Welcome!

So about once a year I get urge to write a blog.  Who knows why, maybe it’s a hormonal imbalance or the fear of winter, but… yah, I want to try and write another blog.

In the past I have tried to write anonymous blogs about Lupus and Chaplaincy.  I did put my name to a blog about spirituality before. 

But this blog will be different!   

This blog will be about everything and I am putting my name to it.

If you are here to correct my spelling and grammar, please go away.  I am a writer in desperate need of an editor.  So, when this blog becomes a book I will let a professional fix that.

Who am I?

I am a 31 year old white woman, plus size, liberal, chronic illness fighter, ginger American and chaplain; residing outside of Chicago with my boyfriend and dog. 

Some things that matter to me:         

Being analytical

Inclusivity

Caring for others

Validations of faiths and philosophies that cause no harm to others

Embracing contradictions and hypocrisy

Crying as a strength  

            (and here’s the big thing)

Having a philosophy that works in your life and knowing why you make or made decision.

Each day we make choices.  Even when we take no action, that is a choice made.  Even in times of survival instead of thriving we are creating our personhood by the choices we make. I used to yell at a friend of mine who had been dating a guy she didn’t seem to like for something like 5 years.  Whenever she said something disparaging about him I would declare, “1/4 of your life!”  Our choices define the time we spend on people and endeavors. 

In a way we are obsessed with time.  We pour over the seconds of a day and when we need to be where, but we hate adding it up into larger sums. I spend at least 5 hours a week in my car, that’s 20 hours a month.  1,040 hours a year in my car. I “have” to commute for work.  But I chose my job so in a way I am choosing to spend 1,040 hours in my car each year. 

Today I challenge you to take ownership of your life by owning your choices.