An Untailored Journey

An Untailored Journey is about a single mom of 3 that is a jack/jane of all trades (depending on who you ask) and a capricious attitude towards life, children, ex's, attorneys, judges, friends, fair weather friends, teenage drama and the adventures of a single mom........trying to have a life as well.

I have blogged before and found it to be exciting. The excitement came from engaging people from all over the country in my life and realizing how very similiar we all are. Many times we feel as though we are alone on our journey of life, we feel as though we have experiences that are exclusive of any one else's experiences. Blogging was a way to not only express myself, but also a way of sharing my life experiences and knowledge in a manner that I hope could provide some insight for someone else with similiar experiences happening to them. Another hope would be that they would realize that they were not alone and we are more connected that even I realized.

I am not an expert or professional by no means, however.....at 42, I have lived a very full life or it seems like I have. I have been told by a professional that my life has had a lot of heartache in it, but I doubt any more than anyone else as an average. A majority of it was a naive life until my divorce, a hopeful life, despite my divorce and a joyful life because of the growth I experienced through happiness and tears. I do love learning so many things even if it hurts at times. Growth hurts sometimes and that's okay!

What do I have to offer anyone? I hope the real life experiences I have had as a now, single mother of 3: a 17 year old girl, a 13 year old boy and an 8 year old boy that I have a lot to offer in the way of being a once married woman, mother, now a single mother. I am a college graduate which provided life experiences. I have worked as a social counselor, real estate agent and sales. Sales is the manner in which I have accumulated the bulk of my employment experience. I was and am very successful in sales and that can be attributed to the fact that I do love people and love socializing, obviously as I am writing blindly to potentially millions that will never see this! HA HA It sort of reminds me of talking to my ex.

If I had to say I was a professional at anything, it would be sales. However, managing a household with children, a full time job, soccer, football, homework, their jobs, normal teenage drama, ensuring I also have my personal needs met has taught me more than just life lessons, but soul lessons.

On top of all of this, there is something big happening in my life that will have a great impact on my family, a positive impact of which I am not at liberty to discuss just yet! It will be life changing.

I have dealt and deal with children, their friends, their boyfriends, girlfriends, teachers, principals, step mothers, ex husbands, step children, in laws, outlaws, attorneys, judges, court, child custody, child support, my boyfriends, friends, fair weather friends, my parents, etc., etc., etc., and much in between and lots of stories, drama, adventures, journeys and just random things!! I will provide a disclaimer that I am not a licensed attorney/judge or otherwise. I just have plenty of experience in dealing with them all! I am excited about this unfolding that will occur during this blogging and hope that I can reach others by providing some insight that I feel could be valuable to them. Some days will be random thoughts, random rants or maybe me just whining and wanting someone else to provide me with some insight and/or encouragement. I hope to grow and help others grow as we journey through our lives.......hoping to make the best of every day and the day we don't, the time to crawl under the covers and just "be" for a while to gather our thoughts.

So, as I allow you a window into my life, I hope that you can "see" that we're not so different, you and I.....and we can go and grow through this together.

Let this journey begin.................