Introduction To My New Blog: The View Beyond 50

Another blog. Why does there have to be yet another blog, written by an everyday person who lives her life pretty much like everyone else does? What can she have to say that hasn’t already been said before in countless different ways that all sound pretty much the same?

I have always been an analytical-type person. I like to figure out why things happen and why people react the way they do. Sometimes, that gets me in trouble because I don’t necessarily know the whole story. Luckily, the person I like to analyze the most is myself. When I was about to turn 50, I felt very unsettled. I was a stay-at-home mom with no kids living at home with me. My purpose for the previous 25 years or so was to be a mom to our three kids. Yes, there were other important things in my life, such as being a wife, but being a mom was my main focus during that time. Yes, I know I’m still a mom and will always be one. But it’s different now.

During this time, I wrote a note called “My Life in Thirds”. That note, slightly revised, will be my first actual blog post (I consider this just an introduction, although technically it is also a blog post). My writings will mostly be about me and what I’ve been through. I am hoping not to come off as being judgmental of others. Just because I chose to do things one way doesn’t in any way mean that others have done things wrong. I know I’ve not always done things the best or the easiest way. But I did things the way I thought was best. Sometimes, though, I knew my way wasn’t best, but it was all I could handle at the time.
This blog will not be a confessional about all the good or bad things that have happened in my life. I will not be sharing a daily journal (if I kept a daily journal!) with all of life's details. When I share something, it will be because I feel that someone will be able to learn from something that's gone on in my life and how I've responded to it. If nothing else, maybe someone will feel that they're not the only one who feels the way I've felt and that they're not alone in their journey. Along with life's lessons, there will be posts on random thoughts that I've had along the way, too. I am not an activist so my posts should stay pretty mellow, yet hopefully still thought provoking.

I invite you to follow along as I share life with you. If you like something I’ve written about, please share my blog on Facebook and invite others to read along. I welcome comments and critiques, but please be kind. Writing will open myself up to being vulnerable. But I am willing to be open to hopefully help others by what I’ve learned along the pathway of growing older. Life really is good.

I hope to post a new blog each week, so I guess I’d better get writing.