Here's What

I'm not new to blogging, but this one  is going to be a whole new experience for me.  I have another blog where I unleash my artsy side...the things I make, redo, and transform.  But that blog has gotten to be too much  pressure for me.  There's a lot of talented people out there and keeping up with the Jones' isn't easy!

So....that leads to the reason for this blog.  I find myself at a place in life where I never thought I would be: unemployed.  Up to this point, I've held quite a few jobs.   I've worked for a newspaper and sold cemetery plots over the phone.... at night....in a building AT the cemetery.  I've waited tables, sold clothing and shoes, and been a lifeguard.   Most of my life has been lovingly spent working as a speech-language therapist.  Twenty years ago I decided to learn sign language on a dare from a co-worker and entered a night school program to embark.  That sent me down a whole new path of working with deaf children and consequently deaf adults, which I've greatly loved and considered to be the highest honor in my illustrious career.   Recently at my school where I worked there was a reduction in force.   Since I had the least number of years there, I was let go.  I'd like to tell you I've taken it like a champ, but in reality, it has rocked my world.  Now I find myself on a new path and I'm determined to make it a colorful one.  Life is colorful....you just gotta keep your eyes open!  That's what I'm going to do here: report what I see with my eyes wide open.  While I do find myself "under the bus" sometimes, I also find myself in the driver's seat just as many.  This blog will give you a glimpse of both positions.

There's only one rule for this blog that I've set up for myself:  I won't write anything here that I wouldn't be willing to say face to face.  That way, at least I can sleep a bit better at night.  I can't promise you that it's going to be stuff that will have you on the edge of your seat, but if I can make someone reflect, ponder, smile or laugh from the gut, then I did my job in that post.

Welcome to the path!