Welcome!

Hi there! Welcome to my new blog! I've started a few but ended up ditching them after a while. Hopefully, I'll do better this time around. This will be a kind of potpourri of my thoughts, feelings, activities, struggles, victories, dreams, goals, and peeks into my life as I attempt to live out my second half joyfully. My natural tendency would be to get bummed out about the aging process and the loss of youth, the physical challenges that can come beginning in our fifties, the fact that it's extremely unlikely to have any more children (which I realize for most women is a happy thought, but I'm NOT like most women. I adore babies and little ones and would be thrilled to have them around until I kick off.) But instead, I've decided to start fully embracing life and am determined to walk in joy and have fun while pursuing my purpose and passion. Some of my interests include beauty and fashion, health, personal growth, having fun, family (married to an awesome dude and have 5 beautiful kids, two grown, two teens, one tween), friends, spiritual growth and disciplines, reading, writing, shopping, decorating, homemaking, homeschooling, crafts, organization, ministry, travel, learning new things, having non threatening adventures, humor, becoming a Christian counselor, food, babies and kids, being a girly girl. I'm not saying I'm good at all these things. In fact, some of them I really struggle with or don't currently do, and I could improve even in the ones that I'm pretty good at. In some ways I'm an overgrown kid. I love all things Tinkerbell and princessy, even at my somewhat advanced age. I'm pretty laid back, but if pushed too far, I do have a temper.

Anyway, that's a little about who I am and where I'm at in this second half. I'd love if you'd join me as I work on doing life more joyfully. I welcome any comments, questions, or ideas about topics to explore here, or any tips you might have as I walk out this adventure called life. I do ask that all comments be respectful to me and other commenters. It's OK to disagree, but please make sure to do it kindly. (That's the mama hen in my talking. lol) BTW I'm a quirky mix of that mama hen AND overgrown kid. Funny paradox, but it's who I am. I never have claimed to be exactly normal. But then again, normal isn't a requirement for living out a joyful second half. ;-)