Web and Graphics Designer
Branding and Marketing Expert
Top Leader, Sales Trainer, Coach, Consultant
Motivational Speaker, Best-Selling Author
CopsWives, Wonderful Widowed Women
Co-Founder Gratitude Girls
Top Network Marketing Leader

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Don’t be ashamed of your story

Don’t be shamed of your story. Share it, learn from it, be stronger from it….you just might inspire others.

We all have *stuff* in our closet……whether it is bad, tragedy, regretful, etc can be anything as well as the happy, smiley, loving, fun stuff too…..

Learn to be transparent, share those moments, share what you have learned from it, see and pray how you can help others…..

It is a part of you, a part of what made you who you are today…..embrace it. Be Youniquely YOU

Some people ask me why I share so much open, some people tell me I shouldn’t….I share what I feel God wants me to, and you know what? I get private messages every single day of people telling me how I have helped them in some sort of way…..you can’t put a price on that feeling…..and if I can help someone, I will definitely keep on doing it

Be prepared to find blessings coming to you from situations and circumstances which may at first appear to be the opposite. Learn to look for the blessing

“Be prepared to find blessings coming to you from situations and circumstances which may at first appear to be the opposite.

Learn to look for the blessing.”

I have been coaching, training, and speaking at events all over the world the last 15 years. Much moreso the last 6 years. It is amazing the many tragic events that have come thru my life, where I have thought, for a moment, “Why God, Why Me? Why not _____? You picked the wrong person, I am not this strong”…..

And through that, staying close to God, praying and questioning Him *many* times (I promise! I ask, fight, argue, cry, whine! lol All the above!)

Then He will bring something in front of me, someone who needs something, a speaking engagement not for money (sometimes yes, sometimes not), but for spiritual, where I *get the opportunity to* help and be of service to others……

But it is in those moments, not that it makes it all better….

It never does……but He shows me, how, *simply me* can help someone else, and make a difference for good in *their* life. People come to me after, they text me, they private message me, they call me, they hug me, they cry with me, they tell me how they got saved, or grew closer to God……And I realize……*My Why* and why He allowed it.

It don’t take the hurt and pain away, don’t make it perfect…..but it DOES make me feel better, makes me *see* the difference I am being able to make in my *dash* while I am here on this earth.

#IAmSoBlessed #IamGrateful #IamThankful #IAmHis #IAmMakingADfiference

I truly love my life….

I truly love my life.

I get to wake up every day and work with clients and people and make a difference in the world for better.

I have a wonderful family and wonderful friends.

How did you wake up this morning?

Do you wake up and take five minutes and truly be grateful and thankful for everything in your life….

or does the alarm go off and you get up and rush around and get ready for work or your day or whatever you have to entail…

and forget to take five minutes to be thankful and grateful for the things that you currently have in your life?

Everybody has trials and tribulations in their life.

The good Lord definitely knows that I have had my share of them but I try to focus every day of things that I can be thankful and grateful for.

I truly believe that as we do that we will attract more things in our life to be thankful and grateful for.

Entrepreneurship

Many people all the time ask me about why I work as much as I do, and I should take a break etc…..
 
I absolutely LOVE what I do in ALL my businesses!
 
In my web/graphic design and marketing company – I help many top clients in their field, rebrand and market on the internet to reach clients and propel their business to heights they never thought they could.
 
In my cards company, I show people and businesses how to effectively keep in touch better and build better relationships, to many times increasing their bottom line by 25% or more within months and getting their clients to give them endless referrals without asking.
 
In my speaking, coaching and training – I teach people on relationship marketing, keeping in touch, copswives to live that life better and understand him, christian wives to live that life better and what they can do to help theirself, him and their kids, widows how to walk in their new shoes, homeschool mom’s how to juggle, business people on time management and mindsets, and so much more!
 
And I still do many other things, but I LOVE what I do, so it’s not *like* work many times, but then also, I am working NOW, like many others *won’t* — so I don’t have to worry a much *later*, when many others *will*……
 
It is up to you! It is your choice! We make choices every day, that will predict and set our future for us, what do you want your next 5, 10, 15, 20 years to be like? Make the changes today that will propel you to a better life tomorrow.
#WeAllHaveChoices

Happy Anniversary, from Your Widow

On this day, 24 years ago, Bryan Delk and I became husband and wife, and the 5th one that you are missing….Funny, 5 years ago, everyone told me, *one day* you’ll be able to look

back at this day and not cry, but just be thankful and grateful for the happy memories….back then, I was grateful and thankful still of course, but cried lots and lots too, and couldn’t even begin to imagine that these people that told me this were ‘sane’ in their thoughts…..Today, I can say I am more grateful for the 20 years we had, than crying, although some tears as I get flowers for your grave, but not near as many as in the past….. I remember so much, like yesterday…..

It was hot in Tennessee…. I cried some in the ceremony, but then you had look of relief on your face when I said they were tears of joy. 😉

That last 20 years, we faced many challenges but we got through all of them because through it all we loved each other and we loved God.

Today, sometimes you’ll find me crying again. I know you always hated to see me cry, but it can’t be helped sometimes….I try to remember your words you used to say always to me “I want to see you smile” and I try, I try every day, and I try to focus on the wonderful years God allowed me to have you.

The vows we took said for in sickness and in health and we did that very well, living up to those words. I am confident and happy knowing that you were mine and me yours only, for almost 20 years….The til death do us part, is the most difficult challenge of them all. I said those words without realizing what that really meant because somehow I figured it was going to be SO f

ar off in the future, we would be old and gray before we had to face that… I remember thinking and dreaming of us being in our 80’s, sitting on our front porch, and watching the grandkids playing….Well here we are, or….here I am, faced with life without you…the person I entrusted with my happiness and my soul and now you’re gone.

I am faced with the monumental task of going on with out you with the memories of the times together to see me through the days, weeks, months and years ahead.

Thank you baby for those memories and for the awesome and wonderful children we raised together. I know the road ahead will be bumpy but I know at the end of the road, you’ll be wa

iting for me with welcoming arms wide open to greet me and hug me once again one day.

I do not know how long it will take me to meander down that road, but my anniversary wish is that you are peaceful now and are not sad up there. Your gift to me has been acquired over the years….strength, courage, faithful, and a “we can do this” attitude. So, I wish you happy anniversary. I love you. I promise to always try to smile…I can still hear it in my head you telling me “I want to see you smile” – No matter what was going on, even if I was mad at you
– if you said that – you always made me smile anyway – and you knew it! 🙂

From the time we were married till he left this earth was
7,133 days
or 1019 weeks
or 171,192 hours
or 10,271,520 minutes
or 616,291,200 seconds
This is equal to exactly 19 years, 6 months, and 9 days

For our 20th anniversary, he had planned he was going to buy me an anniversary band to put on the other side of my engagement ring, to match my wedding band. And we were going to take a trip someplace special, don’t know where, but somewhere we had never been, we had thought of one of those couples resorts….

I love you more than anything, I love our wonderful kids God allowed us to have. I am very thankful God let me have you for almost 20 years. Yes, I wish it was more, lots more, never even had the thoughts of what happened….you know you think about sickness, maybe *one day*…..but never this….thought and dreamed about us being in our 80’s on our front porch in our little town, watching our grandkids run around, while we hold hands….sigh….such a pretty dream…..

I was told that one day, I will think that way, and not cry, but just think about the happy times, and be happy … I am thankful and grateful that after almost 5 years, it is more that way now…..although I still and will always love and miss you

Reflection

Funny…..(not really, but truth)….
How life can *hit* you *so much*…..
I have always been a *work-a-holic* — I am sure always will lol. My life is pretty scheduled, 7am-midnight almost every day. But, the last few years, with *so many* major and significant losses in my life….
Feb 2013 – husband of 20 years
July 2013 – My Grandpa (dad’s dad)
July 2013 – Our 13 year old Boxer “Bullet* family dog)
2014 – My Father in Law (who we took care of in our garage apt for many years)
2015 – oldest daughter diagnosed w cancer (she won! thank the Lord, and now healthy)
Mar 2016 – My Mom.
And through that – other close friends and family lost or major *issues*- has the reality of the *take care and spend time with those you love, and TELL them you love them, cuz you never know when you will get to again…..even friends….
And then also, even myself….for many years I lived for doing *for* everyone else, and I still do, and I think it is important, but I have also learned, and been hit w the reality, of not being someone’s wife, and kids getting older, not that I won’t always be their mom, but they need me *less* — of *who is Laurie, and what does *she* want and what is she *here for*?
 
Reflection can be a good thing…..do it…..and figure out what your plans are for the rest of your *dash* here on this earth, and what you are doing for you, and what you are doing for others, and what difference you are going to make in the world and the lives of others. <3