So like I said...

That I was going to talk about how I had deviated from the original topic of this blog/journal/witness to myself......

Yes, well....I originally started this with the intention of documenting how I was going to take myself to a simple 5K. But since then I have decided that my life is just more complex and there is more to it than that. I have alot of other things on my mind. It's not that I think a 5K is unimportant, I just think it's more of a topping or accessory.

I have decided that I am going to focus on well, "myself", of course - but having said that, "myself" is more than a 5K. "Myself" is a mom, daughter, wife, sister, friend, teacher, child of God, humanist, intuit and a few others and not necessarily in that order. If I am going to write about me then it has to be about more than a 5K for crying out loud. AND, when I do that 5K, it will probably be a footnote, not a thesis.

I have many roles and ultimately feel my purpose is to love others in all those roles. I know we all have a commission and so I have to try and be the best I can be while fulfilling that. I think that is what it is all about. The problem, is how hard I struggle with being my best and sticking to my commission.

I love Erma Bombeck and her wisdom is usually spot-on. This is one of my favorites:
"When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, 'I used everything you gave me'."
That's my goal. My real one.

I also remember that C.S. Lewis (my favorite <3) summed it up best when he said, "You don't have a soul, you are a soul. You have a body."  I know what my soul is supposed to do and I have to be about the business of doing it. I have to pull myself off the proverbial couch to my soul's purpose.

This is my journey.

Chocolat???

I have to say I had the most awesome weekend! We set out to drive north for about an hour to Ellijay, GA - apple capital of the state. I found an apple orchard and we went with the plan to pick our own apples and make a sugar-free apple pie and have an adventure of a day ...... AND, we did.
We picked our own apples (me, hubby & youngest son), got rained on in the orchard, ate from the bakery (sugar-free....mostly), headed to the town square and had a fantastic afternoon/evening at an antique car show, local diner, block party with live music and food vendors. We finished it off in a tiny soon to open tea and chocolate shop.
Rewind to the block party. We were sitting in a huge parking lot listening to great Beatles music by a great local band. Storm cloud moves in....AGAIN! We run to the storefronts and up under an awning. We wait there with a charming older gentleman named "Harold". We see a lady coming up the stairs and we ask her to join us to get dry on the porch and she replies, "How about we go inside?" ....... SHE was the owner of this soon to be aforementioned eatery. She wanted us to sample her soon to be menu of fresh hot cookies, muffins and gourmet teas. Had we died and gone to heaven???
Anyway, in the next hour a small army had amassed outside her tiny shop and began paying her for these wonderful treats. I wondered if I had stumbled into the movie "Chocolat". We made delightful conversation with wonderful people (some from the same area of FL that we are from....imagine that?) and vowed to return the 2nd Saturday of every month of the season.
Quite possibly the best day I have had - almost surreal - in quite a long time. Almost magical. You know, God works that way. :)
Peace.
PS - next time I promise to talk about how I have deviated away from the original topic of this blog ;)

3 Months? I am the worst blogger, ever.

This is true. I am a very BAD blogger. Why? Don't know, just am. I guess because I have so much stuff in my head and spend so much time sorting it out, that the last thing I want to do is write it down...
So, still no 5K, BUT - I hiked 5 miles last Saturday and another 2 on Sunday. This is something, I don't care what anyone else thinks. My hubby and oldest son (now moved into his college dorm!) went away for Labor Day weekend to a place that can only be described as perfect for the witness location program. Just us and a few other guests at a state park with lots of trails, a golf course, archery & skeet shooting ranges. It felt awesome to be in the woods - out in nature and out of a classroom for a few days.
I wanted to do this and I did. Me - for the win.
I'm still not there, I still make bad food choices, put off walking in the afternoon, delay my hair appointments, etc... but I felt good about what I did and my body did too.
SO take that - 3 months of no blogging!
Peace - Until next time!