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i was born long, long ago in a land far, far away... ok not that LONG ago or far away but sometimes it feels like it - especially the older i get!

i’m writing this blog mostly for my daughter and granddaughter but also for all mothers and daughters. this is my opportunity to remember what my mother taught me - and what she DIDN’T teach me - and to learn from it and share with others. i’m old enough to do that now but SO thankful i’m still learning and still growing.

my mother said, “Sheree, I just dont want you making any more mistakes.” i probably don’t need to point out we were talking about relationships... or that i had made a few mistakes :-(

in retrospect, my life response has been something like:

1 - that’s all well and good but how do you know beforehand that it’s a mistake?
i was an optimistic idealist and aged ungracefully into an optimistic realist. i believe making something out of nothing, or at least something better - trumps everything - even good judgment and good examples and good advice. more on that later...

2 - if you don’t try, you can’t fail and i’d rather try and fail than not try at all.
that’s not to say i dont think things through. i’m a serious thinker. still i’ve walked past “dead end” signs believing they just didnt try hard enough or believe enough or have enough faith to make the road go somewhere. more on that later...

3 - well, you dont get everything you want. No, wait, that’s what i say to my kids... scratch that.

4 - that’s fine for you but what does that have to do with me?
to me, my mom was good at everything. she was pretty and graceful. she had a great husband, friends, family. she was creative and caring. she was always busy. people looked up to her and wanted her around. to me, i was invisible. alone in a crowd. i wasnt pretty or graceful or creative or useful. i was inferior - called an introvert but there’s a big difference b/w being introverted and feeling inferior. more on that later...

so that’s a little “About Me”... but more on that later :-)