There are things in life that can change your life either for the better or worse. Life changing things that happen to us on a daily basis.

   Child abuse can change a child’s life forever. It can cause things to happen well into the teens and even adulthood. It can change their way of thinking. The way they are with men or women who come through their lives. But child abused doesn’t have to change you in a bad way. It can make you a stronger person as you age and become an adult.

   Marriage can change you life. You are no longer one person. Now you become two people in one relationship. A man no longer just has himself to provide for now he has a wife. A women no longer lives for herself now she has a husband to care for.

   Having children is a big change in life. You now have more people to care for. A women has to care for the child as well as the husband. She has laundry, dishes, diapers to change, meals to prepare. The more children that arrive in the home the more the mother has to do for the family. The father has to work harder to provide for his growing family. Sometimes there is strife between the husband and wife. Sometimes there are abuse in the relationship which can cause a divorce.

   Speaking of divorce this is a big change. If you have children it is the hardest thing to go through. I went through a divorce and had to decide where my children would go. I knew I could not care for them so I gave them to their grandmother. This was the hardest thing i had to do. A mother who goes through divorce goes through a lot of feeling. Guilt, depression, shame are some feelings she feel. Now she is on her own. She has to try to provide for herself.

   Having mental issues can change the way you live as well. You may feel overwhelmed with doing everyday things. You may think of ways out like suicide. Or hopefully you may want to get help to try to make a better life for yourself. Getting help can change your life for the better.

   Death or sickness of a family member can change life. You now have to make arrangements either for a funeral or care for the person. You may be responsible for caring for all of the persons needs including medical and personal.

   Things change life everyday. Problems or good things come into our lives and it may turn our lives upside down but how you choose to handle life’s situations is how you make it a good or bad change in your life.

   I have had a lot of changes in my life. Some I did not handle very well and I still learned a lesson from them. If we choose to listen to the good and bad and make a change to handle it better that’s what makes life’s changes good or bad. Thanks for reading my pots.

By:Lynn Huser