Hi! I\u2019m Lori! I\u2019ve struggled with where to begin here. There are so many things I want to say about so many things. As I have thought about where to begin, I kept coming back to…just tell them who you are…but who I am is complicated. A part of me worries that who I am isn\u2019t good enough to do this. That part of me goes all the way back to 1967, when I was 2. But, that\u2019s a story for some other time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I am a lot of things to a lot of people. First off, I am a daughter. I\u2019m an only child. I\u2019m also an adopted daughter. Yep, there\u2019s a story there, but I\u2019ll save that for another post. I\u2019m a wife, but I\u2019m also an ex wife. You guessed it, there\u2019s a story there. I\u2019m a Mom to many, yet I\u2019ve never had my own. I\u2019m a step Mom. I\u2019m a dog Mom. I\u2019m a \u201cretired\u201d first grade\/kindergarten teacher. There are definitely stories there! I\u2019m a church member. I\u2019m a student of religion, spirituality and kindness. I\u2019m broken but I\u2019m healing. A definite story there.
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As I was thinking about all of the pieces that have gone together to make me the person I am it hit me at 1 a.m., that I\u2019m a patchwork of all these things. Some people use tapestry, woven together beautifully. I\u2019m bumpy. You can see where I have been put together. And believe me, getting where I am was not a beautiful trip. I wouldn\u2019t be who I am without having gone through ALL that I\u2019ve gone through. I\u2019ve learned many lessons through all this mess that I try to pass on to those around me. I plan to share these stories and lessons here. I\u2019m still working on how to go about it. It will come.
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I\u2019ve journaled since I learned to write. I\u2019ve just never shared those thoughts, those things that have made me…ME! Again, at 1:00 this morning, I felt that nudge…you know the one…the one where something greater than you is saying, \u201cGet on with it, girl! Someone out there needs to hear what you have to say!\u201d So, I\u2019m going to get out of my own way and say what I have to say to those that need to hear it.
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I\u2019m thankful for this opportunity to share. Thank you for reading this far! My next post will be about my early years…birth to about 5. I know, your thinking, 0-5? Oh. Come. On. Yep, there\u2019s a story there. That\u2019s where my first pieces were made, put together and a few were even ripped apart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Peace and blessings to you and yours! \ud83d\udc9c<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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