Ok, so this is new to me. I've read many other people's blogs and I am fascinated. They post pictures, write witty paragraphs, and let us all have a little sneak peak into the best parts of their lives. I've not yet decided how I want my blog to play out, but I'm thinking I'd like something a little different. I don't want to write with the hopes of people I've never met, all around the country, reading it. That doesn't interest me at all. I'm more interested in putting something down that has a little more substance to it.....mostly for myself.
My life isn't perfect, hasn't been perfect, nor will it ever be perfect, so I sure hope that no one reads my posts hoping to only see the good stuff. Not that I don't have alot of good stuff in my life...I am truly blessed, more than I deserve. I am married to the absolute best man I've ever met. My kids love me and actually want to spend time with me. I have 2 brothers that I love with all my heart, my sister in law is actually my best friend, my parents are still alive. I have a home and a job and a car and the bills get paid. My children are grown so I have no responsibilities to anyone other than my husband. We pretty much do what we want, and life is good.
But I also have the yukky stuff too. I was raised in a very strict, independent, fundamental Baptist home, saw and suffered abuse, had dreams, went to college, got married, gave birth to 3 kids, and got divorced. As a single mom I worked 2 jobs, raised 3 teenagers (and they lived to tell about it), and remarried. I know what it's like to lose grandparents, a brother, and a father in law. I know the joy of becoming a Gram for the first time, and the heartbreak of learning a loved one has cancer.
This is life - it's my life: It represents how I grew up, people I knew, things I saw and experienced first hand, how they have made me who I am and how I feel about them.
This is Me.
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