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My Moment

3/13/2016

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     I can honestly say I love my life. It’s more than I ever dared imagine and more than I once believed I deserved. I guess that’s why I wanted my story, our story, told. 
     I’ve always been the one to take care of everyone else. When I was a teenager, I regularly looked after half the neighborhood kids, so I got used to putting what I wanted and needed at the bottom of the pile. Looking back, it became an awful habit, compounded by the fact that I was pretty much a misfit at school. 
     So, yeah, I was insecure, and my self-confidence was more-or-less nonexistent. Add a series of boyfriends (emphasis on boy) who treated me like dirt and I just … gave up. Oh, I was still in love with the idea of romance, but not for me. I devoured romance novels like they were Hershey’s Kisses and I reread Jane Austen over and over, but I felt like my chances of finding my soul mate were slim to none. I was in my early thirties, after all; if I hadn’t found Mr. Right by now, it probably wasn’t going to happen. 
     Don’t get me wrong. I wasn’t miserable. I come from a tight-knit if slightly annoying family, I got regular kid time with my three adorable nieces, and I had two of the best friends a single girl could ask for. Jess is like the little sister I always wanted, and Meg is the kind of person who gives you the pure, unvarnished truth (whether you want it or not). 
     But in my hopeless romantic heart, I still longed for what I believed I would never have. And, honestly, I wanted to be hopeful instead of hopeless, even if I was afraid to ask for it.
     It turns out, I didn’t have to ask. We all have those moments that change everything, right? Moments that take us down a different path, that set in motion a series of events we didn’t dare to dream. 
     My moment was a single phone call. Nothing’s been the same since and for that I am profoundly grateful! So how can one phone call change everything? You’ll have to read my story to find out …
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Sandra link
5/4/2016 06:04:57 am

You know I'm curious about the phone call, right? Be that as it may, it makes me so happy to see you enjoying your life these days. I've just had a very pleasant time meandering through your blog here and I'm still grinning. The photos of Lizzie's Neighbourhood are just gorgeous - you never told me you live in a movie set! No really, from an outsider's point of view your town is crazy pretty.

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Lily
5/4/2016 06:38:20 am

Well this is Lizzie's blog, so the phone call that changed her life was very special. But we are in similar, very happy places and, like Lizzie, I had a moment that changed my life dramatically as well. Glad you like my little town. If we ever get a nice, sunny spring day, I'll get some photos of the downtown are.

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    Hi, I'm Lizzie! Small-town girl, mother hen, and giver of advice. After some cajoling, Lily agreed to give me my own blog. 

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