So it has been a while since my last blog and many things have been going on! The last year and some change has been a long and windy road......okay lets be honest ...it has been filled with mountains to climb, valleys to cross and treacherous rivers that almost swept us away but, alas, we have survived!!
I have been spending most of my time in school...again....not sure why I thought this was a good idea. However, following my passion, I am working on my master's degree in plant science. So far it has been very rewarding! I have learned a great deal and learned a great deal more of how much I don't know! Mistakes....let's just say I have made a few....hundred! I have never found anything that gives a greater satisfaction than learning from your mistakes. I am not ashamed of making the mistakes...maybe a little embarrassed but never ashamed! I have had the great fortune of being surrounded by people willing to help me not only personally but professionally!
There have been two HUGE life altering events in the past year that have changed and hopefully improved the way I think about certain things, how I try to live my life and treat people in my life! The first was having a loved one diagnosed with 2 different forms of cancer. This news can shake anyone to the core, I find it makes me question lots of things I have never thought about before, like the foods I put in to my body and my surrounding environment. ( These questions will be addressed in several upcoming blogs!!) The second was being rushed to the hospital to have emergency surgery for a ruptured bleeding peptic ulcer. A very scary day to say the least! It was the first time I was ever really faced with my own mortality. Thankfully, I am almost to 100% again! The occasional bout of tiredness from pushing myself to hard is a warning I have learned to listen to the hard way!! If I had learned to listen to my body before hand, it may have not have been so serious....mistake....lesson learned!!!
Both of the events listed above have made me appreciate the many wonderful things I have in my life! I still have my loved one with me and looking forward to getting back closer to home to share more time and make more memories. I am learning (slowly) that I and I alone can not do everything, it is okay to ask for help. Back in high school teacher told me..."don't sweat the small stuff....it's all small stuff" I am trying to remember and practice these words but, it is easier said than done....tomorrow is another day!
Now that you have been caught up on what has been going on in my "blog absence", I will start to write more frequently about things more important and more exciting than me!
