Linking with my Ladies - My First Blog Hop

Today is a new day! This is the only day that counts!

I was invited to join a blog hop today.  I thought it might be fun to be a participant in the hop.  

I spent time last night going around and looking at some of the blogs and making comments.  I became a follower.  It is amazing how many different blogs there are and all so different.  They all reflect the personality of the creator.

That makes me wonder, does my blog reflect my personality?  I don't know if I have gotten comfortable enough yet for it to really be me.  I think I may still be at the point where I am learning who I am.  You would think that at almost 59 I would know who I am by now.  I really think I am comfortable with being myself, but writing and putting your personal thoughts out for everyone to read is a little different.

Who am I?  I am a mother of four children.  Well actually four adults now.  My first husband died when I was 24 and I had three children ages 2, 4, and 6.  For a few years I was really only a mother.  I had three children that needed me so desperately.  It was a while before I started dating again.  

I later got remarried and I had another child, he is 18 now, so soon I will no longer have a child at home.  I have had a child of mine living in my home for 40 years now.  So I will have many changes in the next year.  I am a grandmother now too.  I have grandsons that are 5 and 10.  Is this who I am?

A little over a year ago my job was downsized and I left work to stay at home again.  I have looked for work but the job market is horrible now.  I didn't want to go to work for next to nothing.  That was depressing at first and definitely caused some weight gain.  I have come to terms with that and I have found a new niche.  I have been working on my genealogy and blogging.  

I think right now I am a wife, a mother, and a grandmother who wants to be healthy and be around for many years to enjoy my family in a different way.  That means I need to make a priority of taking care of myself.  I have raised my children to take care of themselves and to do what makes them happy.  I need to do that for myself.

Okay, if I have been rambling, please forgive me.  I shouldn't write late at night!