Something Sweet with Susan

Blogging was NEVER on my radar.  I used Facebook for years and had an Instagram account with a whopping 25 followers. (Can’t imagine why as I had never made a single post).  Actually, I didn’t know how.  Domain names and hashtags were a foreign language to me.

I am married to Greg, the love of my life.  He is my best friend and soulmate and I’m sure you will hear about him often.  He has told me for at least 15 years, “You are going to write a book someday.”  I would look at him like he had 3 heads and ask, “What in the world would I write about?”  As it turns out, I’m not writing a book.  Not yet, at least.  Several people have told me I need to share my story and I should start a blog, so here we are.  Let’s go…

I spent the majority of my career in the Financial Services industry.  I was a Financial Advisor for the last 24 years before retiring in September 2022.  That happened to be the year my health started to unravel.  On June 28, 2022, I had a massive heart attack-the one they call the “widow-maker.”  Then, almost a year later on May 15, 2023, I was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease.  Before agreeing that sharing my life with the world was something I was supposed to do, I wrote down these things about myself:

1 – I am a child of God and His follower
2 – I am an encourager
3 – I love people
4 – I love to help people
5 – I hate to write
6 – I hate lemons

Many things happened during the fall of 2023 indicating to me that I was supposed to share my story in writing.  Every time I would ask “Ok God, are you telling me something?”  I resisted and argued with Him in my prayers and  kept saying “God, I hate to write and don’t know where to start.”  At some point I will share the details of those months. It was life changing for me.  On October 30, 2023 I said, “Ok God. I get it. I hear you and you can quit shouting at me. I’ll write.”  A little later that morning, I opened my FB page and saw the following scripture which really spoke to me:

“I sought the Lord, and He heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.
Psalms 34:4″ 

This is one of those if /then verses.  You have to do the first 3 words: Seek the Lord.   Then, He will answer and He will deliver you from your fears.  

He may not take away the situation, but He will take away the fear.