Finally - Blog One

Over a year ago, I decided to write a blog. I needed to 'practice' first. I didn't write much during this year, but today I decided to take the plunge - whether I have perfected the art of the 'perfect blog' or not. So - here goes.

Last year, two pivotal events happened. I had my 65th birthday and my mother died. So a new phase in my life. - a birth of sorts. I have no siblings. I had an excellent relationship with my mother, I think. She was a positive, generous, affirming Spirit. We lived across the country from each other and she did not 'guilt' me for my choice although she wished we could spend more time together. She expressed pride in my work for an organization that we both valued.

She was a role model in her attitudes and behaviors. She made decisions for her life after my Dad died twenty some years earlier. She enjoyed her life and friends greatly. She had a belief in an afterlife, although she did acknowledge it: 'how can we know?" So she too began another phase of life.

This new life for me is a birthing, a becoming. It is not a casting off of oppressive attitudes about family as is true for many other daughters. It is the opportunity for new attitudes and behaviors. This blog will be a record of this becoming. I hope it will be worth reading.