Very First Second Round of Blogging

 I want to say here's to the first post, and I guess in a way it is.  Let me just tell you, I had the best blog going a while back.  It was so good I was even cracking myself up during its creation.  But and I mean a big ole BUT, it disappeared with no explanation.  Now here I am, sitting in my living room typing up a storm, while my husband is knee deep in a football game.

When I originally started blogging, it was strictly for therapy.  After a while it morphed into a trip back in time where I remembered the wonderful memories (and some tough ones) of my childhood home and family.  I plan to continue sharing the colorful stories of my family, and the list of characters who ended up at our home and the home of my grandparents.  I plan to share some things I struggle with, in hopes of helping others who have experienced trauma and deal with the effects of that trauma.  Not all of life is good, and not all is bad.  I am still driving down this road of life, and it seems like I hit every pothole in my path.  Some days its smooth sailing, and others are like the wind is out of my sail and I have lost every oar in the boat.  But hey, we are all in the same boat.  Some just know how to hang onto the oar a little different than others.

So, there it is!  I am just a woman from a small southern town, raised by simple parents, who did the best they could with what they had.  I can sing a song and play a mean fiddle.  I can cook a skillet of cornbread that will knock your socks off, and if my life counted on it, I couldn't outrun a turtle.  This turtle reference will become clearer in future posts....  Stay tuned....