My intention with this blog is to use my writing as a way to make sense of this twist in my life journey.
- I'm a partner... with a wonderful man who has put up with me for more than 35 years. He says that he doesn't know what he did to deserve me. I tell him he must have been really good in his last life - or really bad. He's just cracks that smile of his and lets either comment pass. Unless he is across the room. He does run faster than me.
- I'm a mom... now with three adult children. High school is now a faded memory.
- I am a grandma - a new landscape to explore and add to my life experience.
- I'm a daughter...With parents who have been wise teachers and constant support - even when they need a little support themselves.
I've been a counselor and coach; a teacher and administrator; a volunteer and a business owner - not all at the same time although sometimes the lines were pretty blurred.
I don't really want to live in the fast lane. Country roads that meander to interesting places are much more to my taste - as long as I can get out of the car and take a walk on the glorious pathways that I find.
Priorities are not so straightforward anymore. Menopause has been a blessing - I can't multitask like a crazy machine anymore.
My life is full - with wonderful people and amazing opportunities.
And that’s where grace comes in – filling my life and reminding me to save some of it for myself.
