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Live Your Days Inspired Anew*
*( an acronym for LYDIA )
I heard to live your days inspired anew;
A woman who had been attacked said so.
A man broke in her home & beat her blue,
Set her aflame, she leaped & jumped below.
Two stories, bare & smoking, hit the stone,
Was lifted to a hospital or die.
Induced coma, five months, but ne’er alone;
The love of fam’ly, friends & staff stood by.
At last when she awoke she could not talk,
Or move or think with battered injured brain.
To learn once more to speak & then to walk;
The journey to be Lydia again.
If you go Live Your Days Inspired Anew,
And practice at this each and every day,
What happened to this woman will touch you
In daily aspirations, every way.
I recently first heard about this Colorado woman on a rerun of a DATELINE episode of which I’m not able to share here because I can’t find it on YouTube. However, I did find the following on the site that at least lets you hear Lydia herself - a determined young woman who continues to grow as an inspiring human being as she continues to heal from that harrowing day when someone was also determined - to kill her.
Someone she has forgiven. And why? She chooses to live surrounded by “LOVE”, not “FEAR”. That alone had me drop everything, to try and write this poem - as primitive a try as it is - so I could help spread Lydia’s story, because, many of us live in fear for far lesser reasons than what she experienced. She has a magnificent real life support system that I don’t have, but still...
her story has given me hope. To those reading this, please view the link, and hope will come to you:
Lydia Tillman Tells Her Story
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=O5KLyciioec&t=69s
In her statement as to what saved her life, besides “love”, was having “ovaries of steel”. To the men reading this, that equates for a woman as “balls of steel”.
And this one:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_oc94TiVQM4
I heard to live your days inspired anew;
A woman who had been attacked said so.
A man broke in her home & beat her blue,
Set her aflame, she leaped & jumped below.
Two stories, bare & smoking, hit the stone,
Was lifted to a hospital or die.
Induced coma, five months, but ne’er alone;
The love of fam’ly, friends & staff stood by.
At last when she awoke she could not talk,
Or move or think with battered injured brain.
To learn once more to speak & then to walk;
The journey to be Lydia again.
If you go Live Your Days Inspired Anew,
And practice at this each and every day,
What happened to this woman will touch you
In daily aspirations, every way.
I recently first heard about this Colorado woman on a rerun of a DATELINE episode of which I’m not able to share here because I can’t find it on YouTube. However, I did find the following on the site that at least lets you hear Lydia herself - a determined young woman who continues to grow as an inspiring human being as she continues to heal from that harrowing day when someone was also determined - to kill her.
Someone she has forgiven. And why? She chooses to live surrounded by “LOVE”, not “FEAR”. That alone had me drop everything, to try and write this poem - as primitive a try as it is - so I could help spread Lydia’s story, because, many of us live in fear for far lesser reasons than what she experienced. She has a magnificent real life support system that I don’t have, but still...
her story has given me hope. To those reading this, please view the link, and hope will come to you:
Lydia Tillman Tells Her Story
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=O5KLyciioec&t=69s
In her statement as to what saved her life, besides “love”, was having “ovaries of steel”. To the men reading this, that equates for a woman as “balls of steel”.
And this one:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_oc94TiVQM4
Published 30th Jun 2019
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30th Jun 2019 5:01pm
Wonderful discovery, tribute, and share, Kathy. Handicap is no excuse to not live a fulfilling life. On the contrary, it provides such an opportunity to become an inspiration to others.
There are some strong people out there who have overcome horrendous odds positively through forgiveness and love. ❤
There are some strong people out there who have overcome horrendous odds positively through forgiveness and love. ❤
30th Jun 2019 5:08pm
My profound thanks, dear Ahavati, for your words of support. This means so much, as I hope you know. And I just now was able to add an image of Lydia. Of the two links I posted, the 2nd one has even more information and imagery, but the one where it's just her telling an audience her story, you get her humanity, and hear how she still recovers, while allowing herself to stretch in all directions. xo
Kathy, I just finished watching /both/ on youtube, and I’m ( for want of a better word ) tingling from what Lydia has achieved in spite of what was done to her. On top of suffering a massive stroke at the hospital because of her jumping out of her 2-story apartment from the fire!
Just writing that last part has made me breathless. Thank you for putting Lydia’s story out there, this is a great way to pass on the chance for others to know & be uplifted.
Just writing that last part has made me breathless. Thank you for putting Lydia’s story out there, this is a great way to pass on the chance for others to know & be uplifted.
Anonymous
2nd Jul 2019 6:19pm
Amen.
A humble thank you and blessings Eddie for your comment and list add.
Kathy
p.s. I like your avatar's message.
Kathy
p.s. I like your avatar's message.
Anonymous
4th Jul 2019 1:09pm
YW.
