When I first started this blog, my goal was to talk about ways to save money during the rough years that surrounded 2009. As a mom of six, I was good, very good at saving money in our household.
I could pinch pennies so hard that they screamed.
It meant cooking a LOT of food from scratch, visiting thrift stores, going to yard sales and figuring out what was a want and what was a need.
I was asked to write a column about this in one of our local newspapers and this blog was born as a result of those articles.
After a few years, times got better and my column ended. By then I had gotten chickens and realized the entire fascinating life of living with a diverse flock. A flock is a flock is a flock and I realized that not only did my chickens have lessons to teach me, but so did my flock of children.
For years I wrote about Lessons Learned from the Flock.
Then my chickens got wiped out by a night predator, my kids grew up and literally left the nest and I returned to the world of work.
I didn’t really have a lot to write about.
And then 2019 showed up.
My husband had serious health issues. I got Covid and ended up with long covid (quite simply hell on earth) and then last year I was diagnosed with breast cancer.
It’s been tough, but I’m still hanging on and I find that when you struggle you learn new skills and you learn that you have inner strength you never knew you had. You also discover what is important in life and what isn’t worth wasting time on. It’s a shame that it takes
All of a sudden, I find myself with a lot to write about.
I’m not going to change the blog’s name but the focus is now on Lessons Learned from Adversity – regaining control of a life that, at times, has felt out of control.
Fear, pain, and confusion have been my close associates for too long.
There’s a lot to share and going forward I’ll be writing about what I’ve learned. I’ve got a lot to write about.
A big hello again to those who have followed me over the years and welcome to any new readers.
Let’s do this and learn some new lessons.
