Jul 17 2010
The Goal
I have just completed my first book. My life’s experiences with running my own home based Family daycare, and offering some helpful tips on parenting. I have worked on this project for over five years, jotting down notes here and there. Putting my ideas on paper and rewriting everything. I had this idea to write about childcare and parenting advice from all the families through the years who urged me on. It’s a funny thing when you write about parts of your life. It’s a lot like looking in a mirror and seeing your reflection. My goal was to complete this book and start on a new one right away, and I have.
Setting a goal for me is a reminder to keep moving and be present. As I look at my life through the pages of my book, it tells me I have much to learn and more to grow. All of us have our stories, and our experiences to share, but you have to want to share them with others. Maybe my story won’t be of interest to everyone, but if just one single mother out there says to herself, “I am not alone, and I can do this too”…then it’s rewarding in itself. We all can be of more help to one another by sharing our lives and our stories. There is a phrase from an older song: “One mans ceiling, is another mans floor.”
I am just beginning my journey into my writings. I have much to learn and I am an eager student. Right when if you think, one door closes, just wait, and another door opens. I am a true optimist. It got me through raising my family and our rough times. It got me through the end of a marriage and the loss of my parents. Optimism, is a choice. It can be what delivers you from despair to triumph.
My new goal: To be open, to explore, and be creative. To live my life with the understanding that I have much more to learn and never, ever stop believing in ME!
