On March 14, 2008 I started this blog. I think I did it on my lunch hour while at work. I was working that year at the elementary level and was miserable. I was depressed. I think I was looking for an outlet.. I am not sure...
The name of my blog comes from a statement made to me when I was working in a treatment center. The person commenting was a parent of a child that was in the treatment center. She was speaking at a conference and she said "until you can Walk A Mile in my shoes...please don't assume" This statement has made me who I am today.
I am a strong advocate to those I teach. I try to make no assumptions and I try to not judge. I use the word try because I am not perfect...I do make assumptions and I certainly do judge. But when I work with my students I try very hard to listen to their stories. I am good at what I do.
So Walk A Mile was born. I really didn't follow the path on this blog that I first intended, but that is not to say I haven't enjoyed this blog. It has been a part of my life for 4 years. So much has happened in those 4 years...much of what is documented on these pages. My excitement, my angst, my pride, my challenges, my anger, my faith and other things.
In the first half of your life you spend the majority of it on your family, your career, helping others, encouraging others doing for others... women especially get caught up in those things... The Second Half of your life.. you get to reinvent who you are...what you want to do..
I am now in my second half of life. It has been a journey already figuring this out and letting go.
It is time to let go of Walk (ing) A Mile ...It is time for me to explore the next 50 years... my faith, my loves, my retirement and so on... I still will be working as I have but I will also be planning and scheming my retirement... I will still be parenting but I will also being exploring being an empty nester...
I want you to come along with me...join me in The Second Half...I have a Blog Frog community ready to launch... I have lots of ideas for posts...I have different topics for different days...You will also get to read about my everyday life...much the same as on this blog.. I am excited about all of this...
I am ready to move and challenge myself...How about you?
In a previous post I gave a link to a Word Press blog...but I am changing back to Blogspot/Blogger as I struggled with all the newness...
Here is the link...
The Second Half... there is nothing there yet....please hang on.. I will add the follower stuff tonight...come visit...It is gonna be fun!