Hello, and welcome to my first blog post!
For those who don't know me yet, my name is Angela, and I am married woman in my forties who knew exactly what she wanted to do in life... and did almost none of it... oops.
Isn't that so typical of the way things happen, though? As the old, Yiddish proverb says, "man plans, and God laughs." Now, I don't in any way believe that our Creator is some sadistic old guy who enjoys messing with us (more on this some other time), but I do think that this old saying very accurately points out the folly of trying to predict our own futures when we certainly lack the ability to see around metaphysical corners.
My own life is certainly an example of this: from mid-childhood, I just "knew" that I was meant to be a mother to both biological and adopted children. In addition, from about the age of fourteen, I wanted to pursue a career as a therapist specializing in child psychology. Yet, time after time, life events happened, and I made seemingly small choices that ultimately undermined both of those dreams in the long run.
While I am now in a place where I have learned to accept that what I want isn't always what I can attain, it was an excruciatingly long and painful road to get to where I am now. In addition, as I am now "middle-aged," according to my biology, I am currently facing a slew of new physical challenges that threaten to undermine at least some of the progress I have made in healing my mental health. Why this blog, then, when I am still going through so much pain?
Why not!
I am a person who is very, very real... and I intend to stay that way as we journey together through many of my personal experiences, lessons learned, and the enjoyable moments that I am blessed to live on ordinary days. If at any time you discover that something I have to say is not for you, this is a judgement-free zone... really! We are all at different points in our individual journeys, and I highly respect the fact that everyone is in a different place.
On that note, in order to keep things safe for vulnerable individuals, I have opted to turn off any chat or comment features for right now, as I have observed many times over how easily misunderstandings can happen online. Any updates or changes to this policy will be posted on this site, as well as any future social media sites, should I choose to link this page in the future.
"Sharing with another is a simple way to say... we need each other."
-Janet L. Weaver
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