ABOUT ME

This blog is for the purpose of talking back to me, and the world, acknowledging my existence, finding my niche through self-expression, and allowing my life to become lemonade. I was born the last of four siblings. I was the baby of the family, loved by some and resented by others. The first eight years of my life were the epitome of all that is childhood. I had a wonderful elementary school experience.  I spent my summers playing all day with good friends. My family traveled quite often. We lived in a cohesive, small neighborhood. I absolutely loved my parents and sibs. We had a boundless, extended family and life was great.

Then change happened, we moved to a bigger neighborhood in the suburbs where families were greater in number, but farther apart. The worst part was that my best friends weren’t there. That changed my life forever and my once active life became solitary and sedentary. My older sister went off to college, and my brothers were into things beyond my years. I was alone and I didn’t skate or run anymore, except that time when I was chased by a dog. I didn’t play hide and seek, or any of the things I use to do with my friends the way I did in my old neighborhood. Did I mention that my new school sucked? By the time I reached the age of 12, I was the go between in a failing marriage, the whipping boy for a menopausal mother, and a weak restraint against an angry man. I was an absolute WRECK!

Long story short, I survived, and here I am, entering the emotional freedom of childhood again, and I am discovering me. I have raised my two daughters (Thank God!), and now it’s time to live my life with semi-reckless abandon. So where does this late bloomer begin? I’ll begin within and work my way out…