WanderingAmylessly 2.0

This will be my final blog post as "Wandering Amylessly." The past few months have been a time of frustration, reflection, and renewal for me. I have decided to put my efforts into more productive, meaningful writing. I appreciate those of you who have continued to read and follow my ramblings and rantings and soap-box performances. I've decided not to wander without aim anymore. I have purpose. I am strong and worthy and grateful. I wish you all wellness, focus, and happiness in all your endeavors.

Hello dear readers. Welcome to 2015. I hesitate to say "Happy New Year," because the last two years I did that turned out decidedly less happy than we'd hoped. In 2013, we said goodbye to my mom-in-law. In 2014, my dad passed. I think I'm suffering PTSD on January 1 this time around. I keep wondering what else could be awaiting in the weeks and months ahead. Mom has started calling her pew area at church "Widows' Row." At least three other women have lost their husbands also within the last year or so. I guess the older you get, the more likely you'll be surrounded by people who have suffered losses. My mom has been having heart concerns, and is going in for an echocardiogram next week (and will also find out the results of her 24-hour relationship with a heart monitor a couple weeks back). I'm scheduled for a colonoscopy on the 9th. Hopefully these issues will lead to a whole lot of nothing. I am learning to live a little more "in the...