That place between

I haven't been keeping up with this blog, but I do make notes from time to time of things I imagine I'm going to share with you - about birds and kids and living off-grid in the forest. I may never share them, but the intention is there, so stick with me and I'll do my best. Let's talk about what I have been doing that has kept me so busy, though. For those that don't know, I have conquered a lot in the past few years. I give myself a pat on the back for that, because giving myself a pat on the back is something I can do now. I am stronger than I think I have ever been in my life (mentally, but physical is next, which is why I've been seeking out a weight bench). I have worked really hard and opened a lot of boxes filled with a lot of demons. I have been through about 15 lifetimes for my 36 years of life. I have been in some of the darkest places anyone could be in - and now I'm in some of the brightest. My anxiety is down about 80%. My d...

I can think of no better way to start than to tell you a little (or a lot) about me and mine. I am a wife and a mother. I once helped run a business, but I realized one day that I did not have the gumption to do the sorts of things that management had to do. That is, I could not figure out how to fire people that didn't know how to do their job, as I was too sympathetic to the woes of being human. Granted, it is not to say that other people who do these jobs see other than what I saw, but that I myself did not have the spirit to look someone in the eye and tell them they were not good enough, even when they weren't. In stories that are too long to tell here and now, I myself had been told that too many times as a child and didn't have it in me to tell it to others, even if it were to the benefit of the company itself. People who do hiring and firing need to exist in this world, and I consider them very strong people. I do NOT consider myself to be this particular type ...