My Journey Continues

Today I would like to share a part of my book in its unedited form.  The following scene is of the day that my life forever changed.  We all have those moments of one door closing and another opening in our lives.  On this day the door to my whole world closed. It was June 27 th 2015, my Dads 81st birthday and the day we discovered Deans tumor. Coming home from a two-week vacation from Vancouver to Tofino, ending in Victoria BC the day before, was exhausting and I had done all the driving since Dean had not been himself. What little he had drove made me nervous as he continuously tailgated anyone he approached across the Vancouver Island pass, causing me to become very agitated. It had been a blessing that we had decided to leave for home a day early.  The weather in Victoria BC was sunny and warm and we had reservations for one more night in a beautiful room overlooking the Harbor.  For some reason, while waiting for breakfast to be served in the dining room, we looked at eac

Monday August 28th, 2017 Today is an exciting day for me.  I hit the proverbial button to start the beginning of my book being published, Embracing Life From Death.  It marks a new chapter in my personal growth and I am officially becoming a writer.  It is the one good thing that has sprung from all the grief in my life in the past year and a half.  To say that grief has changed who I am is an understatement.  It has brought emotions from deep inside of me that I did not know existed and connected me to my soul.  It is bringing me back to where I began.  I wonder if in the big scheme of my life experience, Dean sacrificed his golden years to give me the gift of knowing there is life after death so that I could appreciate life in a new way.  To help me grow spiritually further than I ever would have as opposed to if we had lived together to a ripe old age. While I try to be grateful for these new challenges, it does not stop the grief.  A funny thing happened the other night.  I w

Sunday August 27th, 2017 I want to start this blog with introducing myself.  My name is Anitra Marie Simmons. My first and middle name have been the same my entire life but my current last name is my third.   I am a fifty four year old woman, with medium frame, long brown hair and big blue eyes.  I've lived in the state of Washington almost my entire life, mostly within the rural areas outside of Seattle.  I have been married twice, first divorced and second widowed.  I have two daughters, one step daughter and seven grandchildren. I love that I am a grandma but don't look like one.  I own and run a contractor business and dabble in real estate.  I am good at finance and building homes.  I recently wrote a book, called Embracing Life From Death.  I will explain why shortly. My twenties and thirties were all about achieving goals that I grew up believing were the non-negotiable part of life.   Getting married, having children, driving a nice car and owning my own ho