I typically go to the About page of a new (to me) blog so I can learn more about the person behind the posts. That’s often when I make decisions about whether or not I want to read more about that person and his or her life as shared through the blog. So if you’re at all like me, this could be the determining point of your continued visit(s) or a mere click away to someone more interesting, relevant, or resonate.

Such pressure.

I am in a transitional time of life.

I finished homeschooling our boys a couple of years ago. Both still live at home. We’re not the kick-em-out-when-they-turn-18-or-graduate type of parents. They will not live here forever, sponging off their parents, either. Both work part-time jobs and our youngest has his driver’s license (we’re working on the other). We’ve had no teen angst nor often-typical teenage rebellion. They are truly UN-typical. They like doing things with us and the extended family. Oh sure, they want to sleep in, play video games, and watch TV. But they’re good young men. They have a good work ethic, are courteous, thoughtful, and fun to hang out with.

I’ve been very happily married to John since 1986. More than half our lifetimes. It’s been very good. No transitioning here whatsoever.

I used to work in corporate America as an Administrative Assistant before kids. Actually, even a little while after the boys were born. I quit to stay home with them when our oldest, Caleb, was 3 and our youngest, Zach, was 1 1/2. I’ve never missed the corporate world. Not even a teeny, tiny little bit.

And now that I’m no longer a homeschool mom, what am I supposed to do with myself? I’ve had a variety of ideas about that, but I look back over this past year and wonder what I’ve been up to. I haven’t exactly ventured into any big new career. I thought I was going to have a portrait photography business. I love photography and am known for being behind a lens rather often. I’d dabbled in portraits during the boys’ high school years and it seemed like a perfect transition. But that hasn’t really gone anywhere. I don’t know if that’s because it’s not where I’m supposed to be or because I’ve submarined my efforts. Or maybe both. I’m working on that one.

I have done a little freelance proofreading and editing here and there. Given my love of words (see below) and previous administrative positions (see above), this has been a good fit. I haven’t yet developed this into anything bigger, either. I also do the books for John’s business. I guess it’s a benefit that I’m good with numbers even though I’m creative. Just so I don’t get creative with the numbers.

So I do occasional work – photography, proofreading and editing, or anything else that comes my way – but none of it could be considered an actual job/career at this point.

I love Jesus. I kind of stopped writing about that part of my life at my other blog. I’m not sure why. In my earlier blogging days, I was more likely to, but somewhere along the way, I think I didn’t want to have confrontation on my blog. Maybe it was just straight-up fear. I don’t really know. And then I was so far away from blogging about faith and spiritual issues that it just never made it back into the mix.  But I’ve decided that if I want to write about those things, I will. You can read them or not. I’m not here to convert you nor will I be all preachy with every post. Just like my life, there will be a variety of topics here.

I’m a little crazy in the humor department. I love to laugh. At myself. At nonsense. At nothing. Even at you, possibly. But never in a mean way. I’m not about humor at the expense of another person.