Missing

Seeing this always meant I was close to home whether commuting home from the city, travelling from an airport, or driving home from Southern California. I will always think of the Bay Area as home even though I've been away so long. Is that how it is for others or is there a way to root somewhere new? We're considering moving out of our old home to find a newer one but we've been here almost 16 years. The maintenance costs and property tax are taking their toll but will my children regret not coming home to this house? Or will they be able to embrace a new home and new memories? Maybe we're all too tired of freezing in the winter (an old house) and roasting in the summer (no a/c) and listening to critters run through the walls all year (ahem).  It's a lovely home but for some reason I have not completely committed to it as I thought I would. Maybe I kept holding onto the idea that I would eventually be back in the Bay Area, back home. That is looking less likely now and with my kids older now, maybe I am ready to move on. You can bet I will be watching the Golden Globes tonight if only to see some sun and reminisce. Home...

If

If I get to 95, here's how I'd like to do it...

(and a new favorite blog)

Reinvention

It's that time of year, right? Resolutions, new outlook, fresh beginning. Do we step toward a transformation only if we can retreat to the known? Maybe it's enough sometimes that we have tried. Well, I am hoping that I am on a path forward. I have already cut some ties in this brand new year and hope that the direction I've picked is fruitful. I also feel the need and desire to refocus completely. I started back with yoga this past fall and the asanas and the voice of my teacher have guided me through some rough challenging patches already. I want to get better at navigating the rough patches and experimenting with what works and what doesn't. I follow blogs of inspiring interesting not always conventional women who are carving out their own path for a full and fulfilling life and I am hoping to try what works for them and explore in the same way because it is more and more clear that we only have

One Life.

While I work during the day for the paycheck and at night for the spirit, may you find peace along the way with me.