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Day 27 on our 3rd year journey...Helping Women Live in their Strength and Beauty!!!

6/24/2015

Good afternoon my beautiful friends....I hope you are all finding yourselves well today.

As I am go along in our 3rd year journey I find myself struggling a little bit. I have some health issues that I am working on getting resolved this summer.

Today's quote is so very important; it's not about the skinny but about the love we have for ourselves. I finally decided to start loving myself by going to the doctors and finding out what is happening with my body. I decided that I was important enough to take the time to take care of me so that I can take care of my loved ones.

Too many times we put ourselves on the back burner and pretend that nothing is happening to our health. We keep ourselves so busy we miss the red flags that keep creeping up. We always say "we will take care of it tomorrow" but how many times does tomorrow come and go? We all do it; we are women, we were raised to take care of others first.

Do yourself a favor; make the appointments you need and start loving yourself enough to go get checked. This summer for me is going to be filled with doctor appointments because I have let myself go. I am 46 and I have 5 serious different things going on with my body right now. If I would have taken the time for myself years ago I would not be in the shape that I am in. We need to start putting ourselves first...in the air plane you are to put your own mask on first then your loved ones...while we are on the ground we should be doing the same thing. If we are not well we can't take care of our family.

Forget about being skinny...love yourself enough to take care of you...the rest will take care of itself.

Until we meet again my friends...

With all my love...Rita

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Day 16 on our 3rd year journey...Helping Women Live in their Strength and Beauty!!!

6/13/2015

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Good morning my friends...I hope you are all finding yourselves well this Saturday morning.

You might be asking yourself "what the heck is up with Rita?" "Why would she be putting this kind of inspiration up?" These are great questions.

As I have shared in the previous blog, I am dealing with heath issues that are scary for me and I will be sharing them with all of you. As we go through very tough times together it is very important to acknoledge how we feel through the process. I would not be doing you or myself any justice if I denied what I go through.

Today's inspiration is most important to share with each and every one of you reading. No one promised us an easy life; but we have been raised to suck it up and move on. I feel that if we do not acknowlege how we feel as we go through our tough times, they actually will haunt us later. In my experience I have buried my feelings my whole life so that I would not appear weak. In my opionin that sucks becuase no one can then support or help in a serious time of need. We tend to be drowning in our own self pitty and use a mask of "I'm OKAY" to hide what we are truly feeling. Who is it that we are protecting? Is it ourselves so people don't think we are weak, or is it the ones closest so they do not have to deal with the situation....something to truly think about.

I would say most of my life I have buried my true feeling deep inside so I do not burden another with my stuff; I have done it my entire life. I have learned to keep my true self hidden so no one is inconvenienced; I have also learned that if I show my weakness then others will take advantage of that moment.

When you are brought up in a home that is physically violent as well as mentally abusive you learn very early on how to survive. Sometimes those survival skills help you in the worst of times as well as hinders you in the worst of times.

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Day 10 on our 3rd year journey...Helping Women Live in their Strength and BEAUTY!!!

6/7/2015

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Good morning my beautiful friend....As always time flies too fast. One of the reasons it is taken me so long to blog is because I have big stuff going on in my life and I wasn't planning on sharing...however it would only be right for me to share my struggle with you so you know your struggle is doable.

You have the power to say, "This is NOT how my story will end." These words are so very powerful and yet these words can be forgotten in an instant. How many times have you found yourself going through a struggle where you have forgotten all that you have become; you have forgotten how smart and how brave you are? I forget it all the time and when I need these words the most they come to me an in instant.

I have been dealing with a few serious health issues...one is my breathing; I can't quite seem to recover from the asthma attack I had in November/December. I have been severely fatigued to the point that it does not matter how many 5 hrs I take or how much coffee I drink I am exhausted; which I find myself not wanting to do anything. I have also noticed that my voice has been hoarse for months, sometimes I even lose it...for me it is just not acceptable. I have gained weight like there is no tomorrow and I feel like my body is dying slowly.

I wasn't going to share this struggle; but for us women to stand in our strength and beauty I have no choice than to share my struggle publicly. I want to gain the support of many so that I do conquer my issues and live a very fruitful life. I have found the more I talk about it the more I feel stronger to push through instead of giving up.

I started to make doctor appointments for myself to get to the bottom of what is happening to my unhealthy body. I first started with an ENT Specialist and he found a plaque like substance on my vocal cords; which was diagnosed as Leukoplakia of the vocal cords. It is a scary thought to have this condition because I don't know what the outcome will be until the end of July. I had to start using my cpap machine no matter what because I was literally killing my brain slowly...which I have some energy but not what I want. My breathing doctor is trying to find a medicine that will allow me to breathe better...what's scary is suffocating to death has been one of my greatest fears...I am not that bad but only breathing at 70% sucks. I am going to a gastroenterologist to figure out if the heartburn I suffer from has caused serious damage to my esophagus.

It's a lot right...one thing that scares me the most is the possibility of cancer. There is not one person in our world who does not know someone who has zero experience with cancer. We all know someone who has had it, survived or died. This possibility is also a fear of mine that I have had for quite some time.

We all have fears that either come true or never in our wildest dreams have happened. However this is what I am dealing with presently. I am playing the waiting game right now and I feel like the waiting is the worst part. If I knew I could start action or not; but at least that curiosity would not be there.

I am going to share my experience with you here on this blog as well as on my Just Rita Show. www.247thestream.com/news I want you to be able to fight your fight with strength and beauty as I will be doing. If you are like me at all that would be a little difficult. It is hard for me to ask for help and support; I hate looking weak, but right now I have no choice. What I am finding is the more I talk about it and share it the more support I have and the less I feel alone with this burden. My hope for you is that you start talking about your struggles and use the support of the people around you. Don't worry about what you think you look like, surrender in the beauty and strength; when you are not capable to hold yourself up allow another too hold you up.

I leave you with these words today "This is NOT how my story will END." Change the ending...if you have to go through it, then fight every step of the way. You will always have loved ones around you holding you up but ONLY if you LET THEM.

Until we meet again my friends...

With all my love...Rita

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Rita OWEN

I have been through a lot in my life just as everyone else; I have found that what I have gone through has always been for my highest good. There is not a thing that I would change in my life; I would keep the good, the bad, and the ugly.

Sharing my lessons with you helps me to be the best version of myself. What I have learned, I share so you are the best version of yourself.

When we stand together we are strong and tall making a more confident and loving world. We are forgiving our past and embracing all that is learned. We then are teaching our children to be human and the best version of themselves.

Rita Owen