About Me

I've had a variety of professions in my life, but none of them matter, except to the extent they've shaped who I am and what I now understand about myself. But that's it.

I try to live my day-to-day in a state of being rather than doing. I know; that sounds so "Zen" and perfect. Believe me, it's not. It's just the journey I'm on as I now try to live life on life's terms, rather than trying to shape life to how I think it should be.

Even though I fail at it sometimes throughout each day, I've figured out I'm not God. I also discovered through examining the wreckage of my past that I didn't make a very good God. So, I'm done. I think I'll keep trying to live out my place in this world and do the best I can with who I am and whatever God has given me.

The best I can be these days is what I value and what I believe God wants for me: Kind, loving, caring, responsible, trustworthy, helpful and sane. I haven't always been those things ... in one package, at least.  So when I fail in any one or all of these areas, I do my best to make things right to those I've negatively affected. And that's the best I can do.

I started this blog because I have reached the most difficult stage of my life thus far: Noticeable Aging! Yes, we're all always growing older, but the journey started getting rougher for me when I started realizing, experiencing and seeing my age-related limitations. I'll write about those.

If you're getting older, you'll relate. If you're not getting older, you're either dead or a freak of nature.

Paradoxically, this noticeable aging stage has become the most rewarding stage, too, for many reasons. I'll write about those, too. After all, we might as well embrace what is. Continuing to fight it only makes for misery. I'm not all about that anymore.

And I'm writing this blog because at this stage of life, I have entered the most unfortunate season I've ever experienced: Caregiving for aging parents. Good gosh a-mighty, as my dad says. This isn't fun. This isn't easy.

But, again, paradoxically, I've experienced so many blessings!

I aim to share my experiences, strengths, weaknesses, failures, victories and hopes through the tears and, hopefully, some laughs, too.

That's just how we get through life. No one lives in a vacuum. May my life's journey intersect with yours in some positive way. And because I know how I've lived my less-than-perfect life, if my journey and your journey have clashed, may I somehow get the chance to make it up to you.