Starting All Over Again

Greetings again people!

I do apologize for having avoided, ignored and completely deserting the blog after the last entry in April of 2010. 

Originally, I was embarrassed by the amount of time that had gone by, as well as the fact that “Momma Went Shopping” was the last posting. Honest, I’m not really that shallow!

Then I went through the guilty phase of having folks ask me if I was going to continue with it and me making vague mutterings about getting back to it some day in the future.

Recently, I’ve decided that I need to do this for my own good reasons and that my life would be richer and happier if I just gave in, gave up the procrastination, and got on with it.

To paraphrase Jimmy Buffett and one of his tunes “Some of it’s been magic, some of it tragic but it’s been a good life all along”… This has been my life in general over the last 20 months.

I’ve made a few new friends here in La Ceiba, I’ve had wonderful times with my grandsons in Canada, I’ve started to learn about sailing and I’ve been able to keep my arthritic body under some semblance of maintained control. Those are the “magic” parts.

The tragic side involves ongoing arthritis deterioration, the usual aging process for all of us over 50, missing my grandsons growing up and the fact that my sailing buddy is now dealing with cancer.

Sometimes, life makes it difficult to make my thank you’s every morning and as many of us do in times of stress, I did withdraw.

But the good news is that I’m going to try this again! I do enjoy sharing stories of my living in La Ceiba, Honduras, and no matter how trivial the content, sometimes the photos tell the whole story. Maybe there will be more photos than written word as my brain seems to be out of practise; maybe briefer passages; maybe who knows what?

I simply don’t know what it’ll turn out to be and we’ll all learn as I reacquaint myself with the Muse.

                                                         Blessed be, Stephanie