Not Looking For Greener Grass

Welcome to my new blog!  It was time to move away from my old blog and into something different.  I am hoping this is a place where I can share more stories about home and work without worrying about it being so public.  Unlike my other blogs, I did not set this up as something that would be easily found when people are searching google or other search engines.  I have given this blog address to only a few people... the loyalist of loyal blog buddies who seemed to, for whatever reasons, enjoy reading my posts. 

The majority of people who read my posts are people who I have regular contact with, but some are further away and this is a way for me to share a bit about what's going on in my life without putting too much on facebook.  For those who are interested and follow, I am not sure if I will keep you as an audience, but enjoyed hearing from you when something I have posted in the past resonated with you... so look forward to that kind of interaction here. 

Some of the posts I enjoyed writing most were those that were about my job... as you know I take a lot of pride in what I do and how I do it... and do believe that I make a difference, even if those differences are small... and writing about them helps me clear my head and remind me of what lessons I learn from those experiences.  I felt that having a blog that was a bit more private would make me feel safer about sharing those stories. 

I have missed writing in the way that a blog allows me to do, and look forward to having this as a new place to do that. 

As always, I do not want people to feel obligated to follow this blog or read the posts.... it is, after all, a place for me to write and get things out of my head... but in the process maybe people get a chance to have more insight into what I do and why I love it...

The old blog has been posted for a long time... during that time many things happened... traumatic things, including losing Mom... the blog was a place for me to articulate some of my emotions, which as most of you know, were very raw... Mom's death was not long after her mother's death, which almost immediately followed my major knee surgery.... and spanned through the years of losing my other grandmother, gaining a wonderful 'step-mother' and wonderful 'stepsister'... and through getting my amazing job and buying my INCREDIBLE home... I feel that my old blog covered the darkest times in my life and now I feel like I am in one of the brightest... and with that, is need for change, for me, in the blog venue at least...

So the blog address NotLookingForGreenerGrass... well, that's because I am happy with where my life is... and I am not looking for greener grass... I am appreciating my own lawn... even if I depend on my amazing neighbor to mow it!  

So, welcome.  Stay as long as you like.... And... Thank you for being in my life.