more like Him...

      So...its been a minute since I last posted, sorry about that if you were concerned.  Life has just been life. hectic, busy, etc.  My kids are now 20, 17, and 7, and that alone is enough to make me tired,  but add work and extra-curricular, preparing my second to head off to college and my oldest to continue with college, at home or at school...mix in an energetic 1st grader who thinks she's a teenager and life is moving at the speed of  light.  So, needless to say we are busy around here, but that's not what I want to 'chat' about in this post.        2020, huh?  It has been a year of 'all of the above', right?  Challenging and stressful, inspiring and frustrating, historical and new all at the same time.  It has also been an extreme amount of change for everyone.   Changing how we live our daily lives.  How we communicate with each other.  How we get along with each other.  How we work,...

    DISCLAIMER:  THIS IS A POST I WROTE SEVERAL MONTHS OR A YEAR AGO AND FAILED TO PUBLISH.  THERE IS NO NEW OR OLD REASON BEHIND WHY I AM NOW PUBLISHING IT OR WHY I FAILED TO PREVIOUSLY PUBLISH IT...I JUST FELT LIKE AFTER EDITING AND FINISHING IT THAT IS WAS READY NOW...ENJOY       Can I be honest?  That's really a rhetorical question...I know I can be honest.  Unfortunately, sometimes I am TOO honest.  Brutal honesty often comes with a heavy price and those close to me have experienced the wrath of my brutal honesty!  To them, I say, 'Sorry'.  But that's not what I want I really want to communicate today...so let me get back on track...next paragraph...      Let me be honest for a few moments.  With my honesty will hopefully come some transparency and what I fear may come from that may be a little bit of surprise, maybe some disappointment, but hopefully more than anything a chance to move forward.  ...