Life NOW

I have decided to begin this blog again, as it has been a very long time since I wrote here.  I realized that since the last time I wrote my wonderful husband of 26 years has had not one, but two cardiac arrests, both of my parents have passed away, and I resigned my job for many reasons but the main one was:  I just wasn't leaning in anymore.

Yoga in Sedona, AZ

Wow, lots of changes to my external world, and to my internal world as well.  I took up Yoga, traveled to various places including the Grand Canyon with my husband- what an amazing place! and went to Africa on a safari-all life changing  events.  Life changing
? How?  Subtle ways, I seem to hold them all inside of me now and use the serenity and strength  of each place, each yoga position, to give me inner peace.  I  also decided to run in the Pit Run- originally the 10 K was my goal, but with the second heart event happening in this year, I decided to curb my enthusiasm to the 5 K.  I am proud to say I made it and immediately wished I had done the 10K- but have also decided that I will push to improve to be able to do it in 2015.

I have been working with Raph on fixing our home of 27 years ( between heart events)  and find I have some skills and mostly just manage to get it done. We are taking each room and "finishing" it for the first time, really, and we both are enjoying the creative challenges to restoring an old house.

I have been looking for what is next for me/us.  Need to make money but don't want to just get a job- and we are looking for purpose in what we do...

 So, I am Middle America still stands.   I think I am still very middle America.  I think so many aging baby boomers are still looking for meaning, trying to keep in shape, working to keep their relationships strong and loving, and have dealt with aging/dying parents, kids leaving the nest and maybe returning for some period, etc.

I plan to write here 3 times a week- some will be advise on child rearing, juggling aging parents needs with work and family, and some will be more introspective about where I am now- because where I am is where most folks are of a certain age, and maybe there will be some comfort knowing we are not alone, maybe a community can rise up and we can offer the millennial's advise/inspiration to help smooth their path a bit.

I hope you enjoy my musing, learn some from my trials and tribulations, and continue to follow me and suggest others follow too- lets build this community together.