I'm on a Mission

A little over twenty years ago, I was a blushing young bride, just twenty years old, excited to start a new life with my high school sweetheart. We were going for the American Dream. It was all planned. We were going to have two children, build a home in the country and start a small business. It is with unabashed pride that I share with you that we have done all three and I am still his bride and he is still my sweetheart. Oh, but what a journey it has been!

Now, at nearly forty-one, we are, once again, starting a new life. Our daughter is now nineteen, in college, and preparing to walk her own path. Our son is thirteen and he doesn't require much from Mom these days except clean laundry and hot meals. Our home in the country is built and the business, albeit a bit slow just now, is established. So, I find myself with some time on my hands to reconnect with some of the interests that have not been my priority in recent years.

I have always enjoyed writing. Not necessarily creative writing. I'm just not a real fanciful person. I also wanted to be able to share my endeavors with my Dad and the stuff that makes for titillating fiction is generally not stuff I want to share with my Dad. I am a realist. Give me a problem and stand back and watch me, in mind-numbing detail, formulate a plan of action. I was an absolute whiz at research papers and argumentative essays. I could lose myself for hours in the library, buried under a pile of books and 3 x 5 notecards citing sources, writing and re-writing. That is how I intend to author my posts. They will be written with good, although not formal form, citing sources when they are used and based on real life.

I have also always been something of a political junkie. The last twenty years I have been so busy that I have only indulged my addiction as the election seasons have gained full steam. I am fascinated by the American system of government, the election process, the crazy press, the opinion polls, the history and the insanity of it all.

Now that I have the luxury of some life experience, some time, access to a 24/7 news cycle and the ability to communicate coherently, I have a new mission. I am going to roll my life experiences, my love of writing and my addiction to political observation into an interesting collection of posts that I hope will inspire others to join me in examining how their own experiences, talents and interests can be translated into actions that will ensure that the American Dream can be passed to the next generation of blushing young brides and their sweethearts.