Life is…

“Life is what you make it. If you surround your self with darkness it will be hard to be a light. Surround your self with light and be sure not to bring darkness.”

Life is consistently inconsistent as I have found. No matter how much I try to be consistent life will always throw you a curve. If I am being honest, I have a hard time being flexible. I plan my day, even if my day has no plan and I get set in it. How many of us, because of kids, run on a timed schedule? Wake up, get ready, drop off, pick up, snack or dinner, sports, homework, and bed.

Summer break is the most consistently inconsistent for me and I struggle. I am someone that needs routine. In time you will get to know me and I know I am sure you will start to think man loosen up a bit. I try guys, I really do and sometimes I can. As the kids have gotten older they are all so different and it is really hard because everyone is in to and doing different things. I seriously get anxiety when wanting to plan something because I know how it will go, but I always hope for a different outcome.

In the last few years I have learned a lot about myself, as life has thrown some curve balls, maybe not at me directly, but definitely in my direction. I like to think that I try to do right and make good choices, but I am by no means trying to be perfect or think I am. I try to understand that life is unpredictable and yet again consistently inconsistent.

I have a story and I have been having a tug on my heart to share it. I have reached out to friends and asked for advice on how and what might be the best way. Starting a blog and publicly sharing it allows me a platform to share and a choice to be read and shared amongst each other .

This life that we live and that will be lived, has and will be hard. All I want to do is encourage, build up, and share some of my experiences and thoughts in hopes that I might be able to be relatable and a friend to those in need of that.

Life… can be so many things, things that you choose, things that you do, and honestly things that might just happen to you to test you. Who you surround yourself with and the choices you make will either build you or break you. I hope by sharing my stories we might be able to build a community of hope and strength.