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Marriage is not easy...
Owning a house, having children, paying your bills are just some of the everyday struggles we all go through in a marriage.  The odds against us already marrying so young, I just turned twenty and Joel twenty-two, stands out even more now when I look at my own children in their 20's.

Hilton Head Island 1992
After 30 years together you are bound to let each other down....

Recently I've noticed the chatter that  50 is the new 40...
and maybe that's because I'm here...
And funny because back in my late 30's and early 40's I felt my worst, still smoking and over weight, I knew I needed a change. Nobody ever told me I needed to quit smoking or lose weight, but I knew... Not for anybody else, but for me! 
 
We are constantly trying to improve ourselves, whether...

Sometimes we need a break, time to get off the roller coaster of life and relax and just be...
 
 
 
A short reprieve, having no worries and just enjoying life for a short time. Kind of like a recharge, to get you back to where you once were...
 
That is what we did... we went away and took some time for ourselves. Something we planned a long time ago, counted down to and enjoyed every second...

There's lots of places I've traveled, so here goes 50 cities 
IndianapolisClevelandParmaStrongsvilleNorth RoyaltonStowBrunswickColumbusSan FranciscoSan DiegoLos AngelosLas VegasNashvilleColumbiaLouisvilleAkronGahannaStrongsvilleLakewoodWilliamsburgPortage LakesColumbia StationOrlandoDestinNew OrleansCook ForestChicagoNew YorkDaytonHinckleyBelmontPacificaFort MyersFort LauderdaleNaplesBrightonArlingtonAnn...

While I try not to eat much candy, here's 50 to remember!
Reese peanut butter cupReese piecespaydaysnickersheath barsbutterfingerdovekrackelmarathonmr. goodbarOh henrytake 5twixspecial darkchunkycow talescrunch bargodivajunior mintskitkatM & Mmalted milkmarsalmond joymilky wayfast breakpeppermint patty3 muskateersskorturtleswonka barzerosmartybit o honeybottle capssweet tartschucklesgobstoppersdotsgood...

Searching for the pieces of the sister I once had are easy one moment and more difficult the next. Some days our conversations flow, her ideas and excitement for life are all there, but soon it is gone again, within minutes and there is no rhyme or reason? The confusion settles back in to where it once was.
The past few weeks with Deb have been a constant mixture of ups and downs.... Literally,...

I am grateful for movies, that place where we can let our minds take a break from whatever is consuming them and get lost in a film...
List your favorite inspiring movies
Schindlers listShawshank Redemptiontitanicforest gumpchicagogladiatorsaving private ryanrockyrain mangood will huntingterms of endearmenta streetcar named desireplatoonseventhe green milethe departedthe lion kingtoy storyfull metal...

Grief comes in waves...
    Things don't hit you all at once...
        It is the way for your body and mind to absorb it in little pieces...
It has been 30 days since we lost Jane, the laughter still rings in my ears, tho it seems faint. Her smile still glows bright enough in my mind, to light a room and, her humor can still make the most confident person blush...
I know she is with...

There is no greater AGONY then bearing an untold story inside you - Maya Angelou
  
The events in my life have created me, shaped me and changed me in ways I had never imagined, and for that I am grateful.
So much is constantly going on in this head of mine. Thoughts spinning as I line up  what I need to do in life, what I want to do in life and what I have to do. Funny because writing falls...

Thinking of the simple things in life that make you happy...
sitting outdoors with morning coffeeclean houseeverything in its placetime to read a bookcrafting with my sisterscrapbooking with friendslunch out with girlfriendsdate nights with my hubbytime to writeideas to writereading a magazinetaking picturessleeping inrunning outdoorsfamily meal timehanging out with my kidsdriving my jeepa glass of...