New Beginnings

Surprise! I'm back and ready to start writing again. I can't or maybe can believe that it's been a long time since I've been here, but I'm hoping to make this a regular occurrence. So where to begin. Not sure if I should play catch up from 2013 or jump in to 2018. Jumping in: Finding myself again. Getting back to enjoying things that I want to do for myself and what pleases me and brings joy to my heart. I'm quilting/sewing making blankets for my friends and family. I'm watching my granddaughter become a smart/unique and very special individual that makes up her mind and throws her whole heart into it. I'm so happy to see my daughter make some very rewarding changes in her life to go back to school and change her career path to better herself and her family. Our family has lost family pets over the last two years and it's left a hole in everyone's hearts. My sons are struggling each in their own way with depression, money issues, health

I want to be remembered as someone that was there. I mean available. I love to create memories with my grand child. I have read many posts recently about memories of loved ones that have now passed. I struggle with my memories, as I can't recall a lot of childhood memories with my grandparents, or cousins since I didn't spend a lot of time with them growing up. Both my parents relatives lived a distance away. I hear of others recall memories of their childhood and the time they spent with others with gratitude. When I think back on my past I have feelings of sadness and missed opportunities. I look at my grand daughter and hope that she remembers the trips we took, the time we laughed playing silly games, reading stories and knows that it was time well spent and worth remembering. I shed tears for the children that don't have memories of a happy childhood and for parents and grand parents that missed opportunities to laugh, live and be loved by the little people that

Yeah, you noticed right? I haven't blogged in a while. I am pretty disappointed in myself, and yet trying really hard to keep in mind that when I first started this blog I wanted to make sure that what I wanted to share was going to be something people wanted to read. My adventure and what was happening in my life was going to be something that I wanted to journal as a way of remembering and also as a way to include others that didn't participate on a regular basis. I sometimes feel like I've lost touch with the people in my life that I thought I would always be close to, and yet I feel that if those people wanted to keep in touch with me, or want to stay connected to me that they would put the effort forth and that friendship and family would be a give and take type of relationship. I see now that it's not. I have chose to remove certain people from my life and in the same respect people have chosen to remove themselves. I understand and feel nothing. I don't

So here I am once again. I want to start off by wrapping up the holidays, and I have to say was one of the better ones I enjoyed in the past. All my children joined me and even seeing my son was enjoyable knowing that there are some things you have no control over and need to accept some things are not going to change. <3 I'm ok. Not great, but just ok. I am still working out a few things and I know that I can talk about them, but I'm not ready too just yet and I'm not sure when I will be. I loved spending time with mom and dad over the holidays it was great to just sit back and relax for the evening and it was really great to be able to share in their joy when they opened tickets to the Tenors in Feb that I bought as part of their anniversary/christmas/i love them gift.I decided to invite the both of them to a nice evening out with me and my friend Sandy who always joins me to the Jube...ends up that my sister, her husband and great friends Pam and Wes are joining us a

I know, I know, I'm posting and haven't posted since July. I don't know why. I do know why....I feeel like my blogs are the same...i have been so preoccupied with other things that I haven't taken the time as I should to dedicate to my blog. I apologize..this was really something that I wanted to keep up with at this stage of my life to keep me on track with the day to day things that were happening. I forget sometimes that life has a way of taking over and one day rolls into one week, one month, and so on. My plate really isn't that full, but my thoughts about other things that aren't important are taking over from what is really important. I'm hoping that 2013 will see me reflecting more on the "what's important to me". So since July let's see if I can't recall what has been happening in my "busy" life. It seems the summer has come and gone with a flash. My dear friend lost her brother to cancer and it was a very hard time

I know you have heard it before...is it really the beginning of July...where do I begin. I guess where I left off. My last blog was March - so needless to say I'm a little behind. Or I'm so far behind if I turned around I would be first. I like that. April updates - So here we are once again - Things are coming together as they should. I'm having the time of my life. Work is busy, home life is busy and how can it not be with a most spectacular grand daughter that anyone could ask for. Isabella started Daycare and she is absolutely loving it. She gets to play games, and sing songs. She has caught this terrible cough and can't seem to shake it. She has gone to the doctors and that is all it is is just a cold, lungs are fine, and ears are good so just keep giving her cough syrup. Work has been super busy, with all the changes happening or should I say about to happen we have been trying to prepare for what is going to happen next. I have had a rough couple of weeks with