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LEAVE YOUR

LEGACY – NOW

by Natalie McQueen

Leaving a legacy — sounds like changed my life. In that moment, It is not just about the next
something only wealthy people a brush with death, the visions generation, but treasuring these
can do, right? Leaving a legacy is of my children, family, and all memories for generations to
more than giving an inheritance, the special moments I may have come.
a trust fund, or a real estate missed out on flashed before my
empire to your heirs. A legacy can eyes. I felt that I had so much to Your life has had great lessons
be your key learning moments, give and share—all the mother’s to teach you—and as you
pivotal turning points, greatest words of wisdom, and inspiration understand them, you are now
epiphanies that have shaped for my daughters on their good empowered to teach those life
your life, changed the course of days and bad days. In that lessons to others with a similar
things, and brought you to where moment, I had my entire life’s journey—even if you haven’t
you are now. movie play in front of me. Though mastered them.
it was truly an unfathomable
We all would have stories that occurrence of events that I Just the fact that you see and
our grandma told us while playing was miraculously rescued, this understand them makes your
cards or Thanksgiving dinners; became the source of the biggest wisdom real and valuable to
and we are probably recreating blessing in disguise. others —because awareness is
them while connecting with our the beginning of real choice, real
children. This caused me to rethink my power, and true freedom.
purpose of life and my mission.
Most times, we don’t start This gave me crystal clear vision Each and every one of us has
thinking about leaving legacy about the soulful life I wanted equal opportunity to start
until we are older. However, to create to inspire others on creating our own legacies. There
how beautiful it would be if we their own journey. I began to are many ways to get started,
captured more along the way envision other mothers and their and the earlier you start the
and start collecting memories legacy. What about the mom more options you have. One of
and traditions before we age? who received a diagnosis of my favorite ways is journaling.
Does one really need to have a cancer and had 6 months to live? Being mindful of our lives and
near-death experience to realize How could these women, or any noting down important events,
this? My journey of exploring parent who wanted to create a achievements, failure, memories,
this began four years ago; an lasting legacy of memories for recipes, traditions, rituals and
experience—a divine moment— their children, be served? more.

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