I am a mom, a wife, a preschool teacher, and a blogger. I am very happily married to my childhood sweetheart, truly, the love of my life. I am very blessed with my 2 children. I call my son, my Special Blessing and my daughter my Joy. I also have 3 adult step-children. All unique and wonderful in their own crazy ways. I have been in the field of education for about 20 years. I am in my 2nd year as a teacher in a small private preschool. My hobbies are reading, knitting, jigsaw puzzles, study and journaling. I love traveling. I enjoy writing, and I love to teach. I see so much miss information and skewed opinions that I desire to correct or at least offer my own 2 cents worth, believing it to be worth hearing. So, here I am !
Welcome to my blog! Let me tell you what my hope is as I start this blog. I hope that there is something for everyone here. I hope you find an answer or two, or at least find a different way to look at something. I have an unusual story, and I had to figure things out for myself as I grew, so through trial and error (lots of error!) I have developed a very down to earth, common sense approach to life and its challenges. I dislike confrontation, so I try to look at all sides and determine what it is that people really care about, and why they feel the way they do. I am writing this blog from my perspective as a Christian. So, if you are a searcher, new to the faith or just curious, I hope to bring some answers, some clarification.
I have seen grief through the loss of both parents. One when I was a child and one as recently as September 2016. I have seen the loss of parental dreams with the diagnosis of Autism in my now 28-year-old son. I also have a 13-year-old daughter, so I am beginning the journey of her teenage years with her. I have experienced the failure of 2 marriages. I have lived paycheck to paycheck my entire life. Both my dad and my step-dad where alcoholics and my mom was clearly co-dependent. I say this to tell you that I am not coming from a place of comfort and ease. I am not the person who can talk about life, but know nothing of its hurts. I truly have been there. I have faced challenges, I have fallen, and I have picked myself up and started over again. I think I have learned some things from these experiences.
I pray that God be my partner in this, and that together we offer you something worth your time, thought and consideration.