So many are not aware of how they define themselves – it is quite surprising actually.<\/p>\n
Granted, we are a complex species. Hopefully with some quiet time reflecting, we can all identify what we are most proud of and how we want to be remembered. For me, I never wanted anything more than to be a companion to my soul mate and a mother. I have only found fulfillment at the latter to date. My career, my hobbies, everything I do is meaningless if it doesn’t support who I am first and foremost.<\/p>\n
I am Matt and Ryan’s mother<\/strong>; both are wonderful, compassionate, sensitive and caring! Both are also very self-aware.<\/p>\n They are my legacy.<\/p>\n Matt is struggling right now with his own path – it is so hard to see your son struggle with inner demons you’ve struggled with yourself. I’ve learned that it is the struggle that matters most. How we face adversity reflects our character.<\/p>\n I’m proud of the man Matt is today – and confident that as he deepens his own self-awareness – he will bring so much Light to the world!<\/p>\n Matt’s Journal<\/a><\/p>\n Ryan will too, but via his own separate and unique path.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" So many are not aware of how they define themselves – it is quite surprising actually. Granted, we are a complex species. Hopefully with some quiet time reflecting, we can all identify what we are most proud of and how …<\/span> Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shawnna.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shawnna.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shawnna.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shawnna.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shawnna.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1757"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shawnna.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1757\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shawnna.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shawnna.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shawnna.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}