It's been a year since my last post. A lot has happened in the last 12 months. I published my first book and finished a second one which is currently with my editor. We finished renovations on our basement, overhauled our second floor bath and are currently installing hardwood floors throughout the bedrooms. We took our first trip outside North America (Cuba) and my kids have asked to go to public school this fall.
My world is changing physically and mentally. I have been working out diligently since Oct 2012 and have lost a total of 30lbs. I am struggling with my children's request to go to school and my desire to build my career as a writer. Everything is changing and I know it's not a bad thing. These are all normal processes that come about with the passage of time.
Change brings new opportunities for growth and development.
One thing I want to change back is my simple living chores. I want to quilt and create more. I want to make soap and bake. I want to install a laundry line so I can return to hanging my clothes to dry. I want to reclaim the lifestyle that got lost in the shuffle of moving, settling and renovating. I want to blog about my simple life, my triumphs and struggles like I use to.
It won't be easy. With the big changes that lie ahead I know I will be challenged but this is something I feel compelled to do. It's as if something has gotten lost in my soul and is struggling to the surface. In this time of progress and forward movement within my own career and my kids' education I feel this urge to reclaim those pieces of me, that simple life that lifted my spirits for so many years before we moved.
So I hope you stick around and join me on my quest to reclaim the simple life.
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