Why this blog?
About a year ago, I felt the need to have a unified mission statement of some sort for my life. If you're a wife, mom, daughter, homemaker or have a career, it can sometimes feel like we have all these separate roles or compartments we live in with nothing to unify the part into a whole. Earlier this year, my youngest son left for college and I eagerly (with the occasional shed tear!) anticipated more free time to pursue hobbies and passions. I have a lot of interests: reading, writing, humor blogging, an Etsy business, faith and religion, motherhood, home décor...the list seems to get longer the older I get! This diverse list of interests left me feeling... scattered. As a follower of Christ, I know what direction I'm heading and the values that guide me, but I felt I needed to write down something, perhaps a mission statement of some sort, as a unifying, more specific mission for all the various roles and activities of my life. After several months of trying out var...