Several years ago I was blogging about life and my family and found it relaxing and sometimes healing. Fast forward and here I am 62 years old and loving life. I have always enjoyed creative writing and blogging is an opportunity to express myself even though we live in a time when expressing ourselves on a social platform can incite backlash. Hoping this outlet does not create that but, instead, freely gives perspective.

Do I have a plan? Not really, that is why it is creative writing. There may be times it isn’t writing at all. It may be photos. It may be something I have crafted. Understand this is for me. I hope there are some of you that can find enjoyment, laughs and maybe a wee bit of wisdom but it is not a place for me to gain a million followers or any monetary gain. So sit back, relax, enjoy if you want to if not that is ok too.

Over the years I have often heard the phrase “I am in the sunset of my life” Given that it is usually from someone who is over 50 and I am now 62 I say “Give me the Sunsets.” No one takes a picture of an ugly Sunset. I love where I am in life. When I was a child being 60 never crossed my mind. As a teenager it was so far off and face it teenagers are indestructible. As a young mother, 60 year-olds were the grandparents to my children. When empty nest creeped up and I still needed a purpose I adopted a child only to start over. While it was one of the best things I have ever done, note this- Your Life ALWAYS has a purpose. Don’t wait until you are 60 to realize it. You have value even if you are childless. You are valuable if you never marry. Your purpose is within you. It may be something you searched for on your own or it may be something that you were led to. I think back on all the trials my life has seen and I can say with conviction I would go through it all again to be living the life I am now. Like the Sunsets, the colors of our life change. It may be golden orange only to quickly fade into a bursting pink rounding off to a healing scarlet. Where are you currently? Where do you want to be? Me, I want to be right here while the last rays stretch across the horizon restoring my soul strengthening me yet again. Yes I am happy to be resting in the Sunset of my life.

Thank you for visiting my blog and first post- I promise they get better…. Have a Blessed day.