that stuck with me though, it was her final line.  "Grace, you have to forgive yourself in order to move onto the future." Hhhmmm.... well said mom!  But as with all things this is easier said that done, and quite honestly I feel like maybe me talking about everything will lead to forgiveness.
   Let me also preface this by saying no I am not depressed.  Many people after reading my first couple of blogs feel as though I am a very depressed person, and that's quite opposite of the truth.  I currently have the love of my life sitting next to me, my 4 year old princess.  I also am blessed to have found the man of my dreams, Brandon, and the two of us together found the perfect house for our little threesome. Brandon encourages me to do what I want and truly believes I can accomplish whatever I set my mind to. 
     Throughout my travels I have learned that we all makes mistakes, some larger than others.  At the time I found out I was pregnant I felt as if that was a huge mistake; turns out it was the best mistake to ever happen to me.  As I am sitting here writing this I can't help but think of the conversation I just had with my sister.  Earlier today I lost my grandfather and my sister was supposed to speak with her on her lunch break. Instead of telling her boss that she had to go on break by a certain time in order to speaking with her waning grandfather she did what any hardworking person I know would do- she bit her lip and kept working.  She now feels awful literally a half an hour of work cost her a conversation with Opa she'll never be able to have. 
     The most important thing is to learn from our mistakes and hopefully we'll never make them again, but that's the problem with mistakes isn't it?  I know I've learned from my mistakes - I now use birth control and regularly tell women I encounter how easy pregnancy is to prevent- COME ON LADIES!!! hahaha....
     In the words of my little 4 year old mistake -"Peace out!"