Here we go...

I started this blog a couple months ago and have sat looking at the blank page since. There are few things more intimidating than a blank canvas. As I’ve entered 2009 I have thought that this is the perfect time for me to begin a blog, taking the time to evaluate where I’m going and where I’ve been. 2009 will be a milestone year for me. During this year I will turn 50 years old. 50 years! Whoa…. How did that happen? Granted, it won’t be until the LAST week of 2009, but still… What have I done for 50 years? What will I do with the next 50?



Second milestone is the end of my career. Fourteen years ago God tricked me into homeschooling my kids. I never planned to do such a crazy thing! But we stepped into it, it seemed to fit and we kept going. Now I’ve no doubt it was the best choice we could have ever made for many, many reasons. But this year it comes to an end. I started homeschooling my son when he began first grade. This year my daughter will graduate. And I’ll be done with a fourteen-year adventure. It was an amazing and wonderful journey, but now I will have to decide what to do with the rest of my life. It’s not like this time has snuck up on me. I’ve been making a list for years of things I’d like to do. Now is the time to start sifting through those ideas to find the perfect nugget… to find where God wants me to go.

So now the empty canvas has been marked up and I can begin scratching out ideas and thoughts, it’ll be fun to see where it leads.