Conquer the World

     I hesitate as I start writing this first entry because it is an incredibly surreal feeling for me that this journey is here.  Actually, it began about 2 or 3 years ago depending on which event I use to represent a starting point.  It is the journey from here on out that I will share with you in this blog,  at least for now. 
     I am leaving on Monday April 3rd with my Tacoma pickup, my 16 foot camper trailer, which I have called "Night Walker", and my dog, Teddy.  We are heading west to begin a trip which will begin my new life.  I have spent the last  year and a half dismantling my life of 30 years.  It was not of my own doing, I can tell you.  There has been a pull, no, an outright YANK, that I have had no choice but to follow.  This has been a year and a half of hell, but a sliver of light has helped keep me going forward most of the time, and if that was not there, some incredible friends and family members helped keep me sane and supported. 
     This is a time to find "me" and the life that I really must live to be an authentic person, but mostly,
it is a time to dig deep and be with God and listen to what the universe has in store for me.  Is the life I have led before this less important? No, it is something that I have had an incredibly difficult time leaving.  My life as a wife, a piano teacher, a mother (which I will gratefully always be), has been one that I cherish in my heart.   It was meant to be, exactly the way it was.  Now, something else is waiting, but I just don't know what.  All I know is that I need to be me, I need to open up to people and experiences, and I need to be open in my heart.  I hope that this blog will share these experiences with you.

 (Thank you Judy Simon, for doing the artwork for "Night Walker".  I love it!)