The 3 P's and "Life sometimes hands you sour grapes"

As a newly graduated student of Communications from Cedar Crest College I have had the opportunity to hear many greaet speakers. I have also had that opportunity to meet some fascinating people in my job at LVHN. I am in the marketing department, some of our clinical clients such as nursing have motivational speakers come in each year on Nursing week.
Two years ago a women named Anne Ryder came to speak to our nursing staff about the 3 principles of Power, Peace and Perserverance. Anne was the last American Journalist to speak with Mother Teresa. Anne is also a mother and has experienced the loss of a child through a miscarriage at 24 weeks. She is also a daughter who lost her mother at age 44 to a brain tumor. It is funny how her life parallels mine. Today I was cleaning my desk and throwing away junk when I came across the notes I took from her day with us. I remember it like it was yesterday when she spoke these words to me that really hit home.
The 3 principles of Power, Peace and Perserverance are:

Make time for silance everyday,
Live everyday with active gratitude,
and use pain and loss as a way to grow and connect with others who hurt.

It was fitting that I found these notes today. I felt they belonged here to share with others. I have tried so hard to think more and meditate on what I should be doing to help my children, and every day I am grateful to have one more day with them. But most of all I have been able to use pain and loss to connect. I have met so many other Mito families and families with special needs children through this experience God has given me, And while at times I am deeply exhausted and feel like just crying, I am more aware of how much this has helped me grow into a better, stronger person and mother.
These experiences we are given in life can be challenging but they also have been given to us for a reason.
I am going to end with a line from a qoute in one of our most recent nursing publications we are currently working on that I really liked.
"Life sometimes hands you sour grapes, please go and make the sweetest of wine out of all of this.”