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About Me (updated version)

Reconfiguring! Going back to the beginning! Accepting my authentic self by accepting who God created me to be. I call it "Purposefully me". Blogging about life's ever changing journey, passions, homeschooling, food recipes..etc.  Sharing my reflections on life and the pursuit of happiness! My first love is God through the truths of  Catholic faith. My loves also includes my husband of 20 years J and my children: Peaches who is wonderfully made to do great things. Turtles who is driven by her heart and love of others and coming up at the tail is my little man J.J. who is full of imagination, humor and a spitting image of his father in so many ways.  All of which have my heart! What you can find here: Thoughts, stories, food, recipes, holistic health and wellness approaches to life. Follow my pursuits in living out my passions, one day at a time. I pray that my blog will open hearts, minds, and eyes and that you will be inspired to share along with me. Peace and

Transitions...

Sometimes we are faced with changes.  We may not like them, or understand these changes, but we're to accept them with some amount of faith and trust.  Right?  It's hard sometimes when you feel let down.  You tend to hold onto a certain amount of disappointment.  Does that disappointment stem from the person, or is it the circumstances surrounding the "transition"?  I'm not sure I even like the word "transition".  Transition means change, and I've never been really good at accepting "change".  Things change too fast for me.  I can't seem to grasp the idea of the change and fall into this pattern of stubbornness on accepting that change.  My first thoughts are always, "how does this effect me directly?  Am I concerned about the person it directly effect?" Nope, just my own selfish reaction and lack of faith in God's plans. I keep thinking transitions will get easier as I get older.  That's not the case so far.. It see