So here I am, a 40 year old mother of a 3 year old.  Life is not hard. Not even a little. Not really. I mean, don’t get me wrong, I am not living on a yacht in the South Sea, sipping on cucumber water. I work. I go to school part time. I take care of my family.  It’s fun to me, a little bit of stress. It makes me feel alive. Maybe that is why I chose to work in the emergency room.

My husband is great.  He is a good dad. He watches too much TV and hates to travel, but heck, he’s a 8.5/10 in my book. Did I mention he is handsome?  My daughter is tall, and smart and loving. She is healthy. I really am blessed! Even with her meltdowns, toy army that creeps into every room of the house, whining, dirt spreading little feet… she is perfect. We have a great house. It has a jetted tub and a rain shower! It has a jetted tub, yall!  I have found some pretty wonderful moments in that tub, especially bubble baths with my daughter and her 863 tub toys. We have a good car, pretty decent furniture that is a bit worn, and good extended family and health. Are you nauseated yet? Good. I have some serious advice for you. Go find your easy life!

What do I mean? How dare I? Well, my life has not always been easy! I was married once before that ended in divorce ( and I am Hubby’s 3rd wife!). I have miscarried more times than I can count. My dad killed himself the month before my daughter was born.. my eight years in the military kept me away from friends and family, holidays and birthdays..but you know what? I did not let the hard in life beat me. I was fired from a DREAM career with the FBI because I pissed off the wrong person. I made mistakes that cost me financially, emotionally and physically. You know what? I got back up, and brushed off the dirt. I found some inner strength to pull me out of the dark. Sometimes it took outside motivation, including therapy and medications, sometimes it just took some deep reflection. BUT I NEVER GAVE UP.

BRING IT, I said. I learned early that the struggle is what makes us who we are. It gives us character, understanding and compassion. Have you ever met that person who has had the easy life, with no worries or struggles? Their bland aren’t they? They might seem fab at first, because they have money or position… but they seem…hollow. There is no pain in there to change their shape to something. Something interesting, something you can relate to.

I wanted to blog. I’m lazy y’all. Really. I work in bursts, then retreat for a week or so. Don’t expect me to blog daily. I got stuff goin on. Did I mention we are selling this awesome house? Yep. We are transferring to Dallas next month. New job, new school, new life. I’m terrified and stoked all at the same time. We are makin this easy life…a little easier. So goodbye Old Miss. I got new colors! I will be wearin the Orange soon. Hook ’em Horns! Anyway, so I am blogging. Puttin it all out there for you to read, laugh at and maybe relate to. I’m not perfect. I cant spell. ( but I do have three undergrad degrees, and working on my second graduate degree) If you tough it out and stick with me, we can take a bit of this easy journey together. And I will share how to make your life just a little bit easier.