Family Encourager

No family encourager blog will be complete without dedicating one or more entries to the family I have chosen. The family we are born into, is ours to have, like it or not! (That could probably fill a few months worth of writing!) Lucky for you, today I am not writing about that! My friends are my tribe, my team, my pack, the people that carry me through life. I hear soul mate bandied around all the time. I always wonder what that means? The definition of soul mate is "a person ideally suited to another as a close friend or romantic partner". The truth is that your soul mate does not have to be a romantic partner, it could easily be a soul sister or brother. Yes, I have male friends that have been especially extraordinary in my life. I have been blessed in my life, that wherever the world has taken me, I have met amazing hearts that have made my new journey worth it and that balanced the "new place" feeling with an "at home" feeling. H...

Being married as long as I have and being "wise and worldly" now! (Said with an undertone of sarcasm). I wonder if happily ever after truly exists. The happily ever after, of fairy tales and princes on shining stallions. The happily ever after, of a bride framed at her wedding day, looking and feeling like a princess, remaining like that for eternity. The happily ever after, of the love and passion that couples start their life together with, continuing for a lifetime. The happily ever after, of movies and novels, were love prevails above all. Let us dissect that phrase, "happily ever after",  what I understand it to mean (in my wise and worldly way of course); "to live ones life happy forever, with your loved one"! Does anyone live happy forever? Ever? Is that even a thing? If you are such a human being, please get in touch immediately! I need to know! Marriage is a confusing state of affairs. You fall madly in love with a person and sign on th...