My husband and sons have repeatedly told me I should be blogging. We'll see how that works out. After 20 years of homeschooling, the youngest (daughters #3 & #4) have graduated and are beginning college. I am thankful that they are still living at home at this point. Son #2 was married this past spring and son #1 is recently engaged and has moved (literally) across the country to attend grad school. The family plan had been for me to get a job and help pay the bills around here, but that has not happened, as yet. I have psoriatic arthritis, which stinks. It has been under control for the most part, but the last couple months it has flared up again. My feet and hands hurt continually and it isn't getting any better. I am a born again, holy rolling Christian and believe that Jesus still heals today. No question about it... and yet, here I am - no healing. It is getting old and I am tired. Eleven years of it. The financial, physical, and emotional toll is frustrating, but I will stop whining (for a minute or two - it's my blog, right?)
I am a 4-H advisor and all of my kids have been very active in 4-H. I am also active in church and have been very active in the homeschool group we participated in. We live next door to my parents (for the past 9 years) and love it. I am a terrible housekeeper, overweight, bossy, and often the go-to person if you need something done. I love my life, except when I don't (see the arthritis stuff), but I am trying to figure out my new place in the world. I am not the best wife, as my husband is quick to say; not the best mom, as my kids are happy to point out; not the best daughter, which my parents would never say :-) , so I guess it is time to see who God created me to be. Hopefully, writing my thoughts down will help me figure out who I am in this next stage of life.
