Accidental Peace by Lee Wolfe Blum

Most of you have probably seen the Susan Boyle Britain's Got Talent audition. If not, please watch it here. 

Susan Boyle  

Then watch Paul Potts from last year.

Paul Potts

I listen to Paul Pott's CD all the time because of his beautiful voice. I will do the same with her.

These amazing people motivate and inspire me. What has inspired me with both of them is their humility and willingness to give it a shot. To not be afraid to follow their dreams.

What apparently inspires the world is that they don't fit our American mold of looks. Why, when Susan walks out on the stage does she get immediate criticism? Why does the judge say in her Barbie looking face..."we were all against you?" And with Paul the other Barbie judge says, "A lump of coal turned into a diamond."

Why do the "pretty people" believe they have the right to say things like that! How rude! And...Why is Susan Boyle's audition the most viewed youtube yet? Is it because of her amazing angel-like voice? I would like to think so. But, I think it is because she doesn't "look" like she will sing like that. I have to be honest...I thought something similar. 

And shame on me! Shame on all of us! 

But, I quickly fell in love with her spunky personality and her humility. And...of course her amazing voice! I hope she stays true to herself and doesn't let the world tell her who to be! She is an example of someone who's inside makes her BEAUTIFUL on the outside. I wish we all would throw away our judgments and learn to love people for who they are...more than what they look like!

Happy Living!

Lee 

 

Letters

I am writing a book called "True Companion." The book tells the story from both my perspective and my husband's perspective of Ed. We were dating when I was deep in my struggle with an eating disorder.

The other day I was sorting through a box of his letters, attempting to find my letters to him deep within the pile of love letters. I was finally at the end of the crumpled mess of paper when I found four small sheets of white paper.

He wasn't sure if he had saved it. 

He said he couldn't remember if he had. 

He did. And here it was.

These were the letters I left to my friends and family when I felt like giving up. I slowly unfolded the paper and read the dark words. Words written from my own hands while I was suffocating in darkness. Above me, the sounds of my three boys crashing monster trucks into the wall echoes through the walls. 

Now ...All I could think about was this...I would have missed this.

Later that evening I sobbed tears of joy as my husband of 13 years held me in his arms. I was telling him of the letters and both of us cried. Tears of unexplainable grace. Tears of love. 

I am telling you this because I want you to know there IS HOPE!! Lately I have been feeling despondent. Frustrated by those trapped in their eating disorders and feeling hopeless about their recovery. I can get sucked in; as well to thinking there isn't any hope. 

But, I know PERSONALLY that there is! People do come out of the darkness. People CAN live life on the other side of it. I am a living example that it CAN happen. The joy of hearing my children laugh, feeling their hugs, or looking into their eyes...is a daily reminder of this hope. And every day I am struck by the thought that I would have missed this! All of it! 

Had I stayed in the darkness of Ed I would have missed the real roller coaster of life. And I am beyond grateful that I got a second chance. So, I urge you...if you are trapped in that dark pit. Reach out, ask for help, and be HONEST about your struggles. And believe what I am saying...that there is hope. It starts with taking that first step out of the pit. And you get there ONE STEP AT A TIME!! 

It is possible dear friends. It IS possible!