It Takes a Village

Welcome to this life-in-progress test to see what sticks and what hits the floor.

I’m a happy mid-life-criser, who is on a quest to reinvent my life. I’m excited to share this journey with you and see what this great big world has to offer. Along the way, I’ll be sharing how I’m building up my life – the taste, sounds, sights, thoughts, prayers, and family that make it all worthwhile. 

I look forward to sharing and hope I inspire you to throw some noodles against the wall and see what sticks or what hits the floor in your life!

I‘m inviting you into my life, my families life, because as I was saying I am going through a bit of a mid-life crisis and a Porsche is not in the budget! My life by all accounts is great and I can’t wait to share what makes it great with you. You see I’m not a veteran of anything but more of a jack-of-many trades that I have learned while bumping along the way. A novice to so much, a newbie who believes we should experience what we can. I love to read but not as consistent as many, I play tennis but am out of shape and haven’t picked up a racquet in years, I have completed two half marathons but that was a life-time ago, I am a “green” skier when I go, I was in a hiking club (the views around the Griffith are amazing but I haven’t lived in LA for over 15years), I can swim, dance, sing a little on key, cook a pretty good *mean dinner, enjoy photography and writing, biking and taking long walks on the beach. LOL – I know that sounds like a dating profile. But it’s all true, and there is more that I could go on about. But nothing I can look back on and say I’ve nailed it!

This made me feel lost especially when I started to look online to find my people, you know the ones who you resonate with, but I didn’t find them. I found very accomplished, fit, fun-loving, out-going, wrinkle free, perfect-hair-day, cooks, bloggers, podcasters and families that seemed to have nailed their niche.

Where is the forum for those of us who live a simple and sometimes messy life but still need to see how to experience more? Not crazy more, just more. I am the seventh child of eight. I assumed I would always get married and have a family and I eventually did get married---at 40. And while a family was desperately wanted, we are a mighty two with “M.” I have volunteered to read to children, coached girls’ softball, and sing and dance with kids in the children’s ministry at my church. And while I love serving, traveling, and doing “stuff”, somehow not getting to where I thought I would naturally end up—becoming a mom—has left a weird void. I have meditated and prayed often, and I believe I have the answer. Which is to turn around look directly at my fear and answer, What now? 

I’m enlisting you all via this forum because to raise this mid-life, tantrum throwing child is going to take a village. 

So, I’ll Create A Life. Be a “newbie” again. Find my people, my community who can help me sort through so much of it all, ask the questions, be open to the journey, listen for the answers, share, and most of all be HONEST. Honest with you and honest with myself, and let’s see if we can nail being a Novice together. 

Let’s go!