Welcome!

This isn't my first foray into the world of blogging. Actually to be honest it will be my third. The first two blogs I wrote were based in politics and current events, something I have been monitoring consistently for the last decade. I would decide on an event or news story that caught my attention and then write about it, adding my personal commentary on the subject.

The problem was that I found myself becoming so obsessed by the situation our country was in that I kept feeling overwhelmed. I wanted to be the change, effect change, make up for all of the damage that the promises of "hope and change" had wrought. I was eating, breathing, sleeping,  and living everything to do with what I wanted to change about the world, and the one thing that I was really changing was me. I was so caught up in what might happen in the future that I wasn't taking the time to experience the present.  I was losing my joy.

I stopped writing for almost a year. I left my blog to gather cobwebs in the cosmos of the World Wide Web while I turned my attention back to the core things that mattered the most to me. God. Family. Relationships. And joy. I went back to old hobbies I used to enjoy and found time to learn some new ones. I started listening more, both to others and to my inner voice. I began to take better care of myself, mentally and physically, and found that as I did I became more connected to those around me.

I made the decision recently to stick my toe back in the water and start to blog once again. This one is going to be different, though. I want this to be a more positive and uplifting journey. I'm not exactly sure yet where that will lead, but I want it to be fun and full of joy and the many ways people can, and do, share joy in everyday life. I hope you will join me so we can travel this road together. I look forward to it.

Blessings.