Take The Leap
Soooo… guess what I did a thing!? I SKYDIVED!!! Yes I know that is exciting and it is scary all at the same time. The cool thing about the skydiving trip that I took on Sunday, October 17th, was that I got a chance to experience it with my mother. Me and my mother have been through a lot of things, we did not have the best relationship when I was younger. My grandmother had legal custody of me from the age of 11 till about 16 years old. Honestly by the grace of God, the relationship with my mom experienced healing during our skydiving adventure and now is 10 times better.
This to me was a declaration. A declaration of faith, and breaking chains of bondage to many things that traumatized me in life. I honestly didn’t know that my mom had it in her to want to do something so daring… jumping out of an airplane. I have never been on a airplane not even a commercial flight, so this was a big deal for to me. Having my mom on board to jump with was HUGE! My sister and her friend were supposed to go, but I believe things worked out just as they were intended to. I told my mother I just wanted to cry because we have been through so much, taking this faith jump was a declaration for me to finally leave those things that weighed me down behind.
I remember praying to God before we got into the airplane and just really forgiving myself and forgiving my kids father for the hurt that I held onto. See, I hoping that we could’ve worked things out, the envision that I had for us, for my family which did not come into fruition. I had to forgive myself, I had to forgive him, and I had to forgive the situation and to say it’s OK that it did not go the way I thought it would. I finally came to terms that situation was dead and over.
My stomach was all over the place during the freefall of my jump. I remember closing my eyes the whole time I was falling and then I opened my eyes once the parachute let up and as I looked over everything that was under my feet it blew my mind. Seeing something so beautiful was truly amazing and all I could do was just tell God thank you. In spite of my ears hurting from the wind going down the canals, I began shedding some tears. I literally forgot about everything that was plaguing my mind and just floated in the air. Everything looked so small.
I came up 14,000 feet to get a new perspective on the way that I was looking at my circumstances. When I landed I was full of emotions I just wanted to cry so hard because it was finished; it was done. I felt nauseous afterwards and although I hadn’t eaten prior, I think the nausea was related to something in my spirit. Something inside of me BROKE LOOSE! The weight that I was carrying was lifted so much that I felt drained and tired afterwards. I was so buzzed. Very indescribable but I had a weird sense of peace it was like nothing bothered me at all. Will I do it again? Who knows? However, when I put my best foot forward, I realize that it’s only crazy until it happens.
One Love to our guest blogger, Michelle!
Michelle is a Licensed and Certified Massage Therapist
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