My Family

God has blessed me with 3 wonderful boys, a fantastic daughter-in-law and 4 beautiful grandchildren. After 24 years of marriage, my ex left to be with his paramour. It's been over 8 1/2 years since he left and life is amazing! Thanks be to God!  He filed for divorce and I started the annulment process. As a faithful, practicing Catholic, I am still honored my vows until the Church granted the annulment.

In the last few years, my life has been turned upside down and and I haven't had time for blogging. 4 1/2 years ago I landed a great job at the age of 52. It has turned into a beautiful career. I started as a division manager, was promoted to area manger and am now a senior operations manager. Prior to this I ran a fw warehouses-- even unloaded 18 wheelers with hand pallet jacks. It was a good workout unloading thousand pound pallets. 

I would never have believed that my life would turn out perfectly.  God has been good to me. 5 years ago this month, I decided to go on one last date. After a year of really bad dates, I prayed, "God, please let him be normalish."  He turned out to be normal. We were married in October of 2024 and it's been amazing. You can read about our hiking and camping adventures on my adventure blog, "My Little Red Bike"  Part of my healing process was to start kayaking, hiking, camping, cycling and hiking again. 

We try to  center our lives around Jesus Christ. We are not perfect by any sense of the imagination, but we are hopefully well grounded in Christ. It is through our faith that we approach the world around us and cope with the struggles of daily life. It is my sincere hope that those who visit this website and read the articles I write can find encouragement and hope. The last few years have been difficult for me and my boys.  Life is different, but we cling to the cross and our Catholic faith.