What Happened?

Wow, where have I been?  I have been everywhere else but here on my blog.  hmm..

I wanted to be that gal who loved to blog.  A blogger.  A life long blogger.  Well,  maybe not life long as I just started to blog a couple of years ago.  However, that is a "life long" accomplishment for me as I want to be that gal.

Oh, but the commitment word looms largely at me.  Hey, self, are you willing to blog every day?  Are you willing to invest your time to create a blog so that others will join in the merriment of actually reading your blog and enjoying the posts?  Oh, that's right, you use Facebook for your blog.  Umm, a social page is not the place to blog.  No one wants to read about your daily life...or do they?

So, self, here I am again.  I am here once more to tackle this blog bug.  I am here once more to embrace the blogger land.  I think I can, I think I can from this ol' gal from Texas.

Now...if I can just remember to blog.  Oh, yes, I can set my phone to remind me.  Heck, I have an alarm set on my phone to remind me to go to Savers on senior day for my 30% discount.  Heck yeah!

Happy Blogging!  Have a Blog kind of day!  Whoo-hoo, are you down for blog day?!

I will be fine...I will find things to blog about from my journey.  Join me.  I know I love adventures!  Don't you?

Celebrating Independence Day

The day as arrived when all of us come together to celebrate our freedom, our independence, our liberty, our love of the red, white and blue.  Celebrations are moments we embrace so that we can reach out to friends, family, acquaintances, neighbors or co-workers to gather for food, fun and frolic.

Yet just for a moment think of the words independence, liberty and freedom.  These three powerful words have marched through our history to bring people together for more than just food, fun and frolic.  Oh, I am not going to go off some soapbox tangent to drum loudly my beliefs..no not a soapbox yet a reflection on those three words.

Independence: not influenced by the actions or thoughts of others.  synonyms are self-government, autonomy, liberty, freedom,separation, self-determination

Liberty: the state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions imposed by  authority on one's way of life, behavior and political views.  synonyms include autonomy and freedom

Freedom;  the power or right to act, or speak, or think without one's hindrance or restraint.  synonyms self- government, self- determination, autonomy, democracy

I find the power of these words are all linked together through definitions and synonyms.

We, as a nation of people, live on a domestic soil to hopefully find common ground, common beliefs, respect, love, tolerance, acceptance, and love.  Love....love of freedom, love of the country, love of liberty and independence.  Love of men, women and children to come together to build a better community and world.

Celebrate whichever power word is in your heart.  Remember....believe in yourself that you can enjoy the gifts given to us...