My promise to you...

Staring over in life is wonderful, yet complicated and messy.  I promise to be real and raw through this journey.  Some days hurt and are extremely difficult.  We can't control everything that goes on around us, and life can throw some major curve balls our way.  It can get messy.  Some days you feel defeated and broken.

So here's my promise to you.  I will not sugar coat anything.  I will be blunt.  I will be honest about the good, the bad and the sometimes oh so ugly.  Life is tough enough when we are honest about it.  I learned that trying to be something and someone you are not is exhausting.  Trying to live to be the person everyone else thinks you should be will leave you with nothing left to give to yourself and your loved ones.

I promise to be real.  This journey of starting life over is exciting and scary.  I know I am working towards the life I want, and I am becoming the person I want to be.  I no longer live my life waiting for someday.  I live each day like it may be my last, living it to the fullest.  I want to make every day count.  Please ask me your questions.  I may not know the answer, but at least you won't be in it alone anymore.  Life is not a journey meant to take alone.

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