Intro

I recently read a wonderful book called Heaven Is Here, by Stephanie Nielson. Although parts of her story are terribly sad and tragic, her writing inspired me. Not only her writing, it was her personality, faith, humor, and love of life that was inspirational.
Somewhere in the book she wrote about when she decided to start her blog. What stuck with me was when she said that this was a blank page. A fresh start. She could choose to put down whatever words, thoughts, and feelings she wanted.
And she chose to add GOOD to the world with her posts, not BAD. She said there is already so much negativity and sadness in the world that she did not want to contribute to that. Instead, she wanted to share her life.

And so do I.

I'm not sure where to start, or what to say for that matter. I hope that through my posts you'll get to know me, while I get to preserve memories for my family and write about my life.

So I'll start with RIGHT NOW.

Right now, as I'm sitting on my bed with my laptop writing my first blog post, my kids, Dakota (4) and Micah (2) are fighting over toys in their room down the hall while their dad tries to mediate. It is 7:29pm, almost bedtime, and we've just finished a bowling battle on the Wii. (Dad won, but we let Dakota think he did!)
How does the saying go? The days are long but the years are short. SO TRUE!

So here's to documenting and sharing my life. Mostly the good, a little bit of bad, and lots of laughs to get through it all!

Our "House With The Orange Door"... and a sneaky little kitty saying hi!