Memakai Kot Anda

Where to begin! I could start "when I was young", but that seems a little to obvious. Although there was this time when I was young and I was not prepared!  If you are wondering why I am thinking about this time...must be because I had to tell my son to put his coat on today.  We have about 3 inches of snow and it is 20 degrees but I still must remind my 12 year old to put on a coat. You would think that reminding my children every day since November that they need a coat, one day- cold and snowy, no school because of the cold and snow, they might think it themselves. Ha...no way!
Back to my childhood memory (yep it is a radical one!) Picture this, 2 girls in I think 3rd grade, playing dress up- remember this was the 80's so that meant way to small plastic shoes, ridiculous dresses and I am sure make-up! Now picture these girls also with a ton of baby dolls! It gets better....crammed in the hatch back of red Mazada.  

 When the car stops working, yep in the middle of a busy intersection!
 Here we are Stephanie and myself dressed to the nine's following (hobbling in our heels)
across the busy intersection with our dolls in hand...no way could we leave those precious babies in the car, to get to a Wendy's to wait for help.  So I say yes children I do not care that we are going one mile down the road, you must wear your coat! Always be prepared!
I am in the throws of parenting pre-teens and while I think that should mean that they should be able to make some wise decisions...ha again! I am as silly for thinking that as I looked with my heels when I was 8! As I am typing this I was asked what time they had to go to bed...seriously, has that changed in the last 24 hours? Do they really think by asking me each night that I might say oh-tonight it will be 10 or whatever, you choose! Maybe, if they had put their coats on, taken their vitamins, brushed their teeth....without me having to tell them, maybe just maybe I would say 10, not really, but it might cross my mind! I don't have to worry about that though! Tomorrow I will say it all over again, maybe I should learn it in a different language!! Now that would be fun!

memakai kot anda

that is put on your coat in Malay! hmmm I am going to work on that! Cannot wait to see their faces!

Why Radical Seasons of Life?

I had written a blog a few years ago, when we were going through the adoption process of our daughter.  I really enjoyed the outlet of writing, getting my feelings out and receiving advice, words of wisdom...since then we have adopted another child and well my life just seemed to busy to write.  Last week though I realized how much I missed it, it is a sense of therapy for me! We all need some type of therapy right?

I posted on Facebook that I missed it and that I wanted to start writing again, but needed some ideas of where to take it.  My sister-in-law Brenda started suggesting titles, one of them was The Radical Seasons of Life...I loved it!  I thought about it for a few days and realized that my life has always had radical seasons.  This is who I am, this is what I create for myself.  I truly believe I have had a great life so far, I think that I have a pretty fun story,  actually I think everyone does!
 I love listening to people talk about their life, share what is going on, when I see on Facebook a triumph of a friend or a challenge someone is going through it is allowing me for a moment to be in their shoes virtually.   Having a cup of coffee with someone and listening to what they did the past weekend, I always find this fun! When someone shares their story of going to the Farmer's Market doesn't it always sound so intriguing, storybook like? Yet when I go, I feel well like I am buying produce! Or when you see a family photo posted some where and it has captured a great scene at the beach, you think WOW they have the life don't they!  But you were just at the beach yourself!
I also feel this way though as I look back through my life, I think wow I have done some pretty cool stuff!

This blog is my story, some posts might be from the past, some from the present, I will share about my journey, my seasons, and hope that I will capture an audience that will comment on theirs as well!