Getting my feet wet...

It has been a long time...but it feels good to be here again. Who would have thought that blogging would not be considered a work function. I mean, how is one suppose to start the day without visiting the few places that inspire you? True there is always the home computer but after sitting in front of a computer for 9hr plus a day, it takes more than a little will power to prop oneself back in front of another at times when you do not need to be there.

There has been so many ups and downs the past year I would not even know where to begin. One of the most life changing things that has happened was my 15yr old son being diagnosed with type 1 diabetes.
There was a time that I was so overwhelmed and lost that I thought that I would never find my way. But I made, we made it. The world did not stop and life continued. Life is full of lessons, some we make it through and walk away and some we take away what we made it through.

Our family has seen a lot of death this year. My uncle was the one that hit the hardest. Although we were not as close as most, he held such a special place in my heart. He was such a good man, a good friend, a husband, a father that I had often wish that was mine.
We are not all cut from the same cloth and acceptance is sometimes hard to swallow and the day of his funneral I swallowed all the had been keeping me from having a relationship with my father and seen him for him and not just all of his flaws. He may not be there all of the time or be there in the way that I want him, but he is there and that is more than a lot of people can say.

As life continues to go on I continue to learn and grow. Compasion is probably my biggest weakness, but is also my greatest reward.