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Describe a phase in life that was difficult to say goodbye to.

I never liked school until I attended university.

I was captivated with most of my classes. I liked most of the lectures. I was good at picking courses I found exciting.

I was just getting warmed up when I graduated, had debt, and had to find work.

Real life begins after school, now making a living.

If you could be someone else for a day, who would you be, and why?

I refuse to be anyone else but me.

I like me. Nope, I love me.

I know what I like. I know what I hate. I don’t need to reinvent myself i already know what works and what doesn’t.

I am comfortable in my own skin, I don’t need to get use to someone else. 

Me all the way baby.

Look out world. 

Describe the most ambitious DIY project you’ve ever taken on.

Over ten years ago the gardening bug bit me.

My Mom was a great gardener. She was just wonderful in the garden where everything she planted flourished. I helped a little but it didn’t take for me until her back began to ache too much.

Then, I tried my hand at it. 

First, I planted cherry tomatoes. That was cool. Even my clients would  bring me cuttings from their gardens. These are serious gardeners.

Then, I bought a kit to build a planter. It was a challenge but it turned out good. Then I got ambitous, and built one from my own design.

I went to the lumber yard and asked the nice cute guy working there to help me. He made suggestions, measured and cut the wood.

That same day, I completed my raised bed planter.

Love it.

I am so proud of me.

What is the biggest challenge you will face in the next six months?

I love writing. I have been working on a new novel for this spring. The more I write the better I get and the easier it is for my brainstorming to move in different levels.

Ordinary can be boring, but learning to spin an old tale into something new is great.

That is my challenge; taking something old and making something new.

What were your parents doing at your age?

At my age they were married with kids. Mind you, at this age we are adult kids. Still, we belonged to them and really they worried about us every single day.

Yes, they nagged us too.

I am not married nor do I have kids.

Am I sad with longing????

No!!!!

I am happy.

I love my life.

I am so grateful to my parents for instilling in my life grace and the love of God.

Freedom is good.

But, it can be overrated at times.

Do you need a break? From what?

Don’t get me wrong, i like my job. There are some days I can honestly say I love my job.

Nevertheless, I do need a break from it once in a while.

I need to recharge my batteries; not that I have batteries as in a robot but I need a chance to sit back and take care of me by doing nothing.

I will enjoy that nothingness until I don’t.

Describe your most ideal day from beginning to end.

Wake up rested.

Lounge around before taking a shower.

Wait!!!!

Nope.

Skip the shower. It is my day after all.

Order in and watch tv all day catching up on my fav shows.

Go to bed when I want, full and replenished with a smile on my face.

How do significant life events or the passage of time influence your perspective on life?

Kind of morbid, I know.

Still, after my parents passed I started taking  a good look at my life.

Life is short.

I have to live life well, spirtually, physically, and mentally.

Somethings are so trivial I need to look away and move on before they can stress me out.

We all know stress can kill. Stress can leave you tied up in knots you can never undo without help professionally or otherwise.

I am learning I cannot do life all by myself. I need someone to anchor me. So, I call out to the Lord for help and he provides someone all the time. He provides family or even a stranger to help me along my journey of life. 

But best of all, God provides his word to see me through.

I am never alone.

In life I am learning to take time and to live it without regret.

After all the end can be near.